Curry County, NM Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Curry county new mexico dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	14,012	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	850	6.1
Kindergarten	770	5.5
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	6,152	43.9
High school (grades 9-12)	2,885	20.6
College or graduate school	3,355	23.9

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	26,403	100.0
Less than 9th grade	2,084	7.9
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	3,616	13.7
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	7,371	27.9
Some college, no degree	7,202	27.3
Associate degree	2,098	7.9
Bachelor's degree	2,546	9.6
Graduate or professional degree	1,486	5.6

Percent high school graduate or higher	78.4	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	15.3	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	33,675	100.0
Never married	7,712	22.9
Now married, except separated	19,409	57.6
Separated	631	1.9
Widowed	2,175	6.5
Female	1,738	5.2
Divorced	3,748	11.1
Female	2,065	6.1

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	981	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	538	54.8

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	29,019	100.0
Civilian veterans	4,989	17.2

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	11,574	100.0
With a disability	1,030	8.9

Population 21 to 64 years	21,929	100.0
With a disability	4,537	20.7
Percent employed	47.4	(X)
No disability	17,392	79.3
Percent employed	74.3	(X)

Population 65 years and over	4,852	100.0
With a disability	2,506	51.6

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	41,329	100.0
Same house in 1995	18,388	44.5
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	21,141	51.2
Same county	10,879	26.3
Different county	10,262	24.8
Same state	2,940	7.1
Different state	7,322	17.7
Elsewhere in 1995	1,800	4.4

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	45,044	100.0
Native	42,400	94.1
Born in United States	41,133	91.3
State of residence	20,895	46.4
Different state	20,238	44.9
Born outside United States	1,267	2.8
Foreign born	2,644	5.9
Entered 1990 to March 2000	1,011	2.2
Naturalized citizen	1,003	2.2
Not a citizen	1,641	3.6

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	2,644	100.0
Europe	289	10.9
Asia	841	31.8
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	18	0.7
Latin America	1,456	55.1
Northern America	40	1.5

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	41,329	100.0
English only	31,782	76.9
Language other than English	9,547	23.1
Speak English less than 'very well	2,946	7.1
Spanish	8,350	20.2
Speak English less than "very well"	2,456	5.9
Other Indo-European languages	429	1.0
Speak English less than "very well"	92	0.2
Asian and Pacific Island languages	692	1.7
Speak English less than "very well"	380	0.9

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	45,044	100.0
Total ancestries reported	42,394	94.1
Arab	33	0.1
Czech¹	213	0.5
Danish	62	0.1
Dutch	745	1.7
English	3,753	8.3
French (except Basque)¹	989	2.2
French Canadian¹	172	0.4
German	4,886	10.8
Greek	77	0.2
Hungarian	113	0.3
Irish¹	3,735	8.3
Italian	928	2.1
Lithuanian	19	0.0
Norwegian	432	1.0
Polish	450	1.0
Portuguese	55	0.1
Russian	80	0.2
Scotch-Irish	623	1.4
Scottish	650	1.4
Slovak	6	0.0
Subsaharan African	132	0.3
Swedish	385	0.9
Swiss	45	0.1
Ukrainian	43	0.1
United States or American	3,578	7.9
Welsh	238	0.5
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	107	0.2
Other ancestries	19,845	44.1

(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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