Santa Teresa, NM

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3570700, place: Santa Teresa CDP, New Mexico)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 747 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 30 (4.02%)
Kindergarten: 59 (7.9%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 296 (39.63%)
High school (grades 9-12): 159 (21.29%)
College or graduate school: 203 (27.18%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,776 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 65 (3.66%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 121 (6.81%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 278 (15.65%)
Some college, no degree: 587 (33.05%)
Associate degree: 152 (8.56%)
Bachelor's degree: 329 (18.52%)
Graduate or professional degree: 244 (13.74%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 89.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 32.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,039 (100%)
Never married: 348 (17.07%)
Now married, except separated: 1,431 (70.18%)
Separated: 30 (1.47%)
Total Widowed: 82 (4.02%)
Widowed Female: 67 (3.29%)
Total Divorced: 148 (7.26%)
Divorced Female: 88 (4.32%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 59 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 18 (30.51%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,938 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 389 (20.07%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 560 (100%)
--With a disability: 80 (14.29%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,539 (100%)
--With a disability: 143 (9.29%)
----Percent employed: 52.4%
--No disability: 1,396 (90.71%)
----Percent employed: 80.1%
Population 65 years and over: 312 (100%)
--With a disability: 119 (38.14%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,411 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 960 (39.82%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,383 (57.36%)
--Same county: 309 (12.82%)
--Different county: 1,074 (44.55%)
----Same state: 103 (4.27%)
----Different state: 971 (40.27%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 68 (2.82%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,605 (100%)
Native: 2,258 (86.68%)
--Born in United States: 2,228 (100%)
----State of residence: 405 (15.55%)
----Different state: 1,823 (69.98%)
--Born outside United States: 30 (1.15%)
Foreign born: 347 (13.32%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 110 (4.22%)
--Naturalized citizen: 179 (6.87%)
--Not a citizen: 168 (6.45%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 347 (100%)
Europe: 26 (7.49%)
Asia: 33 (9.51%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 288 (83%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,411 (100%)
English only: 1,213 (50.31%)
Language other than English: 1,198 (49.69%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 413 (17.13%)
--Spanish: 1,158 (48.03%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 389 (16.13%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 40 (1.66%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 24 (1%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,605 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 3,030% (116.31%)
Arab: 39 (1.5%)
Czech: 10 (0.38%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 55 (2.11%)
English: 204 (7.83%)
French (except Basque): 79 (3.03%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 327 (12.55%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 10 (0.38%)
Irish: 324 (12.44%)
Italian: 35 (1.34%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 46 (1.77%)
Polish: 52 (2%)
Portuguese: 7 (0.27%)
Russian: 36 (1.38%)
Scotch-Irish: 65 (2.5%)
Scottish: 34 (1.31%)
Slovak: 7 (0.27%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 14 (0.54%)
Swiss: 6 (0.23%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 139 (5.34%)
Welsh: 11 (0.42%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 1,530 (58.73%)

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