Pahrump, NV

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3253800, place: Pahrump CDP, Nevada)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 4,779 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 245 (5.13%)
Kindergarten: 300 (6.28%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 2,626 (54.95%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,178 (24.65%)
College or graduate school: 430 (9%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 18,134 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 738 (4.07%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 3,157 (17.41%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 7,381 (40.7%)
Some college, no degree: 4,008 (22.1%)
Associate degree: 1,044 (5.76%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,232 (6.79%)
Graduate or professional degree: 574 (3.17%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 78.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 10%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 20,142 (100%)
Never married: 2,939 (14.59%)
Now married, except separated: 12,595 (62.53%)
Separated: 437 (2.17%)
Total Widowed: 1,681 (8.35%)
Widowed Female: 1,193 (5.92%)
Total Divorced: 2,490 (12.36%)
Divorced Female: 1,182 (5.87%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 604 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 256 (42.38%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 19,282 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 4,441 (23.03%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 4,532 (100%)
--With a disability: 297 (6.55%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 13,570 (100%)
--With a disability: 4,571 (33.68%)
----Percent employed: 56.2%
--No disability: 8,999 (66.32%)
----Percent employed: 61%
Population 65 years and over: 5,215 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,097 (40.21%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 23,345 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 9,113 (39.04%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 13,916 (59.61%)
--Same county: 2,922 (12.52%)
--Different county: 10,994 (47.09%)
----Same state: 4,899 (20.99%)
----Different state: 6,095 (26.11%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 316 (1.35%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 24,708 (100%)
Native: 23,440 (94.87%)
--Born in United States: 23,164 (100%)
----State of residence: 4,297 (17.39%)
----Different state: 18,867 (76.36%)
--Born outside United States: 276 (1.12%)
Foreign born: 1,268 (5.13%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 316 (1.28%)
--Naturalized citizen: 655 (2.65%)
--Not a citizen: 613 (2.48%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,268 (100%)
Europe: 345 (27.21%)
Asia: 138 (10.88%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 9 (0.71%)
Latin America: 673 (53.08%)
Northern America: 103 (8.12%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 23,345 (100%)
English only: 21,313 (91.3%)
Language other than English: 2,032 (8.7%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 621 (2.66%)
--Spanish: 1,368 (5.86%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 494 (2.12%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 455 (1.95%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 118 (0.51%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 109 (0.47%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 9 (0.04%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 24,708 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 29,565% (119.66%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 119 (0.48%)
Danish: 191 (0.77%)
Dutch: 689 (2.79%)
English: 3,699 (14.97%)
French (except Basque): 1,290 (5.22%)
French Canadian: 145 (0.59%)
German: 5,706 (23.09%)
Greek: 166 (0.67%)
Hungarian: 134 (0.54%)
Irish: 4,565 (18.48%)
Italian: 1,498 (6.06%)
Lithuanian: 48 (0.19%)
Norwegian: 449 (1.82%)
Polish: 490 (1.98%)
Portuguese: 193 (0.78%)
Russian: 146 (0.59%)
Scotch-Irish: 554 (2.24%)
Scottish: 686 (2.78%)
Slovak: 40 (0.16%)
Subsaharan African: 57 (0.23%)
Swedish: 558 (2.26%)
Swiss: 80 (0.32%)
Ukrainian: 24 (0.1%)
United States or American: 1,917 (7.76%)
Welsh: 305 (1.23%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 10 (0.04%)
Other ancestries: 5,806 (23.5%)

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