Fort Smith, AR

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0524550, place: Fort Smith city, Arkansas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 18,682 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 1,272 (6.81%)
Kindergarten: 1,058 (5.66%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 8,999 (48.17%)
High school (grades 9-12): 4,297 (23%)
College or graduate school: 3,056 (16.36%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 52,076 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 5,194 (9.97%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 7,452 (14.31%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 14,862 (28.54%)
Some college, no degree: 11,425 (21.94%)
Associate degree: 3,457 (6.64%)
Bachelor's degree: 6,219 (11.94%)
Graduate or professional degree: 3,467 (6.66%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 75.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 18.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 63,333 (100%)
Never married: 14,204 (22.43%)
Now married, except separated: 34,084 (53.82%)
Separated: 1,496 (2.36%)
Total Widowed: 5,174 (8.17%)
Widowed Female: 4,288 (6.77%)
Total Divorced: 8,375 (13.22%)
Divorced Female: 4,792 (7.57%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 1,493 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 760 (50.9%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 59,806 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 8,357 (13.97%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 17,376 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,717 (9.88%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 44,961 (100%)
--With a disability: 10,562 (23.49%)
----Percent employed: 53.3%
--No disability: 34,399 (76.51%)
----Percent employed: 78%
Population 65 years and over: 10,049 (100%)
--With a disability: 4,597 (45.75%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 74,225 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 34,820 (46.91%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 37,447 (50.45%)
--Same county: 20,922 (28.19%)
--Different county: 16,525 (22.26%)
----Same state: 6,840 (9.22%)
----Different state: 9,685 (13.05%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 1,958 (2.64%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 80,414 (100%)
Native: 72,994 (90.77%)
--Born in United States: 72,421 (100%)
----State of residence: 45,141 (56.14%)
----Different state: 27,280 (33.92%)
--Born outside United States: 573 (0.71%)
Foreign born: 7,420 (9.23%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 4,266 (5.31%)
--Naturalized citizen: 1,924 (2.39%)
--Not a citizen: 5,496 (6.83%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 7,420 (100%)
Europe: 270 (3.64%)
Asia: 2,573 (34.68%)
Africa: 38 (0.51%)
Oceania: 20 (0.27%)
Latin America: 4,349 (58.61%)
Northern America: 170 (2.29%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 74,225 (100%)
English only: 65,305 (87.98%)
Language other than English: 8,920 (12.02%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5,249 (7.07%)
--Spanish: 5,250 (7.07%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3,363 (4.53%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 670 (0.9%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 174 (0.23%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 2,791 (3.76%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,673 (2.25%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 80,414 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 70,729% (87.96%)
Arab: 227 (0.28%)
Czech: 225 (0.28%)
Danish: 123 (0.15%)
Dutch: 1,225 (1.52%)
English: 6,591 (8.2%)
French (except Basque): 1,784 (2.22%)
French Canadian: 176 (0.22%)
German: 9,245 (11.5%)
Greek: 204 (0.25%)
Hungarian: 87 (0.11%)
Irish: 9,074 (11.28%)
Italian: 1,415 (1.76%)
Lithuanian: 11 (0.01%)
Norwegian: 380 (0.47%)
Polish: 526 (0.65%)
Portuguese: 55 (0.07%)
Russian: 154 (0.19%)
Scotch-Irish: 1,539 (1.91%)
Scottish: 1,033 (1.28%)
Slovak: 24 (0.03%)
Subsaharan African: 145 (0.18%)
Swedish: 367 (0.46%)
Swiss: 156 (0.19%)
Ukrainian: 43 (0.05%)
United States or American: 9,432 (11.73%)
Welsh: 317 (0.39%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 272 (0.34%)
Other ancestries: 25,899 (32.21%)

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