Marion, AR

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0544180, place: Marion city, Arkansas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,442 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 197 (8.07%)
Kindergarten: 154 (6.31%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,133 (46.4%)
High school (grades 9-12): 501 (20.52%)
College or graduate school: 457 (18.71%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 5,451 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 232 (4.26%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 543 (9.96%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,780 (32.65%)
Some college, no degree: 1,347 (24.71%)
Associate degree: 229 (4.2%)
Bachelor's degree: 972 (17.83%)
Graduate or professional degree: 348 (6.38%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 85.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 24.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 6,675 (100%)
Never married: 1,360 (20.37%)
Now married, except separated: 4,352 (65.2%)
Separated: 107 (1.6%)
Total Widowed: 226 (3.39%)
Widowed Female: 192 (2.88%)
Total Divorced: 630 (9.44%)
Divorced Female: 375 (5.62%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 248 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 118 (47.58%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 6,272 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 726 (11.58%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,181 (100%)
--With a disability: 97 (4.45%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 5,566 (100%)
--With a disability: 730 (13.12%)
----Percent employed: 56%
--No disability: 4,836 (86.88%)
----Percent employed: 80.7%
Population 65 years and over: 294 (100%)
--With a disability: 101 (34.35%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 8,134 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 3,858 (47.43%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 4,120 (50.65%)
--Same county: 2,148 (26.41%)
--Different county: 1,972 (24.24%)
----Same state: 696 (8.56%)
----Different state: 1,276 (15.69%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 156 (1.92%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 8,901 (100%)
Native: 8,757 (98.38%)
--Born in United States: 8,703 (100%)
----State of residence: 4,288 (48.17%)
----Different state: 4,415 (49.6%)
--Born outside United States: 54 (0.61%)
Foreign born: 144 (1.62%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 106 (1.19%)
--Naturalized citizen: 17 (0.19%)
--Not a citizen: 127 (1.43%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 144 (100%)
Europe: 30 (20.83%)
Asia: 34 (23.61%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 80 (55.56%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 8,134 (100%)
English only: 7,851 (96.52%)
Language other than English: 283 (3.48%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 134 (1.65%)
--Spanish: 170 (2.09%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 106 (1.3%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 86 (1.06%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 17 (0.21%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 27 (0.33%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 11 (0.14%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 8,901 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 6,940% (77.97%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 7 (0.08%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 92 (1.03%)
English: 575 (6.46%)
French (except Basque): 106 (1.19%)
French Canadian: 31 (0.35%)
German: 563 (6.33%)
Greek: 65 (0.73%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 945 (10.62%)
Italian: 165 (1.85%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 47 (0.53%)
Polish: 61 (0.69%)
Portuguese: 7 (0.08%)
Russian: 28 (0.31%)
Scotch-Irish: 79 (0.89%)
Scottish: 98 (1.1%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 28 (0.31%)
Swedish: 34 (0.38%)
Swiss: 2 (0.02%)
Ukrainian: 7 (0.08%)
United States or American: 1,835 (20.62%)
Welsh: 30 (0.34%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 2,135 (23.99%)

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