Las Vegas, NM

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3539940, place: Las Vegas city, New Mexico)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 4,810 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 210 (4.37%)
Kindergarten: 200 (4.16%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,820 (37.84%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,007 (20.94%)
College or graduate school: 1,573 (32.7%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 8,737 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 987 (11.3%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,115 (12.76%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,069 (23.68%)
Some college, no degree: 1,900 (21.75%)
Associate degree: 620 (7.1%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,175 (13.45%)
Graduate or professional degree: 871 (9.97%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 75.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 23.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 11,385 (100%)
Never married: 4,382 (38.49%)
Now married, except separated: 4,122 (36.21%)
Separated: 120 (1.05%)
Total Widowed: 1,107 (9.72%)
Widowed Female: 860 (7.55%)
Total Divorced: 1,654 (14.53%)
Divorced Female: 897 (7.88%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 477 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 292 (61.22%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 10,687 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,367 (12.79%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 3,958 (100%)
--With a disability: 417 (10.54%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 7,816 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,094 (26.79%)
----Percent employed: 37.7%
--No disability: 5,722 (73.21%)
----Percent employed: 66.8%
Population 65 years and over: 1,741 (100%)
--With a disability: 954 (54.8%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 13,624 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 8,443 (61.97%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 5,037 (36.97%)
--Same county: 3,028 (22.23%)
--Different county: 2,009 (14.75%)
----Same state: 1,104 (8.1%)
----Different state: 905 (6.64%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 144 (1.06%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 14,604 (100%)
Native: 14,398 (98.59%)
--Born in United States: 14,313 (100%)
----State of residence: 11,935 (81.72%)
----Different state: 2,378 (16.28%)
--Born outside United States: 85 (0.58%)
Foreign born: 206 (1.41%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 78 (0.53%)
--Naturalized citizen: 62 (0.42%)
--Not a citizen: 144 (0.99%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 206 (100%)
Europe: 35 (16.99%)
Asia: 44 (21.36%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 120 (58.25%)
Northern America: 7 (3.4%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 13,624 (100%)
English only: 5,098 (37.42%)
Language other than English: 8,526 (62.58%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,770 (12.99%)
--Spanish: 8,238 (60.47%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,697 (12.46%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 92 (0.68%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6 (0.04%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 41 (0.3%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 22 (0.16%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 14,604 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 13,261% (90.8%)
Arab: 8 (0.05%)
Czech: 57 (0.39%)
Danish: 32 (0.22%)
Dutch: 11 (0.08%)
English: 279 (1.91%)
French (except Basque): 110 (0.75%)
French Canadian: 47 (0.32%)
German: 453 (3.1%)
Greek: 12 (0.08%)
Hungarian: 13 (0.09%)
Irish: 361 (2.47%)
Italian: 172 (1.18%)
Lithuanian: 16 (0.11%)
Norwegian: 28 (0.19%)
Polish: 73 (0.5%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 18 (0.12%)
Scotch-Irish: 171 (1.17%)
Scottish: 90 (0.62%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 81 (0.55%)
Swiss: 17 (0.12%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 475 (3.25%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 10,737 (73.52%)

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