Profile of Selected Social Characteristics: 1990 and 2000 Censuses
San Juan 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 36,608 29,208 25.3
Nursery school, preschool 1,922 NA NA
Kindergarten 1,822 NA NA
Elementary school (grades 1-8) 17,415 NA NA
High school (grades 9-12) 9,445 NA NA
College or graduate school 6,004 4,840 24.0
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over 65,262 50,692 28.7
Less than 9th grade 6,063 6,603 -8.2
9th to 12th grade, no diploma 9,083 9,025 0.6
High school graduate (includes equivalency) 19,874 15,583 27.5
Some college, no degree 17,053 10,518 62.1
Associate degree 4,362 2,725 60.1
Bachelor's degree 5,711 3,853 48.2
Graduate or professional degree 3,116 2,385 30.6
Percent high school graduate or higher 76.8 69.2 -
Percent bachelor's degree or higher 13.5 12.3 -
MARITAL STATUS 2/
Population 15 years and over 83,718 63,129 32.6
Never married 23,299 16,125 44.5
Now married, except separated 45,948 36,901 24.5
Separated 1,594 1,240 28.5
Widowed 4,329 3,436 26.0
Female 3,396 2,852 19.1
Divorced 8,548 5,427 57.5
Female 4,761 3,113 52.9
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or
more own grandchildren under 18 years 3,342 NA NA
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren 1,877 NA NA
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 16 years and over NA 61,591 NA
Civilian veterans NA 8,175 NA
Civilian population 18 years and over 76,702 NA NA
Civilian veterans 9,825 NA NA
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN
NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION 3/
Population 5 to 20 years 33,457 NA NA
With a disability 2,832 NA NA
Population 21 to 64 years 60,470 NA NA
With a disability 13,308 NA NA
Percent employed 55.3 NA NA
No disability 47,162 NA NA
Percent employed 68.6 NA NA
Population 65 years and over 9,859 6,752 46.0
With a disability 4,940 NA NA
RESIDENCE 5 YEARS PRIOR TO THE CENSUS 4/
Population 5 years and over 104,783 82,731 26.7
Same house 59,910 46,810 28.0
Different house in the U.S. 43,911 35,704 23.0
Same county 27,133 22,687 19.6
Different county 16,778 13,017 28.9
Same state 4,701 3,350 40.3
Different state 12,077 9,667 24.9
Elsewhere 5/ 962 217 343.3
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% Chg.
Subject 2000 1990 90-00
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NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population 113,801 91,605 24.2
Native 111,055 90,509 22.7
Born in the United States 110,735 90,044 23.0
New Mexico 64,203 51,294 25.2
Different state 46,532 38,750 20.1
Born outside United States 320 465 -31.2
Foreign born 2,746 1,096 150.5
Entered during previous 10 years 6/ 1,166 382 205.2
Naturalized citizen 908 426 113.1
Not a citizen 1,838 670 174.3
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total 7/ 2,746 1,038 NA
Europe 201 211 NA
Asia 232 40 NA
Africa 6 0 NA
Oceania 8/ 96 43 NA
Latin America 9/ 2,061 675 NA
Northern America 10/ 150 69 NA
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over 104,783 82,731 26.7
English only 70,548 55,026 28.2
Language other than English 11/ 34,235 27,705 23.6
Speak English less than "very well" 11,260 10,828 4.0
Spanish 8,797 6,212 41.6
Speak English less than "very well" 2,775 1,818 52.6
Other Indo-European languages 439 419 4.8
Speak English less than "very well" 77 78 -1.3
Asian and Pacific Island languages 122 75 62.7
Speak English less than "very well" 37 12 208.3
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population 113,801 91,605 24.2
Total ancestries reported 12/ 110,275 95,169 15.9
Arab 196 62 216.1
Czech 349 205 70.2
Danish 534 686 -22.2
Dutch 1,409 1,980 -28.8
English 8,990 12,407 -27.5
French (except Basque) 1,915 2,393 -20.0
French Canadian 291 327 -11.0
German 10,266 13,275 -22.7
Greek 57 54 5.6
Hungarian 144 216 -33.3
Irish 8,348 9,557 -12.7
Italian 1,473 1,261 16.8
Lithuanian 39 52 -25.0
Norwegian 913 479 90.6
Polish 799 554 44.2
Portuguese 78 69 13.0
Russian 146 195 -25.1
Scotch-Irish 1,430 2,368 -39.6
Scottish 1,788 1,215 47.2
Slovak 23 118 -80.5
Sub-Saharan African 61 0 -
Swedish 787 1,188 -33.8
Swiss 256 283 -9.5
Ukrainian 68 32 112.5
United States or American 6,354 3,048 108.5
Welsh 308 632 -51.3
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) 63 36 75.0
Other ancestries 63,190 42,477 48.8
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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