Mesita, NM

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3548200, place: Mesita CDP, New Mexico)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 182 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 10 (5.49%)
Kindergarten: 9 (4.95%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 107 (58.79%)
High school (grades 9-12): 22 (12.09%)
College or graduate school: 34 (18.68%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 399 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 33 (8.27%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 65 (16.29%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 192 (48.12%)
Some college, no degree: 60 (15.04%)
Associate degree: 16 (4.01%)
Bachelor's degree: 28 (7.02%)
Graduate or professional degree: 5 (1.25%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 75.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 8.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 487 (100%)
Never married: 146 (29.98%)
Now married, except separated: 238 (48.87%)
Separated: 17 (3.49%)
Total Widowed: 29 (5.95%)
Widowed Female: 20 (4.11%)
Total Divorced: 57 (11.7%)
Divorced Female: 44 (9.03%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 35 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 14 (40%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 465 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 72 (15.48%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 170 (100%)
--With a disability: 9 (5.29%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 397 (100%)
--With a disability: 82 (20.65%)
----Percent employed: 46.3%
--No disability: 315 (79.35%)
----Percent employed: 25.7%
Population 65 years and over: 40 (100%)
--With a disability: 28 (70%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 607 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 476 (78.42%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 131 (21.58%)
--Same county: 96 (15.82%)
--Different county: 35 (5.77%)
----Same state: 31 (5.11%)
----Different state: 4 (0.66%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 643 (100%)
Native: 640 (99.53%)
--Born in United States: 640 (100%)
----State of residence: 590 (91.76%)
----Different state: 50 (7.78%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 3 (0.47%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 3 (0.47%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 3 (100%)
Europe: 3 (100%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 607 (100%)
English only: 336 (55.35%)
Language other than English: 271 (44.65%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 84 (13.84%)
--Spanish: 14 (2.31%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 643 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 630% (97.98%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 0 (0%)
English: 0 (0%)
French (except Basque): 0 (0%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 9 (1.4%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 0 (0%)
Italian: 0 (0%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 0 (0%)
Scottish: 0 (0%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 0 (0%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 621 (96.58%)

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