Roswell, NM

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3564930, place: Roswell city, New Mexico)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 13,355 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 791 (5.92%)
Kindergarten: 702 (5.26%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 5,929 (44.4%)
High school (grades 9-12): 3,280 (24.56%)
College or graduate school: 2,653 (19.87%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 28,013 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 3,795 (13.55%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 3,534 (12.62%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 7,361 (26.28%)
Some college, no degree: 6,866 (24.51%)
Associate degree: 1,725 (6.16%)
Bachelor's degree: 2,817 (10.06%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,915 (6.84%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 73.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 16.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 34,985 (100%)
Never married: 8,430 (24.1%)
Now married, except separated: 18,454 (52.75%)
Separated: 807 (2.31%)
Total Widowed: 3,170 (9.06%)
Widowed Female: 2,591 (7.41%)
Total Divorced: 4,124 (11.79%)
Divorced Female: 2,431 (6.95%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 1,174 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 603 (51.36%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 32,440 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 4,930 (15.2%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 11,941 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,253 (10.49%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 22,485 (100%)
--With a disability: 5,333 (23.72%)
----Percent employed: 49.7%
--No disability: 17,152 (76.28%)
----Percent employed: 68.9%
Population 65 years and over: 7,060 (100%)
--With a disability: 3,091 (43.78%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 42,097 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 22,667 (53.84%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 18,752 (44.54%)
--Same county: 11,279 (26.79%)
--Different county: 7,473 (17.75%)
----Same state: 2,908 (6.91%)
----Different state: 4,565 (10.84%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 678 (1.61%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 45,451 (100%)
Native: 40,558 (89.23%)
--Born in United States: 40,198 (100%)
----State of residence: 22,678 (49.9%)
----Different state: 17,520 (38.55%)
--Born outside United States: 360 (0.79%)
Foreign born: 4,893 (10.77%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 1,563 (3.44%)
--Naturalized citizen: 1,772 (3.9%)
--Not a citizen: 3,121 (6.87%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 4,893 (100%)
Europe: 276 (5.64%)
Asia: 301 (6.15%)
Africa: 44 (0.9%)
Oceania: 10 (0.2%)
Latin America: 4,204 (85.92%)
Northern America: 58 (1.19%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 42,097 (100%)
English only: 28,086 (66.72%)
Language other than English: 14,011 (33.28%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5,524 (13.12%)
--Spanish: 13,254 (31.48%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5,285 (12.55%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 451 (1.07%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 136 (0.32%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 262 (0.62%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 89 (0.21%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 45,451 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 42,785% (94.13%)
Arab: 5 (0.01%)
Czech: 146 (0.32%)
Danish: 116 (0.26%)
Dutch: 464 (1.02%)
English: 3,937 (8.66%)
French (except Basque): 859 (1.89%)
French Canadian: 237 (0.52%)
German: 4,196 (9.23%)
Greek: 17 (0.04%)
Hungarian: 61 (0.13%)
Irish: 3,362 (7.4%)
Italian: 834 (1.83%)
Lithuanian: 22 (0.05%)
Norwegian: 440 (0.97%)
Polish: 417 (0.92%)
Portuguese: 53 (0.12%)
Russian: 91 (0.2%)
Scotch-Irish: 739 (1.63%)
Scottish: 592 (1.3%)
Slovak: 21 (0.05%)
Subsaharan African: 33 (0.07%)
Swedish: 268 (0.59%)
Swiss: 71 (0.16%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 2,870 (6.31%)
Welsh: 165 (0.36%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 25 (0.06%)
Other ancestries: 22,744 (50.04%)

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