General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0522660, place: Fairfield Bay city, Arkansas)SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school: 215 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 23 (10.7%)
Kindergarten: 8 (3.72%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 94 (43.72%)
High school (grades 9-12): 63 (29.3%)
College or graduate school: 27 (12.56%)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTPopulation 25 years and over: 2,150 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 127 (5.91%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 195 (9.07%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 710 (33.02%)
Some college, no degree: 555 (25.81%)
Associate degree: 76 (3.53%)
Bachelor's degree: 343 (15.95%)
Graduate or professional degree: 144 (6.7%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 85%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 22.7%
MARITIAL STATUSPopulation 15 years and over: 2,260 (100%)
Never married: 147 (6.5%)
Now married, except separated: 1,649 (72.96%)
Separated: 18 (0.8%)
Total Widowed: 262 (11.59%)
Widowed Female: 200 (8.85%)
Total Divorced: 184 (8.14%)
Divorced Female: 110 (4.87%)
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERSGrandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 46 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 30 (65.22%)
VETERAN STATUSCivilian population 18 years and over: 2,214 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 612 (27.64%)
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATIONPopulation 5 to 20 years: 197 (100%)
--With a disability: 21 (10.66%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 916 (100%)
--With a disability: 213 (23.25%)
----Percent employed: 18.3%
--No disability: 703 (76.75%)
----Percent employed: 57.5%
Population 65 years and over: 1,181 (100%)
--With a disability: 424 (35.9%)
RESIDENCE IN 1995Population 5 years and over: 2,393 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,254 (52.4%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,116 (46.64%)
--Same county: 184 (7.69%)
--Different county: 932 (38.95%)
----Same state: 402 (16.8%)
----Different state: 530 (22.15%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 23 (0.96%)
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTHTotal population: 2,468 (100%)
Native: 2,390 (96.84%)
--Born in United States: 2,383 (100%)
----State of residence: 647 (26.22%)
----Different state: 1,736 (70.34%)
--Born outside United States: 7 (0.28%)
Foreign born: 78 (3.16%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 4 (0.16%)
--Naturalized citizen: 67 (2.71%)
--Not a citizen: 11 (0.45%)
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORNTotal (excluding born at sea): 78 (100%)
Europe: 60 (76.92%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 7 (8.97%)
Northern America: 11 (14.1%)
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOMEPopulation 5 years and over: 2,393 (100%)
English only: 2,301 (96.16%)
Language other than English: 92 (3.84%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 17 (0.71%)
--Spanish: 43 (1.8%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 9 (0.38%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 47 (1.96%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 8 (0.33%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 2 (0.08%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)Total population: 2,468 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,561% (103.77%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 12 (0.49%)
Danish: 41 (1.66%)
Dutch: 60 (2.43%)
English: 471 (19.08%)
French (except Basque): 80 (3.24%)
French Canadian: 4 (0.16%)
German: 586 (23.74%)
Greek: 7 (0.28%)
Hungarian: 9 (0.36%)
Irish: 378 (15.32%)
Italian: 20 (0.81%)
Lithuanian: 3 (0.12%)
Norwegian: 61 (2.47%)
Polish: 58 (2.35%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 9 (0.36%)
Scotch-Irish: 127 (5.15%)
Scottish: 69 (2.8%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 71 (2.88%)
Swiss: 9 (0.36%)
Ukrainian: 4 (0.16%)
United States or American: 233 (9.44%)
Welsh: 30 (1.22%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 219 (8.87%)
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