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DP-2. Profile of Selected Social Characteristics: 2000 Data Set: Census 2000 Summary File 3 (SF 3) - Sample Data Geographic Area: Curry County, New Mexico |
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NOTE: Data based on a sample except in P3, P4, H3, and H4. For information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, definitions, and count corrections see http://factfinder.census.gov/home/en/datanotes/expsf3.htm.
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Percent |
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SCHOOL ENROLLMENT |
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Population 3 years and over enrolled in school |
14,012 |
100.0 |
Nursery school, preschool |
850 |
6.1 |
Kindergarten |
770 |
5.5 |
Elementary school (grades 1-8) |
6,152 |
43.9 |
High school (grades 9-12) |
2,885 |
20.6 |
College or graduate school |
3,355 |
23.9 |
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EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT |
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Population 25 years and over |
26,403 |
100.0 |
Less than 9th grade |
2,084 |
7.9 |
9th to 12th grade, no diploma |
3,616 |
13.7 |
High school graduate (includes equivalency) |
7,371 |
27.9 |
Some college, no degree |
7,202 |
27.3 |
Associate degree |
2,098 |
7.9 |
Bachelor's degree |
2,546 |
9.6 |
Graduate or professional degree |
1,486 |
5.6 |
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Percent high school graduate or higher |
78.4 |
(X) |
Percent bachelor's degree or higher |
15.3 |
(X) |
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MARITAL STATUS |
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Population 15 years and over |
33,675 |
100.0 |
Never married |
7,712 |
22.9 |
Now married, except separated |
19,409 |
57.6 |
Separated |
631 |
1.9 |
Widowed |
2,175 |
6.5 |
Female |
1,738 |
5.2 |
Divorced |
3,748 |
11.1 |
Female |
2,065 |
6.1 |
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GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS |
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Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years |
981 |
100.0 |
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren |
538 |
54.8 |
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VETERAN STATUS |
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Civilian population 18 years and over |
29,019 |
100.0 |
Civilian veterans |
4,989 |
17.2 |
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DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION |
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Population 5 to 20 years |
11,574 |
100.0 |
With a disability |
1,030 |
8.9 |
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Population 21 to 64 years |
21,929 |
100.0 |
With a disability |
4,537 |
20.7 |
Percent employed |
47.4 |
(X) |
No disability |
17,392 |
79.3 |
Percent employed |
74.3 |
(X) |
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Population 65 years and over |
4,852 |
100.0 |
With a disability |
2,506 |
51.6 |
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RESIDENCE IN 1995 |
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Population 5 years and over |
41,329 |
100.0 |
Same house in 1995 |
18,388 |
44.5 |
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 |
21,141 |
51.2 |
Same county |
10,879 |
26.3 |
Different county |
10,262 |
24.8 |
Same state |
2,940 |
7.1 |
Different state |
7,322 |
17.7 |
Elsewhere in 1995 |
1,800 |
4.4 |
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NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH |
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Total population |
45,044 |
100.0 |
Native |
42,400 |
94.1 |
Born in United States |
41,133 |
91.3 |
State of residence |
20,895 |
46.4 |
Different state |
20,238 |
44.9 |
Born outside United States |
1,267 |
2.8 |
Foreign born |
2,644 |
5.9 |
Entered 1990 to March 2000 |
1,011 |
2.2 |
Naturalized citizen |
1,003 |
2.2 |
Not a citizen |
1,641 |
3.6 |
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REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN |
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Total (excluding born at sea) |
2,644 |
100.0 |
Europe |
289 |
10.9 |
Asia |
841 |
31.8 |
Africa |
0 |
0.0 |
Oceania |
18 |
0.7 |
Latin America |
1,456 |
55.1 |
Northern America |
40 |
1.5 |
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LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME |
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Population 5 years and over |
41,329 |
100.0 |
English only |
31,782 |
76.9 |
Language other than English |
9,547 |
23.1 |
Speak English less than 'very well |
2,946 |
7.1 |
Spanish |
8,350 |
20.2 |
Speak English less than "very well" |
2,456 |
5.9 |
Other Indo-European languages |
429 |
1.0 |
Speak English less than "very well" |
92 |
0.2 |
Asian and Pacific Island languages |
692 |
1.7 |
Speak English less than "very well" |
380 |
0.9 |
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ANCESTRY (single or multiple) |
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Total population |
45,044 |
100.0 |
Total ancestries reported |
42,394 |
94.1 |
Arab |
33 |
0.1 |
Czech1 |
213 |
0.5 |
Danish |
62 |
0.1 |
Dutch |
745 |
1.7 |
English |
3,753 |
8.3 |
French (except Basque)1 |
989 |
2.2 |
French Canadian1 |
172 |
0.4 |
German |
4,886 |
10.8 |
Greek |
77 |
0.2 |
Hungarian |
113 |
0.3 |
Irish1 |
3,735 |
8.3 |
Italian |
928 |
2.1 |
Lithuanian |
19 |
0.0 |
Norwegian |
432 |
1.0 |
Polish |
450 |
1.0 |
Portuguese |
55 |
0.1 |
Russian |
80 |
0.2 |
Scotch-Irish |
623 |
1.4 |
Scottish |
650 |
1.4 |
Slovak |
6 |
0.0 |
Subsaharan African |
132 |
0.3 |
Swedish |
385 |
0.9 |
Swiss |
45 |
0.1 |
Ukrainian |
43 |
0.1 |
United States or American |
3,578 |
7.9 |
Welsh |
238 |
0.5 |
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) |
107 |
0.2 |
Other ancestries |
19,845 |
44.1 |
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Percent |
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(X) Not applicable. 1 The data represent a combination of two ancestries shown separately in Summary File 3. Czech includes Czechoslovakian. French includes Alsatian. French Canadian includes Acadian/Cajun. Irish includes Celtic. Ancestry Code List (PDF 35KB) Place of Birth Code List (PDF 74KB) Language Code List (PDF 17KB) Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000 Summary File 3, Matrices P18, P19, P21, P22, P24, P36, P37, P39, P42, PCT8, PCT16, PCT17, and PCT19 |
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