McKinley County, NM Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Mckinley county new mexico dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	28,043	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	1,944	6.9
Kindergarten	1,573	5.6
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	13,881	49.5
High school (grades 9-12)	7,143	25.5
College or graduate school	3,502	12.5

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	38,988	100.0
Less than 9th grade	6,182	15.9
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	7,396	19.0
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	10,858	27.8
Some college, no degree	7,616	19.5
Associate degree	2,274	5.8
Bachelor's degree	2,585	6.6
Graduate or professional degree	2,077	5.3

Percent high school graduate or higher	65.2	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	12.0	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	51,284	100.0
Never married	20,300	39.6
Now married, except separated	22,920	44.7
Separated	1,234	2.4
Widowed	3,197	6.2
Female	2,461	4.8
Divorced	3,633	7.1
Female	2,139	4.2

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	3,602	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	2,179	60.5

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	46,419	100.0
Civilian veterans	4,374	9.4

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	24,801	100.0
With a disability	1,566	6.3

Population 21 to 64 years	37,494	100.0
With a disability	9,153	24.4
Percent employed	46.1	(X)
No disability	28,341	75.6
Percent employed	56.1	(X)

Population 65 years and over	4,904	100.0
With a disability	3,151	64.3

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	67,873	100.0
Same house in 1995	47,405	69.8
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	19,985	29.4
Same county	12,751	18.8
Different county	7,234	10.7
Same state	2,097	3.1
Different state	5,137	7.6
Elsewhere in 1995	483	0.7

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	74,798	100.0
Native	73,459	98.2
Born in United States	73,187	97.8
State of residence	55,533	74.2
Different state	17,654	23.6
Born outside United States	272	0.4
Foreign born	1,339	1.8
Entered 1990 to March 2000	475	0.6
Naturalized citizen	598	0.8
Not a citizen	741	1.0

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	1,339	100.0
Europe	87	6.5
Asia	207	15.5
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	1,001	74.8
Northern America	44	3.3

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	67,873	100.0
English only	26,253	38.7
Language other than English	41,620	61.3
Speak English less than 'very well	14,599	21.5
Spanish	3,865	5.7
Speak English less than "very well"	1,164	1.7
Other Indo-European languages	239	0.4
Speak English less than "very well"	66	0.1
Asian and Pacific Island languages	233	0.3
Speak English less than "very well"	79	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	74,798	100.0
Total ancestries reported	72,623	97.1
Arab	102	0.1
Czech¹	35	0.0
Danish	81	0.1
Dutch	340	0.5
English	1,374	1.8
French (except Basque)¹	260	0.3
French Canadian¹	78	0.1
German	2,156	2.9
Greek	45	0.1
Hungarian	51	0.1
Irish¹	1,693	2.3
Italian	681	0.9
Lithuanian	15	0.0
Norwegian	209	0.3
Polish	274	0.4
Portuguese	0	0.0
Russian	46	0.1
Scotch-Irish	218	0.3
Scottish	286	0.4
Slovak	17	0.0
Subsaharan African	10	0.0
Swedish	67	0.1
Swiss	46	0.1
Ukrainian	38	0.1
United States or American	922	1.2
Welsh	120	0.2
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	15	0.0
Other ancestries	63,444	84.8

(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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