Fort Sumner, NM

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3527340, place: Fort Sumner village, New Mexico)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 275 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 29 (10.55%)
Kindergarten: 25 (9.09%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 136 (49.45%)
High school (grades 9-12): 62 (22.55%)
College or graduate school: 23 (8.36%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 891 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 166 (18.63%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 164 (18.41%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 288 (32.32%)
Some college, no degree: 147 (16.5%)
Associate degree: 21 (2.36%)
Bachelor's degree: 88 (9.88%)
Graduate or professional degree: 17 (1.91%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 63%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 11.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,001 (100%)
Never married: 203 (20.28%)
Now married, except separated: 492 (49.15%)
Separated: 23 (2.3%)
Total Widowed: 189 (18.88%)
Widowed Female: 156 (15.58%)
Total Divorced: 94 (9.39%)
Divorced Female: 45 (4.5%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 27 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 24 (88.89%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 953 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 155 (16.26%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 244 (100%)
--With a disability: 30 (12.3%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 483 (100%)
--With a disability: 159 (32.92%)
----Percent employed: 50.9%
--No disability: 324 (67.08%)
----Percent employed: 71%
Population 65 years and over: 369 (100%)
--With a disability: 168 (45.53%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,168 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 791 (67.72%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 375 (32.11%)
--Same county: 206 (17.64%)
--Different county: 169 (14.47%)
----Same state: 118 (10.1%)
----Different state: 51 (4.37%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 2 (0.17%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,232 (100%)
Native: 1,184 (96.1%)
--Born in United States: 1,175 (100%)
----State of residence: 816 (66.23%)
----Different state: 359 (29.14%)
--Born outside United States: 9 (0.73%)
Foreign born: 48 (3.9%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 21 (1.7%)
--Naturalized citizen: 33 (2.68%)
--Not a citizen: 15 (1.22%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 48 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 4 (8.33%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 44 (91.67%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,168 (100%)
English only: 665 (56.93%)
Language other than English: 503 (43.07%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 168 (14.38%)
--Spanish: 497 (42.55%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 164 (14.04%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 2 (0.17%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 2 (0.17%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.17%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,232 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,001% (81.25%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 9 (0.73%)
Dutch: 11 (0.89%)
English: 97 (7.87%)
French (except Basque): 22 (1.79%)
French Canadian: 3 (0.24%)
German: 54 (4.38%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 90 (7.31%)
Italian: 13 (1.06%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 4 (0.32%)
Portuguese: 2 (0.16%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 19 (1.54%)
Scottish: 13 (1.06%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 66 (5.36%)
Welsh: 4 (0.32%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 594 (48.21%)

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