Chaves County, NM Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Chaves county new mexico dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	18,132	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	1,007	5.6
Kindergarten	881	4.9
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	8,382	46.2
High school (grades 9-12)	4,572	25.2
College or graduate school	3,290	18.1

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	37,811	100.0
Less than 9th grade	5,343	14.1
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	5,035	13.3
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	9,998	26.4
Some college, no degree	9,014	23.8
Associate degree	2,289	6.1
Bachelor's degree	3,705	9.8
Graduate or professional degree	2,427	6.4

Percent high school graduate or higher	72.6	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	16.2	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	46,993	100.0
Never married	11,131	23.7
Now married, except separated	26,008	55.3
Separated	967	2.1
Widowed	3,719	7.9
Female	3,046	6.5
Divorced	5,168	11.0
Female	2,929	6.2

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	1,626	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	863	53.1

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	43,522	100.0
Civilian veterans	6,332	14.5

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	16,403	100.0
With a disability	1,561	9.5

Population 21 to 64 years	31,139	100.0
With a disability	7,265	23.3
Percent employed	49.8	(X)
No disability	23,874	76.7
Percent employed	68.9	(X)

Population 65 years and over	8,722	100.0
With a disability	3,788	43.4

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	56,978	100.0
Same house in 1995	31,668	55.6
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	24,355	42.7
Same county	14,763	25.9
Different county	9,592	16.8
Same state	3,723	6.5
Different state	5,869	10.3
Elsewhere in 1995	955	1.7

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	61,382	100.0
Native	54,491	88.8
Born in United States	54,016	88.0
State of residence	31,024	50.5
Different state	22,992	37.5
Born outside United States	475	0.8
Foreign born	6,891	11.2
Entered 1990 to March 2000	2,151	3.5
Naturalized citizen	2,350	3.8
Not a citizen	4,541	7.4

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	6,891	100.0
Europe	360	5.2
Asia	339	4.9
Africa	49	0.7
Oceania	10	0.1
Latin America	6,068	88.1
Northern America	65	0.9

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	56,978	100.0
English only	37,929	66.6
Language other than English	19,049	33.4
Speak English less than 'very well	7,512	13.2
Spanish	18,207	32.0
Speak English less than "very well"	7,252	12.7
Other Indo-European languages	488	0.9
Speak English less than "very well"	136	0.2
Asian and Pacific Island languages	273	0.5
Speak English less than "very well"	91	0.2

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	61,382	100.0
Total ancestries reported	57,008	92.9
Arab	26	0.0
Czech¹	168	0.3
Danish	155	0.3
Dutch	867	1.4
English	5,140	8.4
French (except Basque)¹	1,066	1.7
French Canadian¹	265	0.4
German	5,527	9.0
Greek	26	0.0
Hungarian	74	0.1
Irish¹	4,577	7.5
Italian	1,003	1.6
Lithuanian	28	0.0
Norwegian	561	0.9
Polish	494	0.8
Portuguese	105	0.2
Russian	102	0.2
Scotch-Irish	960	1.6
Scottish	851	1.4
Slovak	27	0.0
Subsaharan African	43	0.1
Swedish	322	0.5
Swiss	106	0.2
Ukrainian	0	0.0
United States or American	4,250	6.9
Welsh	229	0.4
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	36	0.1
Other ancestries	30,000	48.9

(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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