Raton, NM

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3562060, place: Raton city, New Mexico)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,531 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 60 (3.92%)
Kindergarten: 120 (7.84%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 768 (50.16%)
High school (grades 9-12): 442 (28.87%)
College or graduate school: 141 (9.21%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 4,749 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 380 (8%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 767 (16.15%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,846 (38.87%)
Some college, no degree: 1,004 (21.14%)
Associate degree: 253 (5.33%)
Bachelor's degree: 323 (6.8%)
Graduate or professional degree: 176 (3.71%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 75.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 10.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 5,703 (100%)
Never married: 1,201 (21.06%)
Now married, except separated: 3,079 (53.99%)
Separated: 112 (1.96%)
Total Widowed: 561 (9.84%)
Widowed Female: 458 (8.03%)
Total Divorced: 750 (13.15%)
Divorced Female: 388 (6.8%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 150 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 82 (54.67%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 5,429 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 938 (17.28%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,619 (100%)
--With a disability: 120 (7.41%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 3,661 (100%)
--With a disability: 707 (19.31%)
----Percent employed: 40.6%
--No disability: 2,954 (80.69%)
----Percent employed: 74.8%
Population 65 years and over: 1,313 (100%)
--With a disability: 528 (40.21%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 6,725 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 3,853 (57.29%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,805 (41.71%)
--Same county: 1,642 (24.42%)
--Different county: 1,163 (17.29%)
----Same state: 402 (5.98%)
----Different state: 761 (11.32%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 67 (1%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 7,197 (100%)
Native: 7,045 (97.89%)
--Born in United States: 7,032 (100%)
----State of residence: 4,903 (68.13%)
----Different state: 2,129 (29.58%)
--Born outside United States: 13 (0.18%)
Foreign born: 152 (2.11%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 30 (0.42%)
--Naturalized citizen: 75 (1.04%)
--Not a citizen: 77 (1.07%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 152 (100%)
Europe: 35 (23.03%)
Asia: 40 (26.32%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 77 (50.66%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 6,725 (100%)
English only: 4,760 (70.78%)
Language other than English: 1,965 (29.22%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 411 (6.11%)
--Spanish: 1,869 (27.79%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 376 (5.59%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 77 (1.14%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 29 (0.43%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 7,197 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 6,909% (96%)
Arab: 52 (0.72%)
Czech: 18 (0.25%)
Danish: 79 (1.1%)
Dutch: 67 (0.93%)
English: 385 (5.35%)
French (except Basque): 178 (2.47%)
French Canadian: 49 (0.68%)
German: 537 (7.46%)
Greek: 18 (0.25%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 359 (4.99%)
Italian: 497 (6.91%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 39 (0.54%)
Polish: 41 (0.57%)
Portuguese: 6 (0.08%)
Russian: 4 (0.06%)
Scotch-Irish: 134 (1.86%)
Scottish: 70 (0.97%)
Slovak: 5 (0.07%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 68 (0.94%)
Swiss: 36 (0.5%)
Ukrainian: 12 (0.17%)
United States or American: 433 (6.02%)
Welsh: 6 (0.08%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 3,816 (53.02%)

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