Bloomfield, NM

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3507880, place: Bloomfield city, New Mexico)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,044 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 135 (6.6%)
Kindergarten: 105 (5.14%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 912 (44.62%)
High school (grades 9-12): 486 (23.78%)
College or graduate school: 406 (19.86%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 3,663 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 365 (9.96%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 529 (14.44%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,116 (30.47%)
Some college, no degree: 1,107 (30.22%)
Associate degree: 172 (4.7%)
Bachelor's degree: 218 (5.95%)
Graduate or professional degree: 156 (4.26%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 75.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 10.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 4,584 (100%)
Never married: 986 (21.51%)
Now married, except separated: 2,713 (59.18%)
Separated: 41 (0.89%)
Total Widowed: 300 (6.54%)
Widowed Female: 239 (5.21%)
Total Divorced: 544 (11.87%)
Divorced Female: 333 (7.26%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 111 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 61 (54.95%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 4,210 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 701 (16.65%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,771 (100%)
--With a disability: 222 (12.54%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 3,291 (100%)
--With a disability: 820 (24.92%)
----Percent employed: 58.5%
--No disability: 2,471 (75.08%)
----Percent employed: 66.7%
Population 65 years and over: 565 (100%)
--With a disability: 247 (43.72%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 5,713 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,840 (49.71%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,758 (48.28%)
--Same county: 1,948 (34.1%)
--Different county: 810 (14.18%)
----Same state: 305 (5.34%)
----Different state: 505 (8.84%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 115 (2.01%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 6,230 (100%)
Native: 5,902 (94.74%)
--Born in United States: 5,894 (100%)
----State of residence: 3,127 (50.19%)
----Different state: 2,767 (44.41%)
--Born outside United States: 8 (0.13%)
Foreign born: 328 (5.26%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 175 (2.81%)
--Naturalized citizen: 88 (1.41%)
--Not a citizen: 240 (3.85%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 328 (100%)
Europe: 22 (6.71%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 306 (93.29%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 5,713 (100%)
English only: 4,269 (74.72%)
Language other than English: 1,444 (25.28%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 382 (6.69%)
--Spanish: 880 (15.4%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 313 (5.48%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 41 (0.72%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 6,230 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 5,781% (92.79%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 124 (1.99%)
English: 603 (9.68%)
French (except Basque): 154 (2.47%)
French Canadian: 42 (0.67%)
German: 562 (9.02%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 17 (0.27%)
Irish: 357 (5.73%)
Italian: 75 (1.2%)
Lithuanian: 5 (0.08%)
Norwegian: 44 (0.71%)
Polish: 27 (0.43%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 5 (0.08%)
Scotch-Irish: 135 (2.17%)
Scottish: 94 (1.51%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 9 (0.14%)
Swedish: 31 (0.5%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 491 (7.88%)
Welsh: 19 (0.3%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 11 (0.18%)
Other ancestries: 2,976 (47.77%)

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