Melbourne, AR

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0545080, place: Melbourne city, Arkansas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 407 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 23 (5.65%)
Kindergarten: 38 (9.34%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 172 (42.26%)
High school (grades 9-12): 78 (19.16%)
College or graduate school: 96 (23.59%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,127 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 154 (13.66%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 169 (15%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 385 (34.16%)
Some college, no degree: 230 (20.41%)
Associate degree: 41 (3.64%)
Bachelor's degree: 89 (7.9%)
Graduate or professional degree: 59 (5.24%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 71.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 13.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,340 (100%)
Never married: 256 (19.1%)
Now married, except separated: 706 (52.69%)
Separated: 31 (2.31%)
Total Widowed: 166 (12.39%)
Widowed Female: 148 (11.04%)
Total Divorced: 181 (13.51%)
Divorced Female: 114 (8.51%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 24 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 15 (62.5%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,278 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 157 (12.28%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 351 (100%)
--With a disability: 27 (7.69%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 853 (100%)
--With a disability: 185 (21.69%)
----Percent employed: 31.4%
--No disability: 668 (78.31%)
----Percent employed: 78.4%
Population 65 years and over: 265 (100%)
--With a disability: 126 (47.55%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,560 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 763 (48.91%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 793 (50.83%)
--Same county: 411 (26.35%)
--Different county: 382 (24.49%)
----Same state: 202 (12.95%)
----Different state: 180 (11.54%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 4 (0.26%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,658 (100%)
Native: 1,656 (99.88%)
--Born in United States: 1,646 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,130 (68.15%)
----Different state: 516 (31.12%)
--Born outside United States: 10 (0.6%)
Foreign born: 2 (0.12%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 2 (0.12%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 2 (100%)
Europe: 2 (100%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,560 (100%)
English only: 1,536 (98.46%)
Language other than English: 24 (1.54%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5 (0.32%)
--Spanish: 13 (0.83%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3 (0.19%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 5 (0.32%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 2 (0.13%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,658 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,301% (78.47%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 5 (0.3%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 18 (1.09%)
English: 137 (8.26%)
French (except Basque): 27 (1.63%)
French Canadian: 4 (0.24%)
German: 94 (5.67%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 2 (0.12%)
Irish: 176 (10.62%)
Italian: 27 (1.63%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 6 (0.36%)
Polish: 2 (0.12%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 3 (0.18%)
Scotch-Irish: 25 (1.51%)
Scottish: 17 (1.03%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 18 (1.09%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 441 (26.6%)
Welsh: 8 (0.48%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 291 (17.55%)

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