Rio Arriba County, NM Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Rio arriba county new mexico dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	11,581	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	613	5.3
Kindergarten	527	4.6
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	5,818	50.2
High school (grades 9-12)	2,573	22.2
College or graduate school	2,050	17.7

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	25,930	100.0
Less than 9th grade	3,030	11.7
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	3,971	15.3
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	8,110	31.3
Some college, no degree	5,271	20.3
Associate degree	1,547	6.0
Bachelor's degree	2,358	9.1
Graduate or professional degree	1,643	6.3

Percent high school graduate or higher	73.0	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	15.4	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	31,402	100.0
Never married	9,716	30.9
Now married, except separated	15,657	49.9
Separated	433	1.4
Widowed	2,031	6.5
Female	1,502	4.8
Divorced	3,565	11.4
Female	1,838	5.9

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	1,201	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	694	57.8

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	29,427	100.0
Civilian veterans	3,697	12.6

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	10,485	100.0
With a disability	632	6.0

Population 21 to 64 years	23,362	100.0
With a disability	6,446	27.6
Percent employed	54.6	(X)
No disability	16,916	72.4
Percent employed	68.2	(X)

Population 65 years and over	4,360	100.0
With a disability	2,301	52.8

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	38,419	100.0
Same house in 1995	27,410	71.3
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	10,487	27.3
Same county	5,500	14.3
Different county	4,987	13.0
Same state	3,015	7.8
Different state	1,972	5.1
Elsewhere in 1995	522	1.4

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	41,190	100.0
Native	39,648	96.3
Born in United States	39,523	96.0
State of residence	32,225	78.2
Different state	7,298	17.7
Born outside United States	125	0.3
Foreign born	1,542	3.7
Entered 1990 to March 2000	813	2.0
Naturalized citizen	292	0.7
Not a citizen	1,250	3.0

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	1,542	100.0
Europe	87	5.6
Asia	18	1.2
Africa	2	0.1
Oceania	6	0.4
Latin America	1,387	89.9
Northern America	42	2.7

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	38,419	100.0
English only	13,116	34.1
Language other than English	25,303	65.9
Speak English less than 'very well	6,341	16.5
Spanish	22,992	59.8
Speak English less than "very well"	5,999	15.6
Other Indo-European languages	165	0.4
Speak English less than "very well"	23	0.1
Asian and Pacific Island languages	36	0.1
Speak English less than "very well"	2	0.0

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	41,190	100.0
Total ancestries reported	38,897	94.4
Arab	36	0.1
Czech¹	33	0.1
Danish	93	0.2
Dutch	151	0.4
English	946	2.3
French (except Basque)¹	468	1.1
French Canadian¹	54	0.1
German	1,256	3.0
Greek	41	0.1
Hungarian	6	0.0
Irish¹	867	2.1
Italian	230	0.6
Lithuanian	9	0.0
Norwegian	139	0.3
Polish	108	0.3
Portuguese	44	0.1
Russian	61	0.1
Scotch-Irish	216	0.5
Scottish	267	0.6
Slovak	14	0.0
Subsaharan African	14	0.0
Swedish	91	0.2
Swiss	21	0.1
Ukrainian	9	0.0
United States or American	778	1.9
Welsh	134	0.3
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	17	0.0
Other ancestries	32,794	79.6

(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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