Prescott, AR

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0557260, place: Prescott city, Arkansas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 904 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 61 (6.75%)
Kindergarten: 90 (9.96%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 405 (44.8%)
High school (grades 9-12): 188 (20.8%)
College or graduate school: 160 (17.7%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,358 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 231 (9.8%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 603 (25.57%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 794 (33.67%)
Some college, no degree: 391 (16.58%)
Associate degree: 63 (2.67%)
Bachelor's degree: 164 (6.96%)
Graduate or professional degree: 112 (4.75%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 64.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 11.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,855 (100%)
Never married: 687 (24.06%)
Now married, except separated: 1,509 (52.85%)
Separated: 66 (2.31%)
Total Widowed: 320 (11.21%)
Widowed Female: 288 (10.09%)
Total Divorced: 273 (9.56%)
Divorced Female: 161 (5.64%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 134 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 97 (72.39%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,694 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 265 (9.84%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 825 (100%)
--With a disability: 38 (4.61%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,962 (100%)
--With a disability: 769 (39.19%)
----Percent employed: 48%
--No disability: 1,193 (60.81%)
----Percent employed: 82.1%
Population 65 years and over: 583 (100%)
--With a disability: 364 (62.44%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 3,426 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,893 (55.25%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,474 (43.02%)
--Same county: 801 (23.38%)
--Different county: 673 (19.64%)
----Same state: 415 (12.11%)
----Different state: 258 (7.53%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 59 (1.72%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 3,695 (100%)
Native: 3,642 (98.57%)
--Born in United States: 3,637 (100%)
----State of residence: 3,066 (82.98%)
----Different state: 571 (15.45%)
--Born outside United States: 5 (0.14%)
Foreign born: 53 (1.43%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 53 (1.43%)
--Naturalized citizen: 0 (0%)
--Not a citizen: 53 (1.43%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 53 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 53 (100%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 3,426 (100%)
English only: 3,314 (96.73%)
Language other than English: 112 (3.27%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 77 (2.25%)
--Spanish: 112 (3.27%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 77 (2.25%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 3,695 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 3,289% (89.01%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 79 (2.14%)
English: 99 (2.68%)
French (except Basque): 48 (1.3%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 179 (4.84%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 154 (4.17%)
Italian: 10 (0.27%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 58 (1.57%)
Scottish: 0 (0%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 50 (1.35%)
Swedish: 8 (0.22%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 714 (19.32%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 1,890 (51.15%)

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