Eddy County, NM Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Eddy county new mexico dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	14,292	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	822	5.8
Kindergarten	797	5.6
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	7,087	49.6
High school (grades 9-12)	3,642	25.5
College or graduate school	1,944	13.6

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	32,572	100.0
Less than 9th grade	3,519	10.8
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	4,634	14.2
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	11,188	34.3
Some college, no degree	7,147	21.9
Associate degree	1,691	5.2
Bachelor's degree	2,832	8.7
Graduate or professional degree	1,561	4.8

Percent high school graduate or higher	75.0	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	13.5	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	39,516	100.0
Never married	8,366	21.2
Now married, except separated	23,283	58.9
Separated	771	2.0
Widowed	2,883	7.3
Female	2,260	5.7
Divorced	4,213	10.7
Female	2,306	5.8

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	1,254	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	782	62.4

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	36,804	100.0
Civilian veterans	4,946	13.4

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	13,222	100.0
With a disability	1,262	9.5

Population 21 to 64 years	26,948	100.0
With a disability	6,099	22.6
Percent employed	52.4	(X)
No disability	20,849	77.4
Percent employed	71.8	(X)

Population 65 years and over	7,172	100.0
With a disability	3,196	44.6

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	47,952	100.0
Same house in 1995	28,287	59.0
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	19,329	40.3
Same county	12,386	25.8
Different county	6,943	14.5
Same state	2,667	5.6
Different state	4,276	8.9
Elsewhere in 1995	336	0.7

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	51,658	100.0
Native	48,915	94.7
Born in United States	48,615	94.1
State of residence	29,342	56.8
Different state	19,273	37.3
Born outside United States	300	0.6
Foreign born	2,743	5.3
Entered 1990 to March 2000	712	1.4
Naturalized citizen	1,315	2.5
Not a citizen	1,428	2.8

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	2,743	100.0
Europe	234	8.5
Asia	146	5.3
Africa	18	0.7
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	2,250	82.0
Northern America	95	3.5

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	47,952	100.0
English only	33,377	69.6
Language other than English	14,575	30.4
Speak English less than 'very well	4,560	9.5
Spanish	13,995	29.2
Speak English less than "very well"	4,364	9.1
Other Indo-European languages	394	0.8
Speak English less than "very well"	147	0.3
Asian and Pacific Island languages	101	0.2
Speak English less than "very well"	43	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	51,658	100.0
Total ancestries reported	47,839	92.6
Arab	113	0.2
Czech¹	107	0.2
Danish	73	0.1
Dutch	794	1.5
English	4,462	8.6
French (except Basque)¹	898	1.7
French Canadian¹	156	0.3
German	4,294	8.3
Greek	38	0.1
Hungarian	33	0.1
Irish¹	3,952	7.7
Italian	507	1.0
Lithuanian	30	0.1
Norwegian	263	0.5
Polish	274	0.5
Portuguese	55	0.1
Russian	121	0.2
Scotch-Irish	873	1.7
Scottish	655	1.3
Slovak	4	0.0
Subsaharan African	21	0.0
Swedish	254	0.5
Swiss	123	0.2
Ukrainian	17	0.0
United States or American	4,925	9.5
Welsh	132	0.3
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	56	0.1
Other ancestries	24,609	47.6

(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. 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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