General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3583200, place: Virden village, New Mexico)SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school: 39 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 6 (15.38%)
Kindergarten: 4 (10.26%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 16 (41.03%)
High school (grades 9-12): 12 (30.77%)
College or graduate school: 1 (2.56%)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTPopulation 25 years and over: 84 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 14 (16.67%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 11 (13.1%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 26 (30.95%)
Some college, no degree: 29 (34.52%)
Associate degree: 2 (2.38%)
Bachelor's degree: 1 (1.19%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1 (1.19%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 70.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 2.4%
MARITIAL STATUSPopulation 15 years and over: 98 (100%)
Never married: 15 (15.31%)
Now married, except separated: 67 (68.37%)
Separated: 0 (0%)
Total Widowed: 10 (10.2%)
Widowed Female: 8 (8.16%)
Total Divorced: 6 (6.12%)
Divorced Female: 4 (4.08%)
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERSGrandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0
VETERAN STATUSCivilian population 18 years and over: 89 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 12 (13.48%)
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATIONPopulation 5 to 20 years: 39 (100%)
--With a disability: 0 (0%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 55 (100%)
--With a disability: 4 (7.27%)
----Percent employed: 0%
--No disability: 51 (92.73%)
----Percent employed: 49%
Population 65 years and over: 30 (100%)
--With a disability: 22 (73.33%)
RESIDENCE IN 1995Population 5 years and over: 124 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 66 (53.23%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 56 (45.16%)
--Same county: 29 (23.39%)
--Different county: 27 (21.77%)
----Same state: 0 (0%)
----Different state: 27 (21.77%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 2 (1.61%)
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTHTotal population: 135 (100%)
Native: 123 (91.11%)
--Born in United States: 123 (100%)
----State of residence: 35 (25.93%)
----Different state: 88 (65.19%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 12 (8.89%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 6 (4.44%)
--Naturalized citizen: 4 (2.96%)
--Not a citizen: 8 (5.93%)
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORNTotal (excluding born at sea): 12 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 12 (100%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOMEPopulation 5 years and over: 124 (100%)
English only: 106 (85.48%)
Language other than English: 18 (14.52%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 12 (9.68%)
--Spanish: 18 (14.52%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 12 (9.68%)
--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: 135 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 114% (84.44%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 8 (5.93%)
Dutch: 0 (0%)
English: 8 (5.93%)
French (except Basque): 4 (2.96%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 21 (15.56%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 12 (8.89%)
Italian: 5 (3.7%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 3 (2.22%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 4 (2.96%)
Scottish: 0 (0%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 5 (3.7%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 12 (8.89%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 32 (23.7%)
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