Los Alamos County, NM Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Los alamos county new mexico dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	5,057	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	404	8.0
Kindergarten	248	4.9
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	2,284	45.2
High school (grades 9-12)	1,124	22.2
College or graduate school	997	19.7

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	12,822	100.0
Less than 9th grade	170	1.3
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	300	2.3
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	1,549	12.1
Some college, no degree	2,215	17.3
Associate degree	833	6.5
Bachelor's degree	3,135	24.5
Graduate or professional degree	4,620	36.0

Percent high school graduate or higher	96.3	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	60.5	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	14,421	100.0
Never married	2,654	18.4
Now married, except separated	9,813	68.0
Separated	154	1.1
Widowed	503	3.5
Female	393	2.7
Divorced	1,297	9.0
Female	739	5.1

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	88	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	41	46.6

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	13,594	100.0
Civilian veterans	2,147	15.8

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	4,102	100.0
With a disability	226	5.5

Population 21 to 64 years	10,878	100.0
With a disability	950	8.7
Percent employed	69.1	(X)
No disability	9,928	91.3
Percent employed	82.3	(X)

Population 65 years and over	2,220	100.0
With a disability	759	34.2

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	17,275	100.0
Same house in 1995	10,300	59.6
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	6,590	38.1
Same county	3,037	17.6
Different county	3,553	20.6
Same state	1,034	6.0
Different state	2,519	14.6
Elsewhere in 1995	385	2.2

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	18,343	100.0
Native	17,111	93.3
Born in United States	16,883	92.0
State of residence	5,489	29.9
Different state	11,394	62.1
Born outside United States	228	1.2
Foreign born	1,232	6.7
Entered 1990 to March 2000	582	3.2
Naturalized citizen	567	3.1
Not a citizen	665	3.6

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	1,232	100.0
Europe	481	39.0
Asia	523	42.5
Africa	25	2.0
Oceania	15	1.2
Latin America	103	8.4
Northern America	85	6.9

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	17,275	100.0
English only	15,288	88.5
Language other than English	1,987	11.5
Speak English less than 'very well	561	3.2
Spanish	1,000	5.8
Speak English less than "very well"	220	1.3
Other Indo-European languages	458	2.7
Speak English less than "very well"	118	0.7
Asian and Pacific Island languages	483	2.8
Speak English less than "very well"	207	1.2

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	18,343	100.0
Total ancestries reported	20,602	112.3
Arab	88	0.5
Czech¹	185	1.0
Danish	216	1.2
Dutch	358	2.0
English	3,253	17.7
French (except Basque)¹	611	3.3
French Canadian¹	121	0.7
German	3,622	19.7
Greek	100	0.5
Hungarian	123	0.7
Irish¹	2,118	11.5
Italian	602	3.3
Lithuanian	65	0.4
Norwegian	401	2.2
Polish	497	2.7
Portuguese	89	0.5
Russian	258	1.4
Scotch-Irish	516	2.8
Scottish	573	3.1
Slovak	41	0.2
Subsaharan African	30	0.2
Swedish	431	2.3
Swiss	154	0.8
Ukrainian	19	0.1
United States or American	1,339	7.3
Welsh	194	1.1
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	0	0.0
Other ancestries	4,598	25.1

(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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