Walnut Ridge, AR

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0572890, place: Walnut Ridge city, Arkansas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,044 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 110 (10.54%)
Kindergarten: 39 (3.74%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 439 (42.05%)
High school (grades 9-12): 251 (24.04%)
College or graduate school: 205 (19.64%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 3,384 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 634 (18.74%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 702 (20.74%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,039 (30.7%)
Some college, no degree: 635 (18.76%)
Associate degree: 54 (1.6%)
Bachelor's degree: 106 (3.13%)
Graduate or professional degree: 214 (6.32%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 60.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 9.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 3,993 (100%)
Never married: 655 (16.4%)
Now married, except separated: 2,230 (55.85%)
Separated: 60 (1.5%)
Total Widowed: 573 (14.35%)
Widowed Female: 520 (13.02%)
Total Divorced: 475 (11.9%)
Divorced Female: 264 (6.61%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 24 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 18 (75%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 3,824 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 448 (11.72%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 905 (100%)
--With a disability: 121 (13.37%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,462 (100%)
--With a disability: 817 (33.18%)
----Percent employed: 54.2%
--No disability: 1,645 (66.82%)
----Percent employed: 81.2%
Population 65 years and over: 858 (100%)
--With a disability: 476 (55.48%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 4,522 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,997 (44.16%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,497 (55.22%)
--Same county: 1,549 (34.25%)
--Different county: 948 (20.96%)
----Same state: 614 (13.58%)
----Different state: 334 (7.39%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 28 (0.62%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 4,826 (100%)
Native: 4,785 (99.15%)
--Born in United States: 4,772 (100%)
----State of residence: 3,666 (75.96%)
----Different state: 1,106 (22.92%)
--Born outside United States: 13 (0.27%)
Foreign born: 41 (0.85%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 20 (0.41%)
--Naturalized citizen: 6 (0.12%)
--Not a citizen: 35 (0.73%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 41 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 15 (36.59%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 26 (63.41%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 4,522 (100%)
English only: 4,459 (98.61%)
Language other than English: 63 (1.39%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 30 (0.66%)
--Spanish: 35 (0.77%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 20 (0.44%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 13 (0.29%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 15 (0.33%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 10 (0.22%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 4,826 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 3,579% (74.16%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 133 (2.76%)
English: 266 (5.51%)
French (except Basque): 67 (1.39%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 354 (7.34%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 9 (0.19%)
Irish: 632 (13.1%)
Italian: 4 (0.08%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 11 (0.23%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 31 (0.64%)
Scotch-Irish: 24 (0.5%)
Scottish: 74 (1.53%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 8 (0.17%)
Swedish: 20 (0.41%)
Swiss: 7 (0.15%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 1,281 (26.54%)
Welsh: 5 (0.1%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 653 (13.53%)

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