U.S. Beacon March 28, 2024

Socorro, NM

Socorro County, New Mexico

Latitude: 34.061759     Longitude: -106.899424
Population 8,621 (2005)
Elevation of Socorro, New Mexico: 4605 feet



General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3573540, place: Socorro city, New Mexico)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 3,146 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 130 (4.13%)
Kindergarten: 60 (1.91%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,022 (32.49%)
High school (grades 9-12): 587 (18.66%)
College or graduate school: 1,347 (42.82%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 5,129 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 507 (9.88%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 754 (14.7%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,335 (26.03%)
Some college, no degree: 957 (18.66%)
Associate degree: 279 (5.44%)
Bachelor's degree: 697 (13.59%)
Graduate or professional degree: 600 (11.7%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 75.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 25.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 7,132 (100%)
Never married: 2,616 (36.68%)
Now married, except separated: 3,062 (42.93%)
Separated: 115 (1.61%)
Total Widowed: 416 (5.83%)
Widowed Female: 328 (4.6%)
Total Divorced: 923 (12.94%)
Divorced Female: 546 (7.66%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 176 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 66 (37.5%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 6,722 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 910 (13.54%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,446 (100%)
--With a disability: 276 (11.28%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 4,900 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,011 (20.63%)
----Percent employed: 50.3%
--No disability: 3,889 (79.37%)
----Percent employed: 72.7%
Population 65 years and over: 934 (100%)
--With a disability: 391 (41.86%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 8,365 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 4,512 (53.94%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 3,614 (43.2%)
--Same county: 1,579 (18.88%)
--Different county: 2,035 (24.33%)
----Same state: 962 (11.5%)
----Different state: 1,073 (12.83%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 239 (2.86%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 8,986 (100%)
Native: 8,312 (92.5%)
--Born in United States: 8,264 (100%)
----State of residence: 5,330 (59.31%)
----Different state: 2,934 (32.65%)
--Born outside United States: 48 (0.53%)
Foreign born: 674 (7.5%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 225 (2.5%)
--Naturalized citizen: 189 (2.1%)
--Not a citizen: 485 (5.4%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 674 (100%)
Europe: 70 (10.39%)
Asia: 130 (19.29%)
Africa: 37 (5.49%)
Oceania: 7 (1.04%)
Latin America: 400 (59.35%)
Northern America: 30 (4.45%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 8,365 (100%)
English only: 5,106 (61.04%)
Language other than English: 3,259 (38.96%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 753 (9%)
--Spanish: 2,908 (34.76%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 651 (7.78%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 159 (1.9%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5 (0.06%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 100 (1.2%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 47 (0.56%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 8,986 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 9,018% (100.36%)
Arab: 39 (0.43%)
Czech: 9 (0.1%)
Danish: 60 (0.67%)
Dutch: 54 (0.6%)
English: 490 (5.45%)
French (except Basque): 148 (1.65%)
French Canadian: 20 (0.22%)
German: 1,010 (11.24%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 597 (6.64%)
Italian: 215 (2.39%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 55 (0.61%)
Polish: 155 (1.72%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 47 (0.52%)
Scotch-Irish: 100 (1.11%)
Scottish: 155 (1.72%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 19 (0.21%)
Swedish: 91 (1.01%)
Swiss: 27 (0.3%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 552 (6.14%)
Welsh: 39 (0.43%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 36 (0.4%)
Other ancestries: 5,100 (56.75%)

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