Rio Rancho, NM Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	15,140	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	801	5.3
Kindergarten	788	5.2
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	7,158	47.3
High school (grades 9-12)	3,343	22.1
College or graduate school	3,050	20.1

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	32,935	100.0
Less than 9th grade	619	1.9
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	2,272	6.9
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	9,359	28.4
Some college, no degree	9,552	29.0
Associate degree	2,978	9.0
Bachelor's degree	5,539	16.8
Graduate or professional degree	2,616	7.9

Percent high school graduate or higher	91.2	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	24.8	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	39,066	100.0
Never married	8,627	22.1
Now married, except separated	23,624	60.5
Separated	449	1.1
Widowed	2,245	5.7
Female	1,834	4.7
Divorced	4,121	10.5
Female	2,615	6.7

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	765	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	302	39.5

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	36,423	100.0
Civilian veterans	6,601	18.1

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	13,076	100.0
With a disability	965	7.4

Population 21 to 64 years	28,624	100.0
With a disability	4,811	16.8
Percent employed	63.4	(X)
No disability	23,813	83.2
Percent employed	80.2	(X)

Population 65 years and over	5,805	100.0
With a disability	2,454	42.3

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	47,895	100.0
Same house in 1995	23,491	49.0
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	23,856	49.8
Same county	5,695	11.9
Different county	18,161	37.9
Same state	9,020	18.8
Different state	9,141	19.1
Elsewhere in 1995	548	1.1

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	51,722	100.0
Native	49,243	95.2
Born in United States	48,655	94.1
State of residence	19,742	38.2
Different state	28,913	55.9
Born outside United States	588	1.1
Foreign born	2,479	4.8
Entered 1990 to March 2000	594	1.1
Naturalized citizen	1,421	2.7
Not a citizen	1,058	2.0

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	2,479	100.0
Europe	747	30.1
Asia	692	27.9
Africa	9	0.4
Oceania	25	1.0
Latin America	888	35.8
Northern America	118	4.8

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	47,895	100.0
English only	40,039	83.6
Language other than English	7,856	16.4
Speak English less than 'very well	1,724	3.6
Spanish	5,978	12.5
Speak English less than "very well"	1,194	2.5
Other Indo-European languages	1,079	2.3
Speak English less than "very well"	244	0.5
Asian and Pacific Island languages	384	0.8
Speak English less than "very well"	187	0.4

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	51,722	100.0
Total ancestries reported	58,232	112.6
Arab	216	0.4
Czech¹	273	0.5
Danish	466	0.9
Dutch	938	1.8
English	5,418	10.5
French (except Basque)¹	1,803	3.5
French Canadian¹	391	0.8
German	8,462	16.4
Greek	145	0.3
Hungarian	308	0.6
Irish¹	5,783	11.2
Italian	3,435	6.6
Lithuanian	43	0.1
Norwegian	842	1.6
Polish	1,402	2.7
Portuguese	121	0.2
Russian	383	0.7
Scotch-Irish	1,148	2.2
Scottish	1,196	2.3
Slovak	89	0.2
Subsaharan African	83	0.2
Swedish	862	1.7
Swiss	176	0.3
Ukrainian	91	0.2
United States or American	2,933	5.7
Welsh	319	0.6
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	95	0.2
Other ancestries	20,811	40.2

(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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