Rock Springs, NM

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3564230, place: Rock Springs CDP, New Mexico)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 349 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 37 (10.6%)
Kindergarten: 32 (9.17%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 187 (53.58%)
High school (grades 9-12): 59 (16.91%)
College or graduate school: 34 (9.74%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 280 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 46 (16.43%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 51 (18.21%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 88 (31.43%)
Some college, no degree: 62 (22.14%)
Associate degree: 22 (7.86%)
Bachelor's degree: 11 (3.93%)
Graduate or professional degree: 0 (0%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 65.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 3.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 411 (100%)
Never married: 194 (47.2%)
Now married, except separated: 187 (45.5%)
Separated: 9 (2.19%)
Total Widowed: 9 (2.19%)
Widowed Female: 0 (0%)
Total Divorced: 12 (2.92%)
Divorced Female: 12 (2.92%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 23 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 23 (100%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 361 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 19 (5.26%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 296 (100%)
--With a disability: 10 (3.38%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 297 (100%)
--With a disability: 53 (17.85%)
----Percent employed: 64.2%
--No disability: 244 (82.15%)
----Percent employed: 51.6%
Population 65 years and over: 34 (100%)
--With a disability: 9 (26.47%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 627 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 396 (63.16%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 231 (36.84%)
--Same county: 212 (33.81%)
--Different county: 19 (3.03%)
----Same state: 0 (0%)
----Different state: 19 (3.03%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 743 (100%)
Native: 743 (100%)
--Born in United States: 743 (100%)
----State of residence: 661 (88.96%)
----Different state: 82 (11.04%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 0 (0%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 0 (0%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

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

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 627 (100%)
English only: 139 (22.17%)
Language other than English: 488 (77.83%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 87 (13.88%)
--Spanish: 0 (0%)
----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: 743 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 732% (98.52%)
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: 0 (0%)
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: 732 (98.52%)

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