Gila County, AZ Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Gila county arizona dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	12,718	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	571	4.5
Kindergarten	721	5.7
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	6,472	50.9
High school (grades 9-12)	3,068	24.1
College or graduate school	1,886	14.8

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	35,150	100.0
Less than 9th grade	2,257	6.4
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	5,397	15.4
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	10,087	28.7
Some college, no degree	10,340	29.4
Associate degree	2,199	6.3
Bachelor's degree	2,971	8.5
Graduate or professional degree	1,899	5.4

Percent high school graduate or higher	78.2	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	13.9	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	40,633	100.0
Never married	7,394	18.2
Now married, except separated	24,096	59.3
Separated	703	1.7
Widowed	3,496	8.6
Female	2,650	6.5
Divorced	4,944	12.2
Female	2,692	6.6

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	1,559	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	1,011	64.8

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	38,432	100.0
Civilian veterans	7,539	19.6

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	11,508	100.0
With a disability	947	8.2

Population 21 to 64 years	26,149	100.0
With a disability	6,717	25.7
Percent employed	49.2	(X)
No disability	19,432	74.3
Percent employed	65.3	(X)

Population 65 years and over	9,890	100.0
With a disability	4,180	42.3

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	48,370	100.0
Same house in 1995	26,365	54.5
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	21,670	44.8
Same county	9,089	18.8
Different county	12,581	26.0
Same state	7,875	16.3
Different state	4,706	9.7
Elsewhere in 1995	335	0.7

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	51,335	100.0
Native	49,512	96.4
Born in United States	49,283	96.0
State of residence	25,942	50.5
Different state	23,341	45.5
Born outside United States	229	0.4
Foreign born	1,823	3.6
Entered 1990 to March 2000	566	1.1
Naturalized citizen	847	1.6
Not a citizen	976	1.9

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	1,823	100.0
Europe	576	31.6
Asia	137	7.5
Africa	9	0.5
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	1,011	55.5
Northern America	90	4.9

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	48,370	100.0
English only	39,557	81.8
Language other than English	8,813	18.2
Speak English less than 'very well	2,932	6.1
Spanish	4,731	9.8
Speak English less than "very well"	1,509	3.1
Other Indo-European languages	823	1.7
Speak English less than "very well"	127	0.3
Asian and Pacific Island languages	71	0.1
Speak English less than "very well"	18	0.0

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	51,335	100.0
Total ancestries reported	52,165	101.6
Arab	80	0.2
Czech¹	269	0.5
Danish	310	0.6
Dutch	1,104	2.2
English	6,073	11.8
French (except Basque)¹	1,628	3.2
French Canadian¹	332	0.6
German	7,947	15.5
Greek	57	0.1
Hungarian	153	0.3
Irish¹	5,554	10.8
Italian	1,307	2.5
Lithuanian	44	0.1
Norwegian	1,110	2.2
Polish	755	1.5
Portuguese	32	0.1
Russian	152	0.3
Scotch-Irish	1,047	2.0
Scottish	1,130	2.2
Slovak	32	0.1
Subsaharan African	15	0.0
Swedish	860	1.7
Swiss	97	0.2
Ukrainian	15	0.0
United States or American	3,159	6.2
Welsh	459	0.9
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	7	0.0
Other ancestries	18,437	35.9

(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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