Mescalero, NM

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3547920, place: Mescalero CDP, New Mexico)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 433 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 49 (11.32%)
Kindergarten: 29 (6.7%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 197 (45.5%)
High school (grades 9-12): 106 (24.48%)
College or graduate school: 52 (12.01%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 600 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 19 (3.17%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 177 (29.5%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 182 (30.33%)
Some college, no degree: 132 (22%)
Associate degree: 38 (6.33%)
Bachelor's degree: 32 (5.33%)
Graduate or professional degree: 20 (3.33%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 67.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 8.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 829 (100%)
Never married: 374 (45.11%)
Now married, except separated: 305 (36.79%)
Separated: 11 (1.33%)
Total Widowed: 30 (3.62%)
Widowed Female: 27 (3.26%)
Total Divorced: 109 (13.15%)
Divorced Female: 66 (7.96%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 92 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 73 (79.35%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 730 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 74 (10.14%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 406 (100%)
--With a disability: 14 (3.45%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 616 (100%)
--With a disability: 175 (28.41%)
----Percent employed: 32.6%
--No disability: 441 (71.59%)
----Percent employed: 46.9%
Population 65 years and over: 50 (100%)
--With a disability: 18 (36%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,079 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 812 (75.25%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 258 (23.91%)
--Same county: 187 (17.33%)
--Different county: 71 (6.58%)
----Same state: 18 (1.67%)
----Different state: 53 (4.91%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 9 (0.83%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,184 (100%)
Native: 1,172 (98.99%)
--Born in United States: 1,170 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,037 (87.58%)
----Different state: 133 (11.23%)
--Born outside United States: 2 (0.17%)
Foreign born: 12 (1.01%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 4 (0.34%)
--Naturalized citizen: 7 (0.59%)
--Not a citizen: 5 (0.42%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 12 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 8 (66.67%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 4 (33.33%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,079 (100%)
English only: 683 (63.3%)
Language other than English: 396 (36.7%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 67 (6.21%)
--Spanish: 20 (1.85%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6 (0.56%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 5 (0.46%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.19%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,184 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,153% (97.38%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 2 (0.17%)
Dutch: 3 (0.25%)
English: 6 (0.51%)
French (except Basque): 2 (0.17%)
French Canadian: 2 (0.17%)
German: 15 (1.27%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 13 (1.1%)
Italian: 0 (0%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 7 (0.59%)
Scottish: 0 (0%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 8 (0.68%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 1,095 (92.48%)

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