Capitan, NM

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3511800, place: Capitan village, New Mexico)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 341 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 23 (6.74%)
Kindergarten: 14 (4.11%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 167 (48.97%)
High school (grades 9-12): 77 (22.58%)
College or graduate school: 60 (17.6%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,016 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 40 (3.94%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 126 (12.4%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 324 (31.89%)
Some college, no degree: 299 (29.43%)
Associate degree: 47 (4.63%)
Bachelor's degree: 110 (10.83%)
Graduate or professional degree: 70 (6.89%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 83.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 17.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,172 (100%)
Never married: 195 (16.64%)
Now married, except separated: 725 (61.86%)
Separated: 27 (2.3%)
Total Widowed: 68 (5.8%)
Widowed Female: 55 (4.69%)
Total Divorced: 157 (13.4%)
Divorced Female: 107 (9.13%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 29 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 17 (58.62%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,110 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 252 (22.7%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 302 (100%)
--With a disability: 16 (5.3%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 814 (100%)
--With a disability: 171 (21.01%)
----Percent employed: 50.3%
--No disability: 643 (78.99%)
----Percent employed: 76.7%
Population 65 years and over: 256 (100%)
--With a disability: 116 (45.31%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,372 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 707 (51.53%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 665 (48.47%)
--Same county: 263 (19.17%)
--Different county: 402 (29.3%)
----Same state: 182 (13.27%)
----Different state: 220 (16.03%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,453 (100%)
Native: 1,440 (99.11%)
--Born in United States: 1,434 (100%)
----State of residence: 746 (51.34%)
----Different state: 688 (47.35%)
--Born outside United States: 6 (0.41%)
Foreign born: 13 (0.89%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 6 (0.41%)
--Not a citizen: 7 (0.48%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 13 (100%)
Europe: 5 (38.46%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 8 (61.54%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,372 (100%)
English only: 1,172 (85.42%)
Language other than English: 200 (14.58%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 38 (2.77%)
--Spanish: 182 (13.27%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 33 (2.41%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 15 (1.09%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.15%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,453 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,410% (97.04%)
Arab: 2 (0.14%)
Czech: 7 (0.48%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 26 (1.79%)
English: 169 (11.63%)
French (except Basque): 27 (1.86%)
French Canadian: 6 (0.41%)
German: 175 (12.04%)
Greek: 9 (0.62%)
Hungarian: 5 (0.34%)
Irish: 161 (11.08%)
Italian: 18 (1.24%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 12 (0.83%)
Polish: 18 (1.24%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 8 (0.55%)
Scotch-Irish: 37 (2.55%)
Scottish: 29 (2%)
Slovak: 2 (0.14%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 13 (0.89%)
Swiss: 11 (0.76%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 221 (15.21%)
Welsh: 15 (1.03%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 7 (0.48%)
Other ancestries: 432 (29.73%)

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