Hope, AR

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0533190, place: Hope city, Arkansas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,542 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 159 (6.25%)
Kindergarten: 153 (6.02%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,329 (52.28%)
High school (grades 9-12): 566 (22.27%)
College or graduate school: 335 (13.18%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 6,329 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 922 (14.57%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,276 (20.16%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,340 (36.97%)
Some college, no degree: 973 (15.37%)
Associate degree: 163 (2.58%)
Bachelor's degree: 397 (6.27%)
Graduate or professional degree: 258 (4.08%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 65.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 10.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 7,998 (100%)
Never married: 2,249 (28.12%)
Now married, except separated: 3,936 (49.21%)
Separated: 288 (3.6%)
Total Widowed: 666 (8.33%)
Widowed Female: 571 (7.14%)
Total Divorced: 859 (10.74%)
Divorced Female: 528 (6.6%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 318 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 177 (55.66%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 7,482 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 809 (10.81%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,589 (100%)
--With a disability: 186 (7.18%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 5,373 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,469 (27.34%)
----Percent employed: 53.3%
--No disability: 3,904 (72.66%)
----Percent employed: 74.7%
Population 65 years and over: 1,391 (100%)
--With a disability: 793 (57.01%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 9,599 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 4,612 (48.05%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 4,458 (46.44%)
--Same county: 2,629 (27.39%)
--Different county: 1,829 (19.05%)
----Same state: 1,101 (11.47%)
----Different state: 728 (7.58%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 529 (5.51%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 10,518 (100%)
Native: 9,339 (88.79%)
--Born in United States: 9,262 (100%)
----State of residence: 6,997 (66.52%)
----Different state: 2,265 (21.53%)
--Born outside United States: 77 (0.73%)
Foreign born: 1,179 (11.21%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 898 (8.54%)
--Naturalized citizen: 236 (2.24%)
--Not a citizen: 943 (8.97%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,179 (100%)
Europe: 24 (2.04%)
Asia: 66 (5.6%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 3 (0.25%)
Latin America: 1,076 (91.26%)
Northern America: 10 (0.85%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 9,599 (100%)
English only: 8,164 (85.05%)
Language other than English: 1,435 (14.95%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 999 (10.41%)
--Spanish: 1,296 (13.5%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 981 (10.22%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 121 (1.26%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 18 (0.19%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 18 (0.19%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 10,518 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 8,377% (79.64%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 6 (0.06%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 77 (0.73%)
English: 503 (4.78%)
French (except Basque): 131 (1.25%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 314 (2.99%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 483 (4.59%)
Italian: 55 (0.52%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 44 (0.42%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 66 (0.63%)
Scottish: 49 (0.47%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 225 (2.14%)
Swedish: 25 (0.24%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 39 (0.37%)
United States or American: 1,139 (10.83%)
Welsh: 37 (0.35%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 5,184 (49.29%)

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