General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3563145, place: Rio Communities CDP, New Mexico)SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school: 875 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 60 (6.86%)
Kindergarten: 62 (7.09%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 415 (47.43%)
High school (grades 9-12): 188 (21.49%)
College or graduate school: 150 (17.14%)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTPopulation 25 years and over: 2,982 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 119 (3.99%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 236 (7.91%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 892 (29.91%)
Some college, no degree: 875 (29.34%)
Associate degree: 238 (7.98%)
Bachelor's degree: 423 (14.19%)
Graduate or professional degree: 199 (6.67%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 88.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 20.9%
MARITIAL STATUSPopulation 15 years and over: 3,349 (100%)
Never married: 450 (13.44%)
Now married, except separated: 2,122 (63.36%)
Separated: 34 (1.02%)
Total Widowed: 387 (11.56%)
Widowed Female: 316 (9.44%)
Total Divorced: 356 (10.63%)
Divorced Female: 222 (6.63%)
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERSGrandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 92 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 20 (21.74%)
VETERAN STATUSCivilian population 18 years and over: 3,181 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 728 (22.89%)
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATIONPopulation 5 to 20 years: 740 (100%)
--With a disability: 89 (12.03%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,065 (100%)
--With a disability: 355 (17.19%)
----Percent employed: 46.2%
--No disability: 1,710 (82.81%)
----Percent employed: 71.3%
Population 65 years and over: 1,044 (100%)
--With a disability: 356 (34.1%)
RESIDENCE IN 1995Population 5 years and over: 3,878 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,219 (57.22%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,632 (42.08%)
--Same county: 556 (14.34%)
--Different county: 1,076 (27.75%)
----Same state: 662 (17.07%)
----Different state: 414 (10.68%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 27 (0.7%)
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTHTotal population: 4,121 (100%)
Native: 3,938 (95.56%)
--Born in United States: 3,860 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,036 (49.41%)
----Different state: 1,824 (44.26%)
--Born outside United States: 78 (1.89%)
Foreign born: 183 (4.44%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 31 (0.75%)
--Naturalized citizen: 96 (2.33%)
--Not a citizen: 87 (2.11%)
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORNTotal (excluding born at sea): 183 (100%)
Europe: 55 (30.05%)
Asia: 25 (13.66%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 85 (46.45%)
Northern America: 18 (9.84%)
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOMEPopulation 5 years and over: 3,878 (100%)
English only: 3,056 (78.8%)
Language other than English: 822 (21.2%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 100 (2.58%)
--Spanish: 712 (18.36%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 100 (2.58%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 79 (2.04%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 14 (0.36%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)Total population: 4,121 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 4,326% (104.97%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 6 (0.15%)
Danish: 36 (0.87%)
Dutch: 39 (0.95%)
English: 495 (12.01%)
French (except Basque): 62 (1.5%)
French Canadian: 21 (0.51%)
German: 524 (12.72%)
Greek: 6 (0.15%)
Hungarian: 36 (0.87%)
Irish: 394 (9.56%)
Italian: 231 (5.61%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 57 (1.38%)
Polish: 57 (1.38%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 118 (2.86%)
Scottish: 56 (1.36%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 35 (0.85%)
Swiss: 15 (0.36%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 327 (7.93%)
Welsh: 8 (0.19%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 6 (0.15%)
Other ancestries: 1,797 (43.61%)
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