General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3240000, place: Las Vegas city, Nevada)SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school: 113,731 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 6,769 (5.95%)
Kindergarten: 7,492 (6.59%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 55,678 (48.96%)
High school (grades 9-12): 23,690 (20.83%)
College or graduate school: 20,102 (17.68%)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTPopulation 25 years and over: 313,205 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 24,282 (7.75%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 43,119 (13.77%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 90,478 (28.89%)
Some college, no degree: 80,596 (25.73%)
Associate degree: 17,741 (5.66%)
Bachelor's degree: 36,660 (11.7%)
Graduate or professional degree: 20,329 (6.49%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 78.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 18.2%
MARITIAL STATUSPopulation 15 years and over: 372,080 (100%)
Never married: 95,491 (25.66%)
Now married, except separated: 193,886 (52.11%)
Separated: 9,947 (2.67%)
Total Widowed: 20,928 (5.62%)
Widowed Female: 16,144 (4.34%)
Total Divorced: 51,828 (13.93%)
Divorced Female: 28,143 (7.56%)
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERSGrandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 12,303 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 4,812 (39.11%)
VETERAN STATUSCivilian population 18 years and over: 354,538 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 54,533 (15.38%)
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATIONPopulation 5 to 20 years: 103,588 (100%)
--With a disability: 8,921 (8.61%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 278,638 (100%)
--With a disability: 66,447 (23.85%)
----Percent employed: 60.3%
--No disability: 212,191 (76.15%)
----Percent employed: 72.7%
Population 65 years and over: 53,663 (100%)
--With a disability: 21,196 (39.5%)
RESIDENCE IN 1995Population 5 years and over: 442,290 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 157,176 (35.54%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 262,795 (59.42%)
--Same county: 143,609 (32.47%)
--Different county: 119,186 (26.95%)
----Same state: 4,038 (0.91%)
----Different state: 115,148 (26.03%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 22,319 (5.05%)
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTHTotal population: 478,868 (100%)
Native: 388,212 (81.07%)
--Born in United States: 381,398 (100%)
----State of residence: 94,197 (19.67%)
----Different state: 287,201 (59.97%)
--Born outside United States: 6,814 (1.42%)
Foreign born: 90,656 (18.93%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 42,302 (8.83%)
--Naturalized citizen: 30,945 (6.46%)
--Not a citizen: 59,711 (12.47%)
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORNTotal (excluding born at sea): 90,656 (100%)
Europe: 9,070 (10%)
Asia: 17,062 (18.82%)
Africa: 916 (1.01%)
Oceania: 331 (0.37%)
Latin America: 60,336 (66.55%)
Northern America: 2,941 (3.24%)
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOMEPopulation 5 years and over: 442,290 (100%)
English only: 323,798 (73.21%)
Language other than English: 118,492 (26.79%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 60,295 (13.63%)
--Spanish: 87,612 (19.81%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 49,988 (11.3%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 12,234 (2.77%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3,093 (0.7%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 16,479 (3.73%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6,560 (1.48%)
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)Total population: 478,868 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 502,161% (104.86%)
Arab: 1,844 (0.39%)
Czech: 2,207 (0.46%)
Danish: 3,763 (0.79%)
Dutch: 6,663 (1.39%)
English: 40,378 (8.43%)
French (except Basque): 13,261 (2.77%)
French Canadian: 3,187 (0.67%)
German: 58,288 (12.17%)
Greek: 2,380 (0.5%)
Hungarian: 2,985 (0.62%)
Irish: 46,735 (9.76%)
Italian: 32,124 (6.71%)
Lithuanian: 743 (0.16%)
Norwegian: 7,125 (1.49%)
Polish: 12,188 (2.55%)
Portuguese: 1,411 (0.29%)
Russian: 6,593 (1.38%)
Scotch-Irish: 5,616 (1.17%)
Scottish: 7,916 (1.65%)
Slovak: 771 (0.16%)
Subsaharan African: 3,034 (0.63%)
Swedish: 6,808 (1.42%)
Swiss: 1,237 (0.26%)
Ukrainian: 1,210 (0.25%)
United States or American: 21,393 (4.47%)
Welsh: 2,832 (0.59%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 1,058 (0.22%)
Other ancestries: 208,411 (43.52%)
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