Artesia, NM

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3505220, place: Artesia city, New Mexico)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 3,036 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 200 (6.59%)
Kindergarten: 91 (3%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,489 (49.04%)
High school (grades 9-12): 930 (30.63%)
College or graduate school: 326 (10.74%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 6,679 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 976 (14.61%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,018 (15.24%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,158 (32.31%)
Some college, no degree: 1,459 (21.84%)
Associate degree: 261 (3.91%)
Bachelor's degree: 614 (9.19%)
Graduate or professional degree: 193 (2.89%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 70.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 12.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 8,342 (100%)
Never married: 1,920 (23.02%)
Now married, except separated: 4,813 (57.7%)
Separated: 195 (2.34%)
Total Widowed: 699 (8.38%)
Widowed Female: 577 (6.92%)
Total Divorced: 715 (8.57%)
Divorced Female: 443 (5.31%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 210 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 138 (65.71%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 7,708 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 772 (10.02%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,935 (100%)
--With a disability: 385 (13.12%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 5,544 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,358 (24.49%)
----Percent employed: 59.9%
--No disability: 4,186 (75.51%)
----Percent employed: 70.2%
Population 65 years and over: 1,532 (100%)
--With a disability: 827 (53.98%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 10,082 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 5,821 (57.74%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 4,221 (41.87%)
--Same county: 2,696 (26.74%)
--Different county: 1,525 (15.13%)
----Same state: 676 (6.71%)
----Different state: 849 (8.42%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 40 (0.4%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 10,931 (100%)
Native: 10,136 (92.73%)
--Born in United States: 10,104 (100%)
----State of residence: 6,270 (57.36%)
----Different state: 3,834 (35.07%)
--Born outside United States: 32 (0.29%)
Foreign born: 795 (7.27%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 202 (1.85%)
--Naturalized citizen: 262 (2.4%)
--Not a citizen: 533 (4.88%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 795 (100%)
Europe: 14 (1.76%)
Asia: 27 (3.4%)
Africa: 11 (1.38%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 738 (92.83%)
Northern America: 5 (0.63%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 10,082 (100%)
English only: 6,304 (62.53%)
Language other than English: 3,778 (37.47%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,184 (11.74%)
--Spanish: 3,701 (36.71%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,163 (11.54%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 32 (0.32%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 21 (0.21%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 6 (0.06%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 10,931 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 9,939% (90.92%)
Arab: 26 (0.24%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 6 (0.05%)
Dutch: 190 (1.74%)
English: 861 (7.88%)
French (except Basque): 54 (0.49%)
French Canadian: 52 (0.48%)
German: 602 (5.51%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 12 (0.11%)
Irish: 671 (6.14%)
Italian: 59 (0.54%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 35 (0.32%)
Polish: 9 (0.08%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 16 (0.15%)
Scotch-Irish: 111 (1.02%)
Scottish: 175 (1.6%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 54 (0.49%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 9 (0.08%)
United States or American: 797 (7.29%)
Welsh: 30 (0.27%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 8 (0.07%)
Other ancestries: 6,162 (56.37%)

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