Alamogordo, NM Social Statistics
Updated August 5, 2020 |
Infoplease Staff
Number | Percent | |
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT | ||
---|---|---|
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school | 10,399 | 100.0 |
Nursery school, preschool | 496 | 4.8 |
Kindergarten | 431 | 4.1 |
Elementary school (grades 1-8) | 4,869 | 46.8 |
High school (grades 9-12) | 2,217 | 21.3 |
College or graduate school | 2,386 | 22.9 |
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT | ||
Population 25 years and over | 21,962 | 100.0 |
Less than 9th grade | 1,681 | 7.7 |
9th to 12th grade, no diploma | 2,406 | 11.0 |
High school graduate (includes equivalency) | 6,217 | 28.3 |
Some college, no degree | 6,385 | 29.1 |
Associate degree | 2,072 | 9.4 |
Bachelor's degree | 1,874 | 8.5 |
Graduate or professional degree | 1,327 | 6.0 |
Percent high school graduate or higher | 81.4 | (X) |
Percent bachelor's degree or higher | 14.6 | (X) |
MARITAL STATUS | ||
Population 15 years and over | 26,929 | 100.0 |
Never married | 5,495 | 20.4 |
Now married, except separated | 16,347 | 60.7 |
Separated | 551 | 2.0 |
Widowed | 1,777 | 6.6 |
Female | 1,547 | 5.7 |
Divorced | 2,759 | 10.2 |
Female | 1,538 | 5.7 |
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS | ||
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years | 707 | 100.0 |
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren | 389 | 55.0 |
VETERAN STATUS | ||
Civilian population 18 years and over | 22,983 | 100.0 |
Civilian veterans | 5,645 | 24.6 |
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION | ||
Population 5 to 20 years | 8,743 | 100.0 |
With a disability | 689 | 7.9 |
Population 21 to 64 years | 17,196 | 100.0 |
With a disability | 3,426 | 19.9 |
Percent employed | 48.4 | (X) |
No disability | 13,770 | 80.1 |
Percent employed | 69.1 | (X) |
Population 65 years and over | 4,250 | 100.0 |
With a disability | 1,994 | 46.9 |
RESIDENCE IN 1995 | ||
Population 5 years and over | 32,810 | 100.0 |
Same house in 1995 | 15,174 | 46.2 |
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 | 14,395 | 43.9 |
Same county | 6,251 | 19.1 |
Different county | 8,144 | 24.8 |
Same state | 1,993 | 6.1 |
Different state | 6,151 | 18.7 |
Elsewhere in 1995 | 3,241 | 9.9 |
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH | ||
Total population | 35,392 | 100.0 |
Native | 31,096 | 87.9 |
Born in United States | 29,774 | 84.1 |
State of residence | 11,035 | 31.2 |
Different state | 18,739 | 52.9 |
Born outside United States | 1,322 | 3.7 |
Foreign born | 4,296 | 12.1 |
Entered 1990 to March 2000 | 2,031 | 5.7 |
Naturalized citizen | 1,475 | 4.2 |
Not a citizen | 2,821 | 8.0 |
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN | ||
Total (excluding born at sea) | 4,296 | 100.0 |
Europe | 1,755 | 40.9 |
Asia | 368 | 8.6 |
Africa | 4 | 0.1 |
Oceania | 14 | 0.3 |
Latin America | 2,079 | 48.4 |
Northern America | 76 | 1.8 |
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME | ||
Population 5 years and over | 32,810 | 100.0 |
English only | 23,342 | 71.1 |
Language other than English | 9,468 | 28.9 |
Speak English less than 'very well | 3,676 | 11.2 |
Spanish | 6,979 | 21.3 |
Speak English less than "very well" | 2,578 | 7.9 |
Other Indo-European languages | 1,952 | 5.9 |
Speak English less than "very well" | 962 | 2.9 |
Asian and Pacific Island languages | 420 | 1.3 |
Speak English less than "very well" | 114 | 0.3 |
ANCESTRY (single or multiple) | ||
Total population | 35,392 | 100.0 |
Total ancestries reported | 35,910 | 101.5 |
Arab | 16 | 0.0 |
Czech1 | 133 | 0.4 |
Danish | 227 | 0.6 |
Dutch | 420 | 1.2 |
English | 2,835 | 8.0 |
French (except Basque)1 | 814 | 2.3 |
French Canadian1 | 326 | 0.9 |
German | 5,705 | 16.1 |
Greek | 60 | 0.2 |
Hungarian | 84 | 0.2 |
Irish1 | 3,154 | 8.9 |
Italian | 985 | 2.8 |
Lithuanian | 54 | 0.2 |
Norwegian | 326 | 0.9 |
Polish | 455 | 1.3 |
Portuguese | 27 | 0.1 |
Russian | 66 | 0.2 |
Scotch-Irish | 543 | 1.5 |
Scottish | 501 | 1.4 |
Slovak | 54 | 0.2 |
Subsaharan African | 86 | 0.2 |
Swedish | 423 | 1.2 |
Swiss | 66 | 0.2 |
Ukrainian | 97 | 0.3 |
United States or American | 2,549 | 7.2 |
Welsh | 93 | 0.3 |
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) | 46 | 0.1 |
Other ancestries | 15,765 | 44.5 |
(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 |