Wells, NV

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3283000, place: Wells city, Nevada)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 343 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 18 (5.25%)
Kindergarten: 19 (5.54%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 165 (48.1%)
High school (grades 9-12): 103 (30.03%)
College or graduate school: 38 (11.08%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 869 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 73 (8.4%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 112 (12.89%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 313 (36.02%)
Some college, no degree: 185 (21.29%)
Associate degree: 47 (5.41%)
Bachelor's degree: 89 (10.24%)
Graduate or professional degree: 50 (5.75%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 78.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 16%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,051 (100%)
Never married: 210 (19.98%)
Now married, except separated: 617 (58.71%)
Separated: 19 (1.81%)
Total Widowed: 75 (7.14%)
Widowed Female: 58 (5.52%)
Total Divorced: 130 (12.37%)
Divorced Female: 59 (5.61%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 15 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 10 (66.67%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 997 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 154 (15.45%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 339 (100%)
--With a disability: 22 (6.49%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 787 (100%)
--With a disability: 123 (15.63%)
----Percent employed: 53.7%
--No disability: 664 (84.37%)
----Percent employed: 80.9%
Population 65 years and over: 143 (100%)
--With a disability: 59 (41.26%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,269 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 648 (51.06%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 601 (47.36%)
--Same county: 382 (30.1%)
--Different county: 219 (17.26%)
----Same state: 75 (5.91%)
----Different state: 144 (11.35%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 20 (1.58%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,385 (100%)
Native: 1,226 (88.52%)
--Born in United States: 1,215 (100%)
----State of residence: 515 (37.18%)
----Different state: 700 (50.54%)
--Born outside United States: 11 (0.79%)
Foreign born: 159 (11.48%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 76 (5.49%)
--Naturalized citizen: 56 (4.04%)
--Not a citizen: 103 (7.44%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 159 (100%)
Europe: 12 (7.55%)
Asia: 7 (4.4%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 137 (86.16%)
Northern America: 3 (1.89%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,269 (100%)
English only: 1,010 (79.59%)
Language other than English: 259 (20.41%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 139 (10.95%)
--Spanish: 229 (18.05%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 135 (10.64%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 9 (0.71%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 8 (0.63%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (0.32%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,385 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,479% (106.79%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 4 (0.29%)
Danish: 37 (2.67%)
Dutch: 38 (2.74%)
English: 179 (12.92%)
French (except Basque): 44 (3.18%)
French Canadian: 5 (0.36%)
German: 204 (14.73%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 142 (10.25%)
Italian: 57 (4.12%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 42 (3.03%)
Polish: 14 (1.01%)
Portuguese: 9 (0.65%)
Russian: 17 (1.23%)
Scotch-Irish: 14 (1.01%)
Scottish: 38 (2.74%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 64 (4.62%)
Swiss: 2 (0.14%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 77 (5.56%)
Welsh: 8 (0.58%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 484 (34.95%)

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