Whitney, NV

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3283800, place: Whitney CDP, Nevada)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 3,916 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 201 (5.13%)
Kindergarten: 213 (5.44%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 2,020 (51.58%)
High school (grades 9-12): 854 (21.81%)
College or graduate school: 628 (16.04%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 11,753 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,005 (8.55%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,984 (16.88%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 4,005 (34.08%)
Some college, no degree: 3,002 (25.54%)
Associate degree: 680 (5.79%)
Bachelor's degree: 804 (6.84%)
Graduate or professional degree: 273 (2.32%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 74.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 9.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 13,915 (100%)
Never married: 3,405 (24.47%)
Now married, except separated: 6,512 (46.8%)
Separated: 552 (3.97%)
Total Widowed: 1,010 (7.26%)
Widowed Female: 789 (5.67%)
Total Divorced: 2,436 (17.51%)
Divorced Female: 1,228 (8.83%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 629 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 346 (55.01%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 13,336 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 2,504 (18.78%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 3,641 (100%)
--With a disability: 324 (8.9%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 10,647 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,954 (27.74%)
----Percent employed: 64.6%
--No disability: 7,693 (72.26%)
----Percent employed: 75.2%
Population 65 years and over: 2,014 (100%)
--With a disability: 857 (42.55%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 16,302 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 5,581 (34.24%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 10,140 (62.2%)
--Same county: 5,164 (31.68%)
--Different county: 4,976 (30.52%)
----Same state: 99 (0.61%)
----Different state: 4,877 (29.92%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 581 (3.56%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 17,731 (100%)
Native: 14,325 (80.79%)
--Born in United States: 14,047 (100%)
----State of residence: 3,240 (18.27%)
----Different state: 10,807 (60.95%)
--Born outside United States: 278 (1.57%)
Foreign born: 3,406 (19.21%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 1,440 (8.12%)
--Naturalized citizen: 1,286 (7.25%)
--Not a citizen: 2,120 (11.96%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 3,406 (100%)
Europe: 220 (6.46%)
Asia: 557 (16.35%)
Africa: 26 (0.76%)
Oceania: 17 (0.5%)
Latin America: 2,412 (70.82%)
Northern America: 174 (5.11%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 16,302 (100%)
English only: 11,403 (69.95%)
Language other than English: 4,899 (30.05%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2,581 (15.83%)
--Spanish: 3,842 (23.57%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2,165 (13.28%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 414 (2.54%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 130 (0.8%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 571 (3.5%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 286 (1.75%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 17,731 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 17,525% (98.84%)
Arab: 76 (0.43%)
Czech: 94 (0.53%)
Danish: 68 (0.38%)
Dutch: 225 (1.27%)
English: 1,346 (7.59%)
French (except Basque): 503 (2.84%)
French Canadian: 120 (0.68%)
German: 2,035 (11.48%)
Greek: 32 (0.18%)
Hungarian: 83 (0.47%)
Irish: 1,523 (8.59%)
Italian: 1,083 (6.11%)
Lithuanian: 19 (0.11%)
Norwegian: 216 (1.22%)
Polish: 550 (3.1%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 55 (0.31%)
Scotch-Irish: 132 (0.74%)
Scottish: 176 (0.99%)
Slovak: 19 (0.11%)
Subsaharan African: 144 (0.81%)
Swedish: 257 (1.45%)
Swiss: 24 (0.14%)
Ukrainian: 20 (0.11%)
United States or American: 1,099 (6.2%)
Welsh: 86 (0.49%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 51 (0.29%)
Other ancestries: 7,489 (42.24%)

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