Deming, NM

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3520270, place: Deming city, New Mexico)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 3,655 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 183 (5.01%)
Kindergarten: 251 (6.87%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,934 (52.91%)
High school (grades 9-12): 937 (25.64%)
College or graduate school: 350 (9.58%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 8,715 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 2,012 (23.09%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,682 (19.3%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,664 (30.57%)
Some college, no degree: 1,258 (14.43%)
Associate degree: 258 (2.96%)
Bachelor's degree: 492 (5.65%)
Graduate or professional degree: 349 (4%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 57.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 9.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 10,644 (100%)
Never married: 2,660 (24.99%)
Now married, except separated: 5,644 (53.03%)
Separated: 268 (2.52%)
Total Widowed: 1,082 (10.17%)
Widowed Female: 883 (8.3%)
Total Divorced: 990 (9.3%)
Divorced Female: 513 (4.82%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 593 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 408 (68.8%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 9,852 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,324 (13.44%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 3,688 (100%)
--With a disability: 349 (9.46%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 6,566 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,589 (24.2%)
----Percent employed: 34.3%
--No disability: 4,977 (75.8%)
----Percent employed: 58.9%
Population 65 years and over: 2,470 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,214 (49.15%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 12,976 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 7,208 (55.55%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 5,488 (42.29%)
--Same county: 3,219 (24.81%)
--Different county: 2,269 (17.49%)
----Same state: 768 (5.92%)
----Different state: 1,501 (11.57%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 280 (2.16%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 14,238 (100%)
Native: 11,579 (81.32%)
--Born in United States: 11,496 (100%)
----State of residence: 6,706 (47.1%)
----Different state: 4,790 (33.64%)
--Born outside United States: 83 (0.58%)
Foreign born: 2,659 (18.68%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 855 (6.01%)
--Naturalized citizen: 795 (5.58%)
--Not a citizen: 1,864 (13.09%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 2,659 (100%)
Europe: 62 (2.33%)
Asia: 45 (1.69%)
Africa: 5 (0.19%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 2,509 (94.36%)
Northern America: 38 (1.43%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 12,976 (100%)
English only: 5,727 (44.14%)
Language other than English: 7,249 (55.86%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2,815 (21.69%)
--Spanish: 7,163 (55.2%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2,800 (21.58%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 66 (0.51%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 9 (0.07%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 7 (0.05%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 14,238 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 13,759% (96.64%)
Arab: 8 (0.06%)
Czech: 22 (0.15%)
Danish: 59 (0.41%)
Dutch: 159 (1.12%)
English: 629 (4.42%)
French (except Basque): 211 (1.48%)
French Canadian: 69 (0.48%)
German: 1,043 (7.33%)
Greek: 6 (0.04%)
Hungarian: 26 (0.18%)
Irish: 866 (6.08%)
Italian: 164 (1.15%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 97 (0.68%)
Polish: 123 (0.86%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 17 (0.12%)
Scotch-Irish: 140 (0.98%)
Scottish: 112 (0.79%)
Slovak: 19 (0.13%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 15 (0.11%)
Swiss: 9 (0.06%)
Ukrainian: 8 (0.06%)
United States or American: 912 (6.41%)
Welsh: 22 (0.15%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 4 (0.03%)
Other ancestries: 9,019 (63.34%)

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