Thornton, AR

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0569050, place: Thornton city, Arkansas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 136 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 8 (5.88%)
Kindergarten: 7 (5.15%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 76 (55.88%)
High school (grades 9-12): 35 (25.74%)
College or graduate school: 10 (7.35%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 373 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 27 (7.24%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 90 (24.13%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 176 (47.18%)
Some college, no degree: 52 (13.94%)
Associate degree: 10 (2.68%)
Bachelor's degree: 14 (3.75%)
Graduate or professional degree: 4 (1.07%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 68.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 4.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 427 (100%)
Never married: 106 (24.82%)
Now married, except separated: 224 (52.46%)
Separated: 20 (4.68%)
Total Widowed: 31 (7.26%)
Widowed Female: 28 (6.56%)
Total Divorced: 46 (10.77%)
Divorced Female: 28 (6.56%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 32 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 9 (28.13%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 405 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 41 (10.12%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 127 (100%)
--With a disability: 11 (8.66%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 319 (100%)
--With a disability: 60 (18.81%)
----Percent employed: 28.3%
--No disability: 259 (81.19%)
----Percent employed: 66.4%
Population 65 years and over: 64 (100%)
--With a disability: 37 (57.81%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 510 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 349 (68.43%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 161 (31.57%)
--Same county: 65 (12.75%)
--Different county: 96 (18.82%)
----Same state: 86 (16.86%)
----Different state: 10 (1.96%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 549 (100%)
Native: 549 (100%)
--Born in United States: 549 (100%)
----State of residence: 482 (87.8%)
----Different state: 67 (12.2%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 0 (0%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 0 (0%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

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

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 510 (100%)
English only: 497 (97.45%)
Language other than English: 13 (2.55%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1 (0.2%)
--Spanish: 5 (0.98%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 8 (1.57%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1 (0.2%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 549 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 414% (75.41%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 5 (0.91%)
English: 14 (2.55%)
French (except Basque): 0 (0%)
French Canadian: 4 (0.73%)
German: 14 (2.55%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 18 (3.28%)
Italian: 0 (0%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 1 (0.18%)
Scotch-Irish: 12 (2.19%)
Scottish: 2 (0.36%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 8 (1.46%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 46 (8.38%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 290 (52.82%)

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