Sheridan, AR

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0563710, place: Sheridan city, Arkansas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 936 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 54 (5.77%)
Kindergarten: 84 (8.97%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 367 (39.21%)
High school (grades 9-12): 272 (29.06%)
College or graduate school: 159 (16.99%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,542 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 216 (8.5%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 222 (8.73%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 870 (34.23%)
Some college, no degree: 680 (26.75%)
Associate degree: 113 (4.45%)
Bachelor's degree: 257 (10.11%)
Graduate or professional degree: 184 (7.24%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 82.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 17.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 3,072 (100%)
Never married: 496 (16.15%)
Now married, except separated: 1,954 (63.61%)
Separated: 42 (1.37%)
Total Widowed: 285 (9.28%)
Widowed Female: 226 (7.36%)
Total Divorced: 295 (9.6%)
Divorced Female: 195 (6.35%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 53 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 39 (73.58%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,845 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 424 (14.9%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 851 (100%)
--With a disability: 66 (7.76%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,156 (100%)
--With a disability: 666 (30.89%)
----Percent employed: 57.5%
--No disability: 1,490 (69.11%)
----Percent employed: 78.8%
Population 65 years and over: 472 (100%)
--With a disability: 264 (55.93%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 3,595 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,877 (52.21%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,699 (47.26%)
--Same county: 708 (19.69%)
--Different county: 991 (27.57%)
----Same state: 662 (18.41%)
----Different state: 329 (9.15%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 19 (0.53%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 3,827 (100%)
Native: 3,809 (99.53%)
--Born in United States: 3,797 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,816 (73.58%)
----Different state: 981 (25.63%)
--Born outside United States: 12 (0.31%)
Foreign born: 18 (0.47%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 7 (0.18%)
--Not a citizen: 11 (0.29%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 18 (100%)
Europe: 18 (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: 3,595 (100%)
English only: 3,532 (98.25%)
Language other than English: 63 (1.75%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 27 (0.75%)
--Spanish: 29 (0.81%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 22 (0.61%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 34 (0.95%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5 (0.14%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 3,827 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,957% (77.27%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 8 (0.21%)
Danish: 6 (0.16%)
Dutch: 90 (2.35%)
English: 289 (7.55%)
French (except Basque): 62 (1.62%)
French Canadian: 7 (0.18%)
German: 342 (8.94%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 432 (11.29%)
Italian: 68 (1.78%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 7 (0.18%)
Polish: 34 (0.89%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 88 (2.3%)
Scottish: 34 (0.89%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 13 (0.34%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 976 (25.5%)
Welsh: 28 (0.73%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 473 (12.36%)

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