U.S. Beacon March 29, 2024

West Fork, AR

Washington County, Arkansas

Latitude: 35.932618     Longitude: -94.182539
Population 2,195 (2005)
Elevation of West Fork, Arkansas: 1339 feet



General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0574360, place: West Fork city, Arkansas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 508 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 20 (3.94%)
Kindergarten: 23 (4.53%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 289 (56.89%)
High school (grades 9-12): 119 (23.43%)
College or graduate school: 57 (11.22%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,241 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 76 (6.12%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 155 (12.49%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 515 (41.5%)
Some college, no degree: 324 (26.11%)
Associate degree: 35 (2.82%)
Bachelor's degree: 83 (6.69%)
Graduate or professional degree: 53 (4.27%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 81.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 11%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,487 (100%)
Never married: 270 (18.16%)
Now married, except separated: 922 (62%)
Separated: 28 (1.88%)
Total Widowed: 82 (5.51%)
Widowed Female: 74 (4.98%)
Total Divorced: 185 (12.44%)
Divorced Female: 108 (7.26%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 30 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 12 (40%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,401 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 231 (16.49%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 509 (100%)
--With a disability: 25 (4.91%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,145 (100%)
--With a disability: 181 (15.81%)
----Percent employed: 53.6%
--No disability: 964 (84.19%)
----Percent employed: 81.5%
Population 65 years and over: 184 (100%)
--With a disability: 102 (55.43%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,840 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 923 (50.16%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 902 (49.02%)
--Same county: 623 (33.86%)
--Different county: 279 (15.16%)
----Same state: 110 (5.98%)
----Different state: 169 (9.18%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 15 (0.82%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,994 (100%)
Native: 1,968 (98.7%)
--Born in United States: 1,955 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,059 (53.11%)
----Different state: 896 (44.93%)
--Born outside United States: 13 (0.65%)
Foreign born: 26 (1.3%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 18 (0.9%)
--Naturalized citizen: 9 (0.45%)
--Not a citizen: 17 (0.85%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 26 (100%)
Europe: 2 (7.69%)
Asia: 2 (7.69%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 2 (7.69%)
Latin America: 18 (69.23%)
Northern America: 2 (7.69%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,840 (100%)
English only: 1,785 (97.01%)
Language other than English: 55 (2.99%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 16 (0.87%)
--Spanish: 47 (2.55%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 14 (0.76%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 6 (0.33%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.11%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 2 (0.11%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,994 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,751% (87.81%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 3 (0.15%)
Danish: 16 (0.8%)
Dutch: 36 (1.81%)
English: 181 (9.08%)
French (except Basque): 46 (2.31%)
French Canadian: 14 (0.7%)
German: 239 (11.99%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 211 (10.58%)
Italian: 66 (3.31%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 13 (0.65%)
Polish: 2 (0.1%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 5 (0.25%)
Scotch-Irish: 25 (1.25%)
Scottish: 15 (0.75%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 2 (0.1%)
Swedish: 22 (1.1%)
Swiss: 3 (0.15%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 510 (25.58%)
Welsh: 4 (0.2%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 2 (0.1%)
Other ancestries: 336 (16.85%)

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