Gibson, AR

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0526710, place: Gibson CDP, Arkansas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,243 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 101 (8.13%)
Kindergarten: 42 (3.38%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 580 (46.66%)
High school (grades 9-12): 353 (28.4%)
College or graduate school: 167 (13.44%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,970 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 125 (4.21%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 304 (10.24%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,028 (34.61%)
Some college, no degree: 886 (29.83%)
Associate degree: 153 (5.15%)
Bachelor's degree: 319 (10.74%)
Graduate or professional degree: 155 (5.22%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 85.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 16%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 3,578 (100%)
Never married: 822 (22.97%)
Now married, except separated: 2,140 (59.81%)
Separated: 11 (0.31%)
Total Widowed: 182 (5.09%)
Widowed Female: 147 (4.11%)
Total Divorced: 423 (11.82%)
Divorced Female: 283 (7.91%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 138 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 66 (47.83%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 3,276 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 607 (18.53%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,100 (100%)
--With a disability: 114 (10.36%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,668 (100%)
--With a disability: 610 (22.86%)
----Percent employed: 66.6%
--No disability: 2,058 (77.14%)
----Percent employed: 78.1%
Population 65 years and over: 408 (100%)
--With a disability: 194 (47.55%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 4,232 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,684 (63.42%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,464 (34.59%)
--Same county: 939 (22.19%)
--Different county: 525 (12.41%)
----Same state: 214 (5.06%)
----Different state: 311 (7.35%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 84 (1.98%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 4,556 (100%)
Native: 4,496 (98.68%)
--Born in United States: 4,429 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,946 (64.66%)
----Different state: 1,483 (32.55%)
--Born outside United States: 67 (1.47%)
Foreign born: 60 (1.32%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 19 (0.42%)
--Naturalized citizen: 34 (0.75%)
--Not a citizen: 26 (0.57%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 60 (100%)
Europe: 19 (31.67%)
Asia: 28 (46.67%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 8 (13.33%)
Latin America: 5 (8.33%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 4,232 (100%)
English only: 4,176 (98.68%)
Language other than English: 56 (1.32%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 17 (0.4%)
--Spanish: 35 (0.83%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 11 (0.26%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 21 (0.5%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6 (0.14%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 4,556 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 3,828% (84.02%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 37 (0.81%)
Dutch: 63 (1.38%)
English: 395 (8.67%)
French (except Basque): 115 (2.52%)
French Canadian: 12 (0.26%)
German: 472 (10.36%)
Greek: 12 (0.26%)
Hungarian: 18 (0.4%)
Irish: 406 (8.91%)
Italian: 95 (2.09%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 26 (0.57%)
Polish: 66 (1.45%)
Portuguese: 6 (0.13%)
Russian: 6 (0.13%)
Scotch-Irish: 64 (1.4%)
Scottish: 54 (1.19%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 12 (0.26%)
Swedish: 37 (0.81%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 36 (0.79%)
United States or American: 717 (15.74%)
Welsh: 70 (1.54%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 1,109 (24.34%)

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