Sparks, NV

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3268400, place: Sparks city, Nevada)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 17,619 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 888 (5.04%)
Kindergarten: 1,135 (6.44%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 8,192 (46.5%)
High school (grades 9-12): 3,824 (21.7%)
College or graduate school: 3,580 (20.32%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 42,403 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 3,028 (7.14%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 4,528 (10.68%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 11,814 (27.86%)
Some college, no degree: 12,293 (28.99%)
Associate degree: 3,198 (7.54%)
Bachelor's degree: 5,342 (12.6%)
Graduate or professional degree: 2,200 (5.19%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 82.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 17.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 51,489 (100%)
Never married: 12,292 (23.87%)
Now married, except separated: 27,555 (53.52%)
Separated: 848 (1.65%)
Total Widowed: 2,958 (5.74%)
Widowed Female: 2,373 (4.61%)
Total Divorced: 7,836 (15.22%)
Divorced Female: 4,405 (8.56%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 1,431 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 550 (38.43%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 48,802 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 7,296 (14.95%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 15,799 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,158 (7.33%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 38,840 (100%)
--With a disability: 8,635 (22.23%)
----Percent employed: 69.3%
--No disability: 30,205 (77.77%)
----Percent employed: 80.9%
Population 65 years and over: 6,514 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,740 (42.06%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 61,730 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 25,499 (41.31%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 34,005 (55.09%)
--Same county: 21,775 (35.27%)
--Different county: 12,230 (19.81%)
----Same state: 1,911 (3.1%)
----Different state: 10,319 (16.72%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 2,226 (3.61%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 66,532 (100%)
Native: 56,178 (84.44%)
--Born in United States: 55,637 (100%)
----State of residence: 19,553 (29.39%)
----Different state: 36,084 (54.24%)
--Born outside United States: 541 (0.81%)
Foreign born: 10,354 (15.56%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 4,760 (7.15%)
--Naturalized citizen: 4,080 (6.13%)
--Not a citizen: 6,274 (9.43%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 10,354 (100%)
Europe: 832 (8.04%)
Asia: 2,466 (23.82%)
Africa: 130 (1.26%)
Oceania: 196 (1.89%)
Latin America: 6,414 (61.95%)
Northern America: 316 (3.05%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 61,730 (100%)
English only: 48,025 (77.8%)
Language other than English: 13,705 (22.2%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6,646 (10.77%)
--Spanish: 9,875 (16%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5,168 (8.37%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 1,232 (2%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 381 (0.62%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 2,379 (3.85%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,061 (1.72%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 66,532 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 75,646% (113.7%)
Arab: 66 (0.1%)
Czech: 288 (0.43%)
Danish: 570 (0.86%)
Dutch: 1,282 (1.93%)
English: 8,396 (12.62%)
French (except Basque): 2,645 (3.98%)
French Canadian: 257 (0.39%)
German: 11,004 (16.54%)
Greek: 342 (0.51%)
Hungarian: 340 (0.51%)
Irish: 9,155 (13.76%)
Italian: 4,845 (7.28%)
Lithuanian: 88 (0.13%)
Norwegian: 1,645 (2.47%)
Polish: 1,258 (1.89%)
Portuguese: 872 (1.31%)
Russian: 219 (0.33%)
Scotch-Irish: 1,124 (1.69%)
Scottish: 1,398 (2.1%)
Slovak: 134 (0.2%)
Subsaharan African: 199 (0.3%)
Swedish: 1,464 (2.2%)
Swiss: 203 (0.31%)
Ukrainian: 53 (0.08%)
United States or American: 2,462 (3.7%)
Welsh: 547 (0.82%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 22 (0.03%)
Other ancestries: 24,768 (37.23%)

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