Lovington, NM

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3544490, place: Lovington city, New Mexico)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,973 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 158 (5.31%)
Kindergarten: 196 (6.59%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,277 (42.95%)
High school (grades 9-12): 883 (29.7%)
College or graduate school: 459 (15.44%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 5,474 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,247 (22.78%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,080 (19.73%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,233 (22.52%)
Some college, no degree: 1,101 (20.11%)
Associate degree: 244 (4.46%)
Bachelor's degree: 366 (6.69%)
Graduate or professional degree: 203 (3.71%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 57.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 10.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 7,067 (100%)
Never married: 1,550 (21.93%)
Now married, except separated: 4,099 (58%)
Separated: 176 (2.49%)
Total Widowed: 515 (7.29%)
Widowed Female: 423 (5.99%)
Total Divorced: 727 (10.29%)
Divorced Female: 374 (5.29%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 220 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 145 (65.91%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 6,460 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 616 (9.54%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,724 (100%)
--With a disability: 173 (6.35%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 4,600 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,008 (21.91%)
----Percent employed: 46%
--No disability: 3,592 (78.09%)
----Percent employed: 63.8%
Population 65 years and over: 1,146 (100%)
--With a disability: 581 (50.7%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 8,711 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 5,353 (61.45%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 3,195 (36.68%)
--Same county: 2,141 (24.58%)
--Different county: 1,054 (12.1%)
----Same state: 320 (3.67%)
----Different state: 734 (8.43%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 163 (1.87%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 9,542 (100%)
Native: 7,928 (83.09%)
--Born in United States: 7,885 (100%)
----State of residence: 4,237 (44.4%)
----Different state: 3,648 (38.23%)
--Born outside United States: 43 (0.45%)
Foreign born: 1,614 (16.91%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 446 (4.67%)
--Naturalized citizen: 571 (5.98%)
--Not a citizen: 1,043 (10.93%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,614 (100%)
Europe: 8 (0.5%)
Asia: 73 (4.52%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 1,533 (94.98%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 8,711 (100%)
English only: 4,852 (55.7%)
Language other than English: 3,859 (44.3%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,775 (20.38%)
--Spanish: 3,736 (42.89%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,749 (20.08%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 29 (0.33%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7 (0.08%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 62 (0.71%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7 (0.08%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 9,542 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 8,064% (84.51%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 18 (0.19%)
Danish: 16 (0.17%)
Dutch: 81 (0.85%)
English: 439 (4.6%)
French (except Basque): 75 (0.79%)
French Canadian: 41 (0.43%)
German: 461 (4.83%)
Greek: 6 (0.06%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 378 (3.96%)
Italian: 72 (0.75%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 59 (0.62%)
Polish: 39 (0.41%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 92 (0.96%)
Scottish: 36 (0.38%)
Slovak: 24 (0.25%)
Subsaharan African: 8 (0.08%)
Swedish: 33 (0.35%)
Swiss: 9 (0.09%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 899 (9.42%)
Welsh: 12 (0.13%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 15 (0.16%)
Other ancestries: 5,251 (55.03%)

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