Chama, NM

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3513970, place: Chama village, New Mexico)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 310 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 11 (3.55%)
Kindergarten: 6 (1.94%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 188 (60.65%)
High school (grades 9-12): 78 (25.16%)
College or graduate school: 27 (8.71%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 898 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 95 (10.58%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 133 (14.81%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 333 (37.08%)
Some college, no degree: 200 (22.27%)
Associate degree: 33 (3.67%)
Bachelor's degree: 63 (7.02%)
Graduate or professional degree: 41 (4.57%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 74.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 11.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,043 (100%)
Never married: 258 (24.74%)
Now married, except separated: 553 (53.02%)
Separated: 20 (1.92%)
Total Widowed: 79 (7.57%)
Widowed Female: 55 (5.27%)
Total Divorced: 133 (12.75%)
Divorced Female: 61 (5.85%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 49 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 37 (75.51%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 975 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 163 (16.72%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 294 (100%)
--With a disability: 17 (5.78%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 791 (100%)
--With a disability: 152 (19.22%)
----Percent employed: 61.2%
--No disability: 639 (80.78%)
----Percent employed: 69.6%
Population 65 years and over: 161 (100%)
--With a disability: 99 (61.49%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,246 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 763 (61.24%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 473 (37.96%)
--Same county: 208 (16.69%)
--Different county: 265 (21.27%)
----Same state: 133 (10.67%)
----Different state: 132 (10.59%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 10 (0.8%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,319 (100%)
Native: 1,293 (98.03%)
--Born in United States: 1,284 (100%)
----State of residence: 955 (72.4%)
----Different state: 329 (24.94%)
--Born outside United States: 9 (0.68%)
Foreign born: 26 (1.97%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 3 (0.23%)
--Naturalized citizen: 13 (0.99%)
--Not a citizen: 13 (0.99%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 26 (100%)
Europe: 5 (19.23%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 3 (11.54%)
Latin America: 18 (69.23%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,246 (100%)
English only: 465 (37.32%)
Language other than English: 781 (62.68%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 235 (18.86%)
--Spanish: 772 (61.96%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 233 (18.7%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 2 (0.16%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.16%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 3 (0.24%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,319 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,297% (98.33%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 8 (0.61%)
Danish: 5 (0.38%)
Dutch: 9 (0.68%)
English: 52 (3.94%)
French (except Basque): 14 (1.06%)
French Canadian: 4 (0.3%)
German: 102 (7.73%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 58 (4.4%)
Italian: 23 (1.74%)
Lithuanian: 3 (0.23%)
Norwegian: 18 (1.36%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 6 (0.45%)
Scotch-Irish: 11 (0.83%)
Scottish: 20 (1.52%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 2 (0.15%)
Swedish: 10 (0.76%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 27 (2.05%)
Welsh: 4 (0.3%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 921 (69.83%)

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