Profile of Selected Social Characteristics, 2000 and 1990 Censuses


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Profile of Selected Social Characteristics: 1990 and 2000 Censuses
Sandoval 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                                          26,442      17,097        54.7
Nursery school, preschool                                             1,667          NA          NA
Kindergarten                                                          1,465          NA          NA
Elementary school (grades 1-8)                                       12,948          NA          NA
High school (grades 9-12)                                             5,947          NA          NA
College or graduate school                                            4,415       2,977        48.3

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
     Population 25 years and over                                    56,479      38,464        46.8
Less than 9th grade                                                   2,575       3,169       -18.7
9th to 12th grade, no diploma                                         5,326       4,793        11.1
High school graduate (includes equivalency)                          16,157      11,976        34.9
Some college, no degree                                              14,104       8,866        59.1
Associate degree                                                      4,288       2,328        84.2
Bachelor's degree                                                     8,796       4,502        95.4
Graduate or professional degree                                       5,233       2,830        84.9

Percent high school graduate or higher                                 86.0        79.3           -
Percent bachelor's degree or higher                                    24.8        19.1           -

MARITAL STATUS 2/
     Population 15 years and over                                    67,601      45,740        47.8
Never married                                                        18,033      11,498        56.8
Now married, except separated                                        38,465      27,560        39.6
Separated                                                               817         510        60.2
Widowed                                                               3,730       2,434        53.2
    Female                                                            3,014       1,973        52.8
Divorced                                                              6,556       3,738        75.4
    Female                                                            3,927       2,191        79.2

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
     Grandparent living in household with one or
        more own grandchildren under 18 years                         2,552          NA          NA 
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren                             1,264          NA          NA

VETERAN STATUS
     Civilian population 16 years and over                               NA      44,540          NA 
Civilian veterans                                                        NA       7,762          NA
     Civilian population 18 years and over                           63,142          NA          NA 
Civilian veterans                                                    10,065          NA          NA

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN
 NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION 3/
     Population 5 to 20 years                                        23,341          NA          NA 
With a disability                                                     1,708          NA          NA

    Population 21 to 64 years                                        50,427          NA          NA 
With a disability                                                     9,815          NA          NA
    Percent employed                                                   55.6          NA          NA
No disability                                                        40,612          NA          NA
    Percent employed                                                   73.3          NA          NA

     Population 65 years and over                                     9,223       6,242        47.8
With a disability                                                     4,025          NA          NA

RESIDENCE 5 YEARS PRIOR TO THE CENSUS 4/
     Population 5 years and over                                     83,382      57,103        46.0
Same house                                                           47,166      29,383        60.5
Different house in the U.S.                                          35,258      27,202        29.6
    Same county                                                       9,710       6,269        54.9
    Different county                                                 25,548      20,933        22.0
        Same state                                                   13,325      11,842        12.5
        Different state                                              12,223       9,091        34.5
Elsewhere 5/                                                            958         518        84.9

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                                                                                             % Chg.
Subject                                                                2000        1990       90-00
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NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
     Total population                                                89,908      63,319        42.0
Native                                                               86,028      61,047        40.9
    Born in the United States                                        85,176      60,259        41.3
        New Mexico                                                   46,079      33,683        36.8
        Different state                                              39,097      26,576        47.1
    Born outside United States                                          852         788         8.1
Foreign born                                                          3,880       2,272        70.8
        Entered during previous 10 years 6/                           1,139         500       127.8
    Naturalized citizen                                               1,985       1,400        41.8
    Not a citizen                                                     1,895         872       117.3

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
     Total 7/                                                         3,880       2,204          NA 
Europe                                                                  961         862          NA
Asia                                                                    756         249          NA
Africa                                                                    9          20          NA
Oceania 8/                                                               25           0          NA
Latin America 9/                                                      1,928         915          NA
Northern America 10/                                                    201         158          NA

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
     Population 5 years and over                                     83,382      57,103        46.0
English only                                                         56,904      36,490        55.9
Language other than English 11/                                      26,478      20,613        28.5
        Speak English less than "very well"                           7,353       6,421        14.5
    Spanish                                                          13,693      10,309        32.8
        Speak English less than "very well"                           2,559       1,831        39.8
    Other Indo-European languages                                     1,251       1,191         5.0
        Speak English less than "very well"                             259         271        -4.4
    Asian and Pacific Island languages                                  417         223        87.0
        Speak English less than "very well"                             187          79       136.7

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
     Total population                                                89,908      63,319        42.0
     Total ancestries reported 12/                                   95,926      73,011        31.4
Arab                                                                    257         161        59.6
Czech                                                                   387         412        -6.1
Danish                                                                  599         355        68.7
Dutch                                                                 1,219       1,197         1.8
English                                                               7,728       6,772        14.1
French (except Basque)                                                2,445       2,070        18.1
French Canadian                                                         528         334        58.1
German                                                               11,112      11,267        -1.4
Greek                                                                   228         165        38.2
Hungarian                                                               384         235        63.4
Irish                                                                 7,579       6,663        13.7
Italian                                                               4,177       3,376        23.7
Lithuanian                                                               99         182       -45.6
Norwegian                                                             1,117         711        57.1
Polish                                                                1,622       1,285        26.2
Portuguese                                                              140          86        62.8
Russian                                                                 535         406        31.8
Scotch-Irish                                                          1,581       1,151        37.4
Scottish                                                              1,646       1,347        22.2
Slovak                                                                  133         423       -68.6
Sub-Saharan African                                                      89          11       709.1
Swedish                                                               1,170         964        21.4
Swiss                                                                   236         145        62.8
Ukrainian                                                               125          47       166.0
United States or American                                             3,894       1,261       208.8
Welsh                                                                   475         500        -5.0
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)                                 111         104         6.7
Other ancestries                                                     46,310      31,381        47.6


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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Last Revised: 12/19/03