Salem, AR

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0562210, place: Salem CDP, Arkansas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 770 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 23 (2.99%)
Kindergarten: 42 (5.45%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 385 (50%)
High school (grades 9-12): 181 (23.51%)
College or graduate school: 139 (18.05%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,800 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 50 (2.78%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 165 (9.17%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 740 (41.11%)
Some college, no degree: 527 (29.28%)
Associate degree: 93 (5.17%)
Bachelor's degree: 155 (8.61%)
Graduate or professional degree: 70 (3.89%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 88.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 12.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,175 (100%)
Never married: 376 (17.29%)
Now married, except separated: 1,446 (66.48%)
Separated: 9 (0.41%)
Total Widowed: 107 (4.92%)
Widowed Female: 81 (3.72%)
Total Divorced: 237 (10.9%)
Divorced Female: 146 (6.71%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 52 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 36 (69.23%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,066 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 348 (16.84%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 694 (100%)
--With a disability: 33 (4.76%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,694 (100%)
--With a disability: 289 (17.06%)
----Percent employed: 78.9%
--No disability: 1,405 (82.94%)
----Percent employed: 84%
Population 65 years and over: 235 (100%)
--With a disability: 89 (37.87%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,623 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,621 (61.8%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 990 (37.74%)
--Same county: 574 (21.88%)
--Different county: 416 (15.86%)
----Same state: 310 (11.82%)
----Different state: 106 (4.04%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 12 (0.46%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,747 (100%)
Native: 2,689 (97.89%)
--Born in United States: 2,675 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,034 (74.04%)
----Different state: 641 (23.33%)
--Born outside United States: 14 (0.51%)
Foreign born: 58 (2.11%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 7 (0.25%)
--Naturalized citizen: 28 (1.02%)
--Not a citizen: 30 (1.09%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 58 (100%)
Europe: 21 (36.21%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 29 (50%)
Northern America: 8 (13.79%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,623 (100%)
English only: 2,536 (96.68%)
Language other than English: 87 (3.32%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 62 (2.36%)
--Spanish: 81 (3.09%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 56 (2.13%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 6 (0.23%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6 (0.23%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,747 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,962% (71.42%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 14 (0.51%)
Dutch: 56 (2.04%)
English: 222 (8.08%)
French (except Basque): 25 (0.91%)
French Canadian: 8 (0.29%)
German: 461 (16.78%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 321 (11.69%)
Italian: 33 (1.2%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 6 (0.22%)
Polish: 14 (0.51%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 73 (2.66%)
Scottish: 25 (0.91%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 25 (0.91%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 367 (13.36%)
Welsh: 15 (0.55%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 297 (10.81%)

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