Newark, AR

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0549010, place: Newark city, Arkansas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 282 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 9 (3.19%)
Kindergarten: 22 (7.8%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 141 (50%)
High school (grades 9-12): 69 (24.47%)
College or graduate school: 41 (14.54%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 781 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 104 (13.32%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 107 (13.7%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 347 (44.43%)
Some college, no degree: 130 (16.65%)
Associate degree: 24 (3.07%)
Bachelor's degree: 50 (6.4%)
Graduate or professional degree: 19 (2.43%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 73%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 8.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 942 (100%)
Never married: 154 (16.35%)
Now married, except separated: 592 (62.85%)
Separated: 11 (1.17%)
Total Widowed: 98 (10.4%)
Widowed Female: 77 (8.17%)
Total Divorced: 87 (9.24%)
Divorced Female: 62 (6.58%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 15 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 9 (60%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 881 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 107 (12.15%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 267 (100%)
--With a disability: 14 (5.24%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 653 (100%)
--With a disability: 195 (29.86%)
----Percent employed: 45.6%
--No disability: 458 (70.14%)
----Percent employed: 73.6%
Population 65 years and over: 194 (100%)
--With a disability: 111 (57.22%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,114 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 642 (57.63%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 464 (41.65%)
--Same county: 265 (23.79%)
--Different county: 199 (17.86%)
----Same state: 110 (9.87%)
----Different state: 89 (7.99%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 8 (0.72%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,202 (100%)
Native: 1,198 (99.67%)
--Born in United States: 1,192 (100%)
----State of residence: 898 (74.71%)
----Different state: 294 (24.46%)
--Born outside United States: 6 (0.5%)
Foreign born: 4 (0.33%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 1 (0.08%)
--Naturalized citizen: 3 (0.25%)
--Not a citizen: 1 (0.08%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 4 (100%)
Europe: 1 (25%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 3 (75%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,114 (100%)
English only: 1,092 (98.03%)
Language other than English: 22 (1.97%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3 (0.27%)
--Spanish: 16 (1.44%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3 (0.27%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 2 (0.18%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 4 (0.36%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,202 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 916% (76.21%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 40 (3.33%)
English: 115 (9.57%)
French (except Basque): 22 (1.83%)
French Canadian: 3 (0.25%)
German: 70 (5.82%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 156 (12.98%)
Italian: 1 (0.08%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 10 (0.83%)
Scottish: 3 (0.25%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 2 (0.17%)
Swedish: 5 (0.42%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 248 (20.63%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 241 (20.05%)

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