Los Alamos, NM

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3542320, place: Los Alamos CDP, New Mexico)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 3,347 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 287 (8.57%)
Kindergarten: 154 (4.6%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,403 (41.92%)
High school (grades 9-12): 717 (21.42%)
College or graduate school: 786 (23.48%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 8,351 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 118 (1.41%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 186 (2.23%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,022 (12.24%)
Some college, no degree: 1,297 (15.53%)
Associate degree: 545 (6.53%)
Bachelor's degree: 2,072 (24.81%)
Graduate or professional degree: 3,111 (37.25%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 96.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 62.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 9,465 (100%)
Never married: 1,936 (20.45%)
Now married, except separated: 5,984 (63.22%)
Separated: 109 (1.15%)
Total Widowed: 353 (3.73%)
Widowed Female: 291 (3.07%)
Total Divorced: 1,083 (11.44%)
Divorced Female: 564 (5.96%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 68 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 33 (48.53%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 8,927 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,333 (14.93%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,554 (100%)
--With a disability: 153 (5.99%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 7,053 (100%)
--With a disability: 642 (9.1%)
----Percent employed: 68.8%
--No disability: 6,411 (90.9%)
----Percent employed: 83.1%
Population 65 years and over: 1,516 (100%)
--With a disability: 509 (33.58%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 11,198 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 6,036 (53.9%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 4,782 (42.7%)
--Same county: 2,192 (19.57%)
--Different county: 2,590 (23.13%)
----Same state: 800 (7.14%)
----Different state: 1,790 (15.98%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 380 (3.39%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 11,902 (100%)
Native: 10,931 (91.84%)
--Born in United States: 10,796 (100%)
----State of residence: 3,549 (29.82%)
----Different state: 7,247 (60.89%)
--Born outside United States: 135 (1.13%)
Foreign born: 971 (8.16%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 550 (4.62%)
--Naturalized citizen: 398 (3.34%)
--Not a citizen: 573 (4.81%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 971 (100%)
Europe: 358 (36.87%)
Asia: 421 (43.36%)
Africa: 25 (2.57%)
Oceania: 10 (1.03%)
Latin America: 79 (8.14%)
Northern America: 78 (8.03%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 11,198 (100%)
English only: 9,725 (86.85%)
Language other than English: 1,473 (13.15%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 491 (4.38%)
--Spanish: 727 (6.49%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 206 (1.84%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 336 (3%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 101 (0.9%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 364 (3.25%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 168 (1.5%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 11,902 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 13,216% (111.04%)
Arab: 43 (0.36%)
Czech: 143 (1.2%)
Danish: 96 (0.81%)
Dutch: 228 (1.92%)
English: 1,866 (15.68%)
French (except Basque): 391 (3.29%)
French Canadian: 73 (0.61%)
German: 2,298 (19.31%)
Greek: 50 (0.42%)
Hungarian: 90 (0.76%)
Irish: 1,499 (12.59%)
Italian: 436 (3.66%)
Lithuanian: 50 (0.42%)
Norwegian: 234 (1.97%)
Polish: 395 (3.32%)
Portuguese: 51 (0.43%)
Russian: 175 (1.47%)
Scotch-Irish: 310 (2.6%)
Scottish: 337 (2.83%)
Slovak: 32 (0.27%)
Subsaharan African: 20 (0.17%)
Swedish: 283 (2.38%)
Swiss: 103 (0.87%)
Ukrainian: 10 (0.08%)
United States or American: 607 (5.1%)
Welsh: 140 (1.18%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 3,256 (27.36%)

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