Profile of Selected Social Characteristics: 1990 and 2000 Censuses
Eddy County, New Mexico
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% Chg.
Subject 2000 1990 90-00
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SCHOOL ENROLLMENT 1/
Population 3 years and over
enrolled in school 14,292 13,489 6.0
Nursery school, preschool 822 NA NA
Kindergarten 797 NA NA
Elementary school (grades 1-8) 7,087 NA NA
High school (grades 9-12) 3,642 NA NA
College or graduate school 1,944 2,010 -3.3
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over 32,572 30,216 7.8
Less than 9th grade 3,519 4,698 -25.1
9th to 12th grade, no diploma 4,634 5,188 -10.7
High school graduate (includes equivalency) 11,188 9,994 11.9
Some college, no degree 7,147 5,723 24.9
Associate degree 1,691 1,327 27.4
Bachelor's degree 2,832 2,105 34.5
Graduate or professional degree 1,561 1,181 32.2
Percent high school graduate or higher 75.0 67.3 -
Percent bachelor's degree or higher 13.5 10.9 -
MARITAL STATUS 2/
Population 15 years and over 39,516 36,219 9.1
Never married 8,366 6,788 23.2
Now married, except separated 23,283 22,662 2.7
Separated 771 669 15.2
Widowed 2,883 3,070 -6.1
Female 2,260 2,541 -11.1
Divorced 4,213 3,030 39.0
Female 2,306 1,722 33.9
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or
more own grandchildren under 18 years 1,254 NA NA
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren 782 NA NA
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 16 years and over NA 35,327 NA
Civilian veterans NA 5,059 NA
Civilian population 18 years and over 36,804 NA NA
Civilian veterans 4,946 NA NA
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN
NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION 3/
Population 5 to 20 years 13,222 NA NA
With a disability 1,262 NA NA
Population 21 to 64 years 26,948 NA NA
With a disability 6,099 NA NA
Percent employed 52.4 NA NA
No disability 20,849 NA NA
Percent employed 71.8 NA NA
Population 65 years and over 7,172 6,945 3.3
With a disability 3,196 NA NA
RESIDENCE 5 YEARS PRIOR TO THE CENSUS 4/
Population 5 years and over 47,952 44,875 6.9
Same house 28,287 25,564 10.7
Different house in the U.S. 19,329 19,071 1.4
Same county 12,386 11,894 4.1
Different county 6,943 7,177 -3.3
Same state 2,667 2,429 9.8
Different state 4,276 4,748 -9.9
Elsewhere 5/ 336 240 40.0
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% Chg.
Subject 2000 1990 90-00
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NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population 51,658 48,605 6.3
Native 48,915 46,686 4.8
Born in the United States 48,615 46,371 4.8
New Mexico 29,342 25,459 15.3
Different state 19,273 20,912 -7.8
Born outside United States 300 315 -4.8
Foreign born 2,743 1,919 42.9
Entered during previous 10 years 6/ 712 571 24.7
Naturalized citizen 1,315 960 37.0
Not a citizen 1,428 959 48.9
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total 7/ 2,743 1,880 NA
Europe 234 206 NA
Asia 146 76 NA
Africa 18 0 NA
Oceania 8/ 0 0 NA
Latin America 9/ 2,250 1,555 NA
Northern America 10/ 95 43 NA
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over 47,952 44,875 6.9
English only 33,377 31,544 5.8
Language other than English 11/ 14,575 13,331 9.3
Speak English less than "very well" 4,560 5,050 -9.7
Spanish 13,995 13,012 7.6
Speak English less than "very well" 4,364 4,940 -11.7
Other Indo-European languages 394 222 77.5
Speak English less than "very well" 147 66 122.7
Asian and Pacific Island languages 101 33 206.1
Speak English less than "very well" 43 23 87.0
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population 51,658 48,605 6.3
Total ancestries reported 12/ 47,839 57,126 -16.3
Arab 113 47 140.4
Czech 107 143 -25.2
Danish 73 155 -52.9
Dutch 794 1,307 -39.3
English 4,462 8,176 -45.4
French (except Basque) 898 1,413 -36.4
French Canadian 156 145 7.6
German 4,294 8,166 -47.4
Greek 38 74 -48.6
Hungarian 33 20 65.0
Irish 3,952 7,235 -45.4
Italian 507 713 -28.9
Lithuanian 30 53 -43.4
Norwegian 263 188 39.9
Polish 274 315 -13.0
Portuguese 55 18 205.6
Russian 121 28 332.1
Scotch-Irish 873 1,702 -48.7
Scottish 655 763 -14.2
Slovak 4 55 -92.7
Sub-Saharan African 21 4 425.0
Swedish 254 443 -42.7
Swiss 123 167 -26.3
Ukrainian 17 6 183.3
United States or American 4,925 2,643 86.3
Welsh 132 245 -46.1
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) 56 109 -48.6
Other ancestries 24,609 22,793 8.0
na Not available.
NA Not applicable.
1/ School enrollment data for 1990 and 2000 are not fully comparable because of
changes in how level-of-enrollment data were obtained.
2/ Marital status data for 1990 are 100% data. Marital status data for 2000 are based
on sample data from the 2000 long-form questionnaire.
3/ Disability data for 1990 and 2000 are not comparable because of changes in the
census questions on disability.
4/ "Residence 5 years prior to the census" refers to 1995 for the 2000 census and
1985 for the 1990 census. For example, the interpretation of the "same house"
category is as follows: These are respondents in the 2000 census that lived in
their current house of residence in 1995 and these are respondents in 1990 that
lived in their current house of residence in 1985.
5/ Elsewhere refers to Puerto Rico, U.S. island (outlying) areas, and a foreign
country or at sea.
6/ "Entered during previous 10 years" refers to "entered 1990 to March 2000" for the
2000 census and "entered 1980 to March 1990" for the 1990 census.
7/ In 1990 (in contrast to 2000), nonresponse regarding country or region of birth
was not allocated. Therefore, the 1990 total in the "region of birth of foreign
born" section is less than the foreign born population appearing in the "nativity
and place of birth" section by the number of persons that did not report a region
or country. Because of this difference in allocation procedure, the percent
changes from 1990 to 2000 in the foreign-born population by region of birth
were not calculated.
8/ Oceania refers to Australia, New Zealand and various South Pacific islands that
are not U.S. island areas.
9/ Latin America refers to Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, and South America.
10/ North America refers to Canada, Bermuda, Greenland, and St. Pierre & Miquelon.
11/ Although not shown separately, Native American languages are included in the
aggregate "language other than English" category.
12/ The ancestry question allowed respondents to report one or more ancestry groups,
although only the first two were coded. The "total ancestries reported" category
is an estimate of the number of single ancestries and multiple ancestries reported.
"Ancestries reported" is larger than the total population because individuals that
reported multiple ancestries are double counted, e.g., a person that identified as
English and German would be counted in both the English and German ancestry
categories.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 1990 and 2000 censuses.
Prepared by: Bureau of Business and Economic Research, University of New Mexico.
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