Ponderosa, NM

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3558980, place: Ponderosa CDP, New Mexico)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 151 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 0 (0%)
Kindergarten: 19 (12.58%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 68 (45.03%)
High school (grades 9-12): 19 (12.58%)
College or graduate school: 45 (29.8%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 243 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 9 (3.7%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 7 (2.88%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 137 (56.38%)
Some college, no degree: 33 (13.58%)
Associate degree: 14 (5.76%)
Bachelor's degree: 7 (2.88%)
Graduate or professional degree: 36 (14.81%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 93.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 17.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 306 (100%)
Never married: 72 (23.53%)
Now married, except separated: 160 (52.29%)
Separated: 0 (0%)
Total Widowed: 18 (5.88%)
Widowed Female: 9 (2.94%)
Total Divorced: 56 (18.3%)
Divorced Female: 26 (8.5%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 9 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0 (0%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 292 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 36 (12.33%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 125 (100%)
--With a disability: 8 (6.4%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 237 (100%)
--With a disability: 32 (13.5%)
----Percent employed: 59.4%
--No disability: 205 (86.5%)
----Percent employed: 63.4%
Population 65 years and over: 31 (100%)
--With a disability: 31 (100%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 393 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 275 (69.97%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 118 (30.03%)
--Same county: 80 (20.36%)
--Different county: 38 (9.67%)
----Same state: 38 (9.67%)
----Different state: 0 (0%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 421 (100%)
Native: 411 (97.62%)
--Born in United States: 411 (100%)
----State of residence: 353 (83.85%)
----Different state: 58 (13.78%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 10 (2.38%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 10 (2.38%)
--Naturalized citizen: 10 (2.38%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 10 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 10 (100%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 393 (100%)
English only: 147 (37.4%)
Language other than English: 246 (62.6%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 33 (8.4%)
--Spanish: 148 (37.66%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 18 (4.58%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 14 (3.56%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 421 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 363% (86.22%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 0 (0%)
English: 7 (1.66%)
French (except Basque): 0 (0%)
French Canadian: 9 (2.14%)
German: 13 (3.09%)
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: 10 (2.38%)
Scottish: 12 (2.85%)
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: 312 (74.11%)

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