Kirtland, NM

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3536230, place: Kirtland CDP, New Mexico)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,421 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 186 (7.68%)
Kindergarten: 139 (5.74%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 997 (41.18%)
High school (grades 9-12): 669 (27.63%)
College or graduate school: 430 (17.76%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 3,210 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 205 (6.39%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 370 (11.53%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 885 (27.57%)
Some college, no degree: 1,071 (33.36%)
Associate degree: 216 (6.73%)
Bachelor's degree: 325 (10.12%)
Graduate or professional degree: 138 (4.3%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 82.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 14.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 4,449 (100%)
Never married: 1,480 (33.27%)
Now married, except separated: 2,381 (53.52%)
Separated: 61 (1.37%)
Total Widowed: 158 (3.55%)
Widowed Female: 109 (2.45%)
Total Divorced: 369 (8.29%)
Divorced Female: 226 (5.08%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 231 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 115 (49.78%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 3,948 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 475 (12.03%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,163 (100%)
--With a disability: 212 (9.8%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 3,144 (100%)
--With a disability: 588 (18.7%)
----Percent employed: 52.7%
--No disability: 2,556 (81.3%)
----Percent employed: 73.5%
Population 65 years and over: 368 (100%)
--With a disability: 116 (31.52%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 5,675 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 3,584 (63.15%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,064 (36.37%)
--Same county: 1,279 (22.54%)
--Different county: 785 (13.83%)
----Same state: 136 (2.4%)
----Different state: 649 (11.44%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 27 (0.48%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 6,255 (100%)
Native: 6,107 (97.63%)
--Born in United States: 6,086 (100%)
----State of residence: 3,902 (62.38%)
----Different state: 2,184 (34.92%)
--Born outside United States: 21 (0.34%)
Foreign born: 148 (2.37%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 53 (0.85%)
--Naturalized citizen: 38 (0.61%)
--Not a citizen: 110 (1.76%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 148 (100%)
Europe: 32 (21.62%)
Asia: 38 (25.68%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 78 (52.7%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 5,675 (100%)
English only: 3,376 (59.49%)
Language other than English: 2,299 (40.51%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 502 (8.85%)
--Spanish: 314 (5.53%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 90 (1.59%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 34 (0.6%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 14 (0.25%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 6,255 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 5,688% (90.94%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 65 (1.04%)
Dutch: 47 (0.75%)
English: 434 (6.94%)
French (except Basque): 94 (1.5%)
French Canadian: 17 (0.27%)
German: 311 (4.97%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 373 (5.96%)
Italian: 16 (0.26%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 32 (0.51%)
Polish: 70 (1.12%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 9 (0.14%)
Scotch-Irish: 51 (0.82%)
Scottish: 75 (1.2%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 39 (0.62%)
Swiss: 25 (0.4%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 397 (6.35%)
Welsh: 9 (0.14%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 3,624 (57.94%)

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