Goshen, AR

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0527670, place: Goshen town, Arkansas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 228 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 12 (5.26%)
Kindergarten: 13 (5.7%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 102 (44.74%)
High school (grades 9-12): 68 (29.82%)
College or graduate school: 33 (14.47%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 508 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 20 (3.94%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 57 (11.22%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 189 (37.2%)
Some college, no degree: 101 (19.88%)
Associate degree: 17 (3.35%)
Bachelor's degree: 79 (15.55%)
Graduate or professional degree: 45 (8.86%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 84.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 24.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 624 (100%)
Never married: 126 (20.19%)
Now married, except separated: 408 (65.38%)
Separated: 0 (0%)
Total Widowed: 24 (3.85%)
Widowed Female: 21 (3.37%)
Total Divorced: 66 (10.58%)
Divorced Female: 30 (4.81%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 4 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 2 (50%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 563 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 87 (15.45%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 213 (100%)
--With a disability: 20 (9.39%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 452 (100%)
--With a disability: 50 (11.06%)
----Percent employed: 78%
--No disability: 402 (88.94%)
----Percent employed: 82.8%
Population 65 years and over: 84 (100%)
--With a disability: 29 (34.52%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 749 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 371 (49.53%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 375 (50.07%)
--Same county: 213 (28.44%)
--Different county: 162 (21.63%)
----Same state: 51 (6.81%)
----Different state: 111 (14.82%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 3 (0.4%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 792 (100%)
Native: 785 (99.12%)
--Born in United States: 783 (100%)
----State of residence: 426 (53.79%)
----Different state: 357 (45.08%)
--Born outside United States: 2 (0.25%)
Foreign born: 7 (0.88%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 3 (0.38%)
--Naturalized citizen: 4 (0.51%)
--Not a citizen: 3 (0.38%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 7 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 3 (42.86%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 4 (57.14%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 749 (100%)
English only: 733 (97.86%)
Language other than English: 16 (2.14%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3 (0.4%)
--Spanish: 10 (1.34%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 3 (0.4%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 3 (0.4%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3 (0.4%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 792 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 612% (77.27%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 4 (0.51%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 14 (1.77%)
English: 98 (12.37%)
French (except Basque): 8 (1.01%)
French Canadian: 6 (0.76%)
German: 120 (15.15%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 72 (9.09%)
Italian: 10 (1.26%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 2 (0.25%)
Polish: 17 (2.15%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 15 (1.89%)
Scottish: 10 (1.26%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 8 (1.01%)
Swiss: 7 (0.88%)
Ukrainian: 2 (0.25%)
United States or American: 105 (13.26%)
Welsh: 15 (1.89%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 99 (12.5%)

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