Wheatley, AR

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0574840, place: Wheatley city, Arkansas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 81 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 2 (2.47%)
Kindergarten: 0 (0%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 35 (43.21%)
High school (grades 9-12): 33 (40.74%)
College or graduate school: 11 (13.58%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 246 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 21 (8.54%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 61 (24.8%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 111 (45.12%)
Some college, no degree: 31 (12.6%)
Associate degree: 7 (2.85%)
Bachelor's degree: 9 (3.66%)
Graduate or professional degree: 6 (2.44%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 66.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 6.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 307 (100%)
Never married: 78 (25.41%)
Now married, except separated: 163 (53.09%)
Separated: 5 (1.63%)
Total Widowed: 24 (7.82%)
Widowed Female: 24 (7.82%)
Total Divorced: 37 (12.05%)
Divorced Female: 21 (6.84%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 3 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0 (0%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 288 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 19 (6.6%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 75 (100%)
--With a disability: 5 (6.67%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 205 (100%)
--With a disability: 62 (30.24%)
----Percent employed: 38.7%
--No disability: 143 (69.76%)
----Percent employed: 83.9%
Population 65 years and over: 73 (100%)
--With a disability: 54 (73.97%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 353 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 230 (65.16%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 123 (34.84%)
--Same county: 59 (16.71%)
--Different county: 64 (18.13%)
----Same state: 50 (14.16%)
----Different state: 14 (3.97%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 370 (100%)
Native: 370 (100%)
--Born in United States: 370 (100%)
----State of residence: 308 (83.24%)
----Different state: 62 (16.76%)
--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: 353 (100%)
English only: 346 (98.02%)
Language other than English: 7 (1.98%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3 (0.85%)
--Spanish: 5 (1.42%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3 (0.85%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 2 (0.57%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 370 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 289% (78.11%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 15 (4.05%)
Dutch: 0 (0%)
English: 16 (4.32%)
French (except Basque): 3 (0.81%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 17 (4.59%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 18 (4.86%)
Italian: 0 (0%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 18 (4.86%)
Scottish: 0 (0%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 6 (1.62%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 85 (22.97%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 111 (30%)

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