Grant County, NM Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Grant county new mexico dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	8,657	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	501	5.8
Kindergarten	419	4.8
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	3,724	43.0
High school (grades 9-12)	1,964	22.7
College or graduate school	2,049	23.7

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	20,350	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,868	9.2
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	2,321	11.4
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	5,922	29.1
Some college, no degree	4,947	24.3
Associate degree	1,112	5.5
Bachelor's degree	2,329	11.4
Graduate or professional degree	1,851	9.1

Percent high school graduate or higher	79.4	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	20.5	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	24,383	100.0
Never married	5,570	22.8
Now married, except separated	13,528	55.5
Separated	449	1.8
Widowed	1,859	7.6
Female	1,437	5.9
Divorced	2,977	12.2
Female	1,600	6.6

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	681	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	460	67.5

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	22,871	100.0
Civilian veterans	3,969	17.4

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	7,186	100.0
With a disability	501	7.0

Population 21 to 64 years	16,524	100.0
With a disability	3,561	21.6
Percent employed	45.5	(X)
No disability	12,963	78.4
Percent employed	67.5	(X)

Population 65 years and over	4,834	100.0
With a disability	2,078	43.0

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	28,911	100.0
Same house in 1995	16,916	58.5
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	11,763	40.7
Same county	6,913	23.9
Different county	4,850	16.8
Same state	1,528	5.3
Different state	3,322	11.5
Elsewhere in 1995	232	0.8

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	31,002	100.0
Native	29,967	96.7
Born in United States	29,763	96.0
State of residence	17,708	57.1
Different state	12,055	38.9
Born outside United States	204	0.7
Foreign born	1,035	3.3
Entered 1990 to March 2000	191	0.6
Naturalized citizen	629	2.0
Not a citizen	406	1.3

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	1,035	100.0
Europe	112	10.8
Asia	36	3.5
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	12	1.2
Latin America	807	78.0
Northern America	68	6.6

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	28,911	100.0
English only	18,310	63.3
Language other than English	10,601	36.7
Speak English less than 'very well	2,707	9.4
Spanish	10,303	35.6
Speak English less than "very well"	2,649	9.2
Other Indo-European languages	162	0.6
Speak English less than "very well"	24	0.1
Asian and Pacific Island languages	63	0.2
Speak English less than "very well"	9	0.0

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	31,002	100.0
Total ancestries reported	31,980	103.2
Arab	11	0.0
Czech¹	123	0.4
Danish	123	0.4
Dutch	450	1.5
English	3,205	10.3
French (except Basque)¹	640	2.1
French Canadian¹	200	0.6
German	3,173	10.2
Greek	85	0.3
Hungarian	23	0.1
Irish¹	2,276	7.3
Italian	652	2.1
Lithuanian	21	0.1
Norwegian	266	0.9
Polish	310	1.0
Portuguese	18	0.1
Russian	88	0.3
Scotch-Irish	506	1.6
Scottish	508	1.6
Slovak	44	0.1
Subsaharan African	19	0.1
Swedish	321	1.0
Swiss	107	0.3
Ukrainian	31	0.1
United States or American	2,394	7.7
Welsh	157	0.5
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	14	0.0
Other ancestries	16,215	52.3

(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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