Harrisburg, AR

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0530400, place: Harrisburg city, Arkansas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 403 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 22 (5.46%)
Kindergarten: 20 (4.96%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 187 (46.4%)
High school (grades 9-12): 96 (23.82%)
College or graduate school: 78 (19.35%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,495 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 283 (18.93%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 268 (17.93%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 592 (39.6%)
Some college, no degree: 200 (13.38%)
Associate degree: 25 (1.67%)
Bachelor's degree: 88 (5.89%)
Graduate or professional degree: 39 (2.61%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 63.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 8.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,746 (100%)
Never married: 264 (15.12%)
Now married, except separated: 916 (52.46%)
Separated: 34 (1.95%)
Total Widowed: 229 (13.12%)
Widowed Female: 200 (11.45%)
Total Divorced: 303 (17.35%)
Divorced Female: 189 (10.82%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 65 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 46 (70.77%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,678 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 173 (10.31%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 315 (100%)
--With a disability: 16 (5.08%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,075 (100%)
--With a disability: 307 (28.56%)
----Percent employed: 43%
--No disability: 768 (71.44%)
----Percent employed: 74.6%
Population 65 years and over: 367 (100%)
--With a disability: 211 (57.49%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,966 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 991 (50.41%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 964 (49.03%)
--Same county: 465 (23.65%)
--Different county: 499 (25.38%)
----Same state: 293 (14.9%)
----Different state: 206 (10.48%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 11 (0.56%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,086 (100%)
Native: 2,086 (100%)
--Born in United States: 2,083 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,523 (73.01%)
----Different state: 560 (26.85%)
--Born outside United States: 3 (0.14%)
Foreign born: 0 (0%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 0 (0%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 0
Europe: 0
Asia: 0
Africa: 0
Oceania: 0
Latin America: 0
Northern America: 0

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,966 (100%)
English only: 1,909 (97.1%)
Language other than English: 57 (2.9%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 17 (0.86%)
--Spanish: 45 (2.29%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 17 (0.86%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 12 (0.61%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,086 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,509% (72.34%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 52 (2.49%)
English: 81 (3.88%)
French (except Basque): 4 (0.19%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 152 (7.29%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 250 (11.98%)
Italian: 3 (0.14%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 12 (0.58%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 23 (1.1%)
Scottish: 9 (0.43%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 4 (0.19%)
Swedish: 3 (0.14%)
Swiss: 4 (0.19%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 453 (21.72%)
Welsh: 7 (0.34%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 452 (21.67%)

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