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Phoenix Arizona Social and demographic information
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Phoenix Arizona Social information
Profile of Selected Social Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: Phoenix city
| Subject |
Number |
Percent |
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Subject |
Number |
Percent |
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| SCHOOL
ENROLLMENT |
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NATIVITY
AND PLACE OF BIRTH |
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| Population
3 years and over |
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Total
poplulation |
1,320,994 |
100.0 |
| enrolled
in school |
362,719 |
100.0 |
|
Native |
1,063,669 |
80.5 |
| Nursery
school, preschool |
21,997 |
6.1 |
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Born in
United States |
1,050,936 |
79.6 |
| Kindergarten |
22,921 |
6.3 |
|
State
of residence |
457,717 |
34.6 |
| Elementary
school (grades 1-8) |
170,371 |
47.0 |
|
Different state |
593,219 |
44.9 |
| High school
(grades 9-12) |
74,115 |
20.4 |
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Born
outside United States |
12,733 |
1.0 |
| College or
graduate school |
73,315 |
20.2 |
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Foreign born |
257,325 |
19.5 |
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Entered 1990 to March 2000 |
150,406 |
11.4 |
| EDUCATIONAL
ATTAINMENT |
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Naturalized citizen |
52,874 |
4.0 |
| Population
25 years and over |
795,297 |
100.0 |
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Not a
citizen |
204,451 |
15.5 |
| Less than 9th
grade |
86,881 |
10.9 |
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| 9th to 12th
grade, no diploma |
99,087 |
12.5 |
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REGION OF
BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN |
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| High school
graduate (includes equivalency) |
181,850 |
22.9 |
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Total
(excluding born at sea) |
257,325 |
100.0 |
| Some college,
no degree |
194,671 |
24.5 |
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Europe |
21,137 |
8.2 |
| Associate
degree |
52,365 |
6.6 |
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Asia |
22,328 |
8.7 |
| Bachelor's
degree |
119,886 |
15.1 |
|
Africa |
3,150 |
1.2 |
| Graduate or
professional degree |
60,557 |
7.6 |
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Oceania |
975 |
0.4 |
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Latin America |
204,406 |
79.4 |
| Percent high
school graduate or higher |
76.6 |
(X) |
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Northern
America |
5,329 |
2.1 |
| Percent
bachelor's degree or higher |
22.7 |
(X) |
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LANGUAGE
SPOKEN AT HOME |
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| MARITAL
STATUS |
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Population 5 years and over |
1,207,309 |
100.0 |
| Population
15 years and over |
994,728 |
100.0 |
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English only |
818,864 |
67.8 |
| Never married |
296,970 |
29.9 |
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Language other
than English |
388,445 |
32.2 |
| Now married,
except separated |
507,379 |
51.0 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
205,909 |
17.1 |
| Separated |
23,824 |
2.4 |
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Spanish |
326,469 |
27.0 |
| Widowed |
48,003 |
4.8 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
184,026 |
15.2 |
| Female |
37,925 |
3.8 |
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Other
Indo-European languages |
30,477 |
2.5 |
| Divorced |
118,552 |
11.9 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
9,716 |
0.8 |
| Female |
67,278 |
6.8 |
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Asian and
Pacific Island languages |
17,316 |
1.4 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
8,349 |
0.7 |
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GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS |
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| Grandparent
living in household |
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ANCESTRY
(single and multiple) |
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| with
one or more own grandchildren |
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Total
population |
1,320,994 |
100.0 |
| under
18 years |
32,129 |
100.0 |
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Total
ancestries reported |
1,357,108 |
102.7 |
| Grandparent
responsible for grandchildren |
13,262 |
41.3 |
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Arab |
5,172 |
0.4 |
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Czech¹ |
7,703 |
0.6 |
| VETERAN
STATUS |
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Danish |
7,129 |
0.5 |
| Civilian
population 18 years and over |
938,558 |
100.0 |
|
Dutch |
18,765 |
1.4 |
| Civilian
veterans |
108,747 |
11.6 |
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English |
105,835 |
8.0 |
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French (except
Basque)¹ |
31,987 |
2.4 |
| DISABILITY
STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN |
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French
Canadian¹ |
7,918 |
0.6 |
| NONINSTITUTIONALIZED
POPULATION |
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German |
181,124 |
13.7 |
| Population
5 to 20 years |
326,585 |
100.0 |
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Greek |
4,770 |
0.4 |
| With a
disability |
29,013 |
8.9 |
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Hungarian |
5,925 |
0.4 |
| Population
21 to 64 years |
761,302 |
100.0 |
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Irish¹ |
123,927 |
9.4 |
| With a
disability |
153,331 |
20.1 |
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Italian |
58,578 |
4.4 |
| Percent
employed |
58.0 |
(X) |
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Lithuanian |
2,467 |
0.2 |
| No disability |
607,971 |
79.9 |
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Norwegian |
22,052 |
1.7 |
| Percent
employed |
75.5 |
(X) |
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Polish |
32,050 |
2.4 |
| Population
65 years and over |
105,049 |
100.0 |
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Portuguese |
2,722 |
0.2 |
| With a
disability |
45,694 |
43.5 |
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Russian |
10,601 |
0.8 |
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Scotch-Irish |
15,707 |
1.2 |
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Scottish |
20,873 |
1.6 |
| RESIDENCE
IN 1995 |
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Slovak |
1,914 |
0.1 |
| Population
5 years and over |
1,207,309 |
100.0 |
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Subsaharan
African |
5,963 |
0.5 |
| Same house in
1995 |
523,363 |
43.3 |
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Swedish |
19,294 |
1.5 |
| Different
house in the U.S. in 1995 |
607,592 |
50.3 |
|
Swiss |
3,460 |
0.3 |
| Same county |
412,607 |
34.2 |
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Ukrainian |
2,417 |
0.2 |
| Different
county |
194,985 |
16.2 |
|
United States
or American |
53,479 |
4.0 |
| Same state |
24,047 |
2.0 |
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Welsh |
7,728 |
0.6 |
| Different
state |
170,938 |
14.2 |
|
West Indian
(excluding Hispanic groups) |
1,614 |
0.1 |
| Elsewhere in
1995 |
76,354 |
6.3 |
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Other
ancestries |
595,934 |
45.1 |
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| Date: January
10, 2005 |
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| -Represent
zero or rounds to zero. (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. |
| Source: U.S.
Bureau of the Census, Census 2000. |
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