Thoreau, NM

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3577530, place: Thoreau CDP, New Mexico)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 674 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 32 (4.75%)
Kindergarten: 51 (7.57%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 306 (45.4%)
High school (grades 9-12): 203 (30.12%)
College or graduate school: 82 (12.17%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 869 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 67 (7.71%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 161 (18.53%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 342 (39.36%)
Some college, no degree: 126 (14.5%)
Associate degree: 47 (5.41%)
Bachelor's degree: 78 (8.98%)
Graduate or professional degree: 48 (5.52%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 73.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 14.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,217 (100%)
Never married: 442 (36.32%)
Now married, except separated: 582 (47.82%)
Separated: 31 (2.55%)
Total Widowed: 70 (5.75%)
Widowed Female: 44 (3.62%)
Total Divorced: 92 (7.56%)
Divorced Female: 42 (3.45%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 70 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 31 (44.29%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,097 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 135 (12.31%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 607 (100%)
--With a disability: 84 (13.84%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 893 (100%)
--With a disability: 280 (31.35%)
----Percent employed: 26.4%
--No disability: 613 (68.65%)
----Percent employed: 59.7%
Population 65 years and over: 78 (100%)
--With a disability: 53 (67.95%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,578 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 981 (62.17%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 556 (35.23%)
--Same county: 400 (25.35%)
--Different county: 156 (9.89%)
----Same state: 27 (1.71%)
----Different state: 129 (8.17%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 41 (2.6%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,749 (100%)
Native: 1,749 (100%)
--Born in United States: 1,749 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,355 (77.47%)
----Different state: 394 (22.53%)
--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: 1,578 (100%)
English only: 792 (50.19%)
Language other than English: 786 (49.81%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 338 (21.42%)
--Spanish: 19 (1.2%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 5 (0.32%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 6 (0.38%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,749 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,654% (94.57%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 5 (0.29%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 0 (0%)
English: 64 (3.66%)
French (except Basque): 25 (1.43%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 74 (4.23%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 20 (1.14%)
Italian: 24 (1.37%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 0 (0%)
Scottish: 23 (1.32%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 15 (0.86%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 73 (4.17%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 1,331 (76.1%)

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