Piggott, AR

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0555130, place: Piggott city, Arkansas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 731 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 104 (14.23%)
Kindergarten: 31 (4.24%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 364 (49.79%)
High school (grades 9-12): 172 (23.53%)
College or graduate school: 60 (8.21%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,731 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 619 (22.67%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 457 (16.73%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 995 (36.43%)
Some college, no degree: 316 (11.57%)
Associate degree: 59 (2.16%)
Bachelor's degree: 186 (6.81%)
Graduate or professional degree: 99 (3.63%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 60.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 10.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 3,184 (100%)
Never married: 454 (14.26%)
Now married, except separated: 1,965 (61.71%)
Separated: 65 (2.04%)
Total Widowed: 404 (12.69%)
Widowed Female: 369 (11.59%)
Total Divorced: 296 (9.3%)
Divorced Female: 176 (5.53%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 11 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 3 (27.27%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 3,055 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 399 (13.06%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 723 (100%)
--With a disability: 41 (5.67%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,958 (100%)
--With a disability: 383 (19.56%)
----Percent employed: 42%
--No disability: 1,575 (80.44%)
----Percent employed: 82.3%
Population 65 years and over: 858 (100%)
--With a disability: 465 (54.2%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 3,644 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,986 (54.5%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,641 (45.03%)
--Same county: 1,162 (31.89%)
--Different county: 479 (13.14%)
----Same state: 144 (3.95%)
----Different state: 335 (9.19%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 17 (0.47%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 3,888 (100%)
Native: 3,860 (99.28%)
--Born in United States: 3,856 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,357 (60.62%)
----Different state: 1,499 (38.55%)
--Born outside United States: 4 (0.1%)
Foreign born: 28 (0.72%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 14 (0.36%)
--Naturalized citizen: 28 (0.72%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 28 (100%)
Europe: 10 (35.71%)
Asia: 18 (64.29%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 3,644 (100%)
English only: 3,590 (98.52%)
Language other than English: 54 (1.48%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 17 (0.47%)
--Spanish: 38 (1.04%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6 (0.16%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 10 (0.27%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5 (0.14%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 6 (0.16%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6 (0.16%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 3,888 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,054% (52.83%)
Arab: 5 (0.13%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 45 (1.16%)
English: 314 (8.08%)
French (except Basque): 69 (1.77%)
French Canadian: 8 (0.21%)
German: 211 (5.43%)
Greek: 7 (0.18%)
Hungarian: 5 (0.13%)
Irish: 361 (9.28%)
Italian: 0 (0%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 41 (1.05%)
Polish: 16 (0.41%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 39 (1%)
Scottish: 9 (0.23%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 573 (14.74%)
Welsh: 19 (0.49%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 332 (8.54%)

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