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Las Vegas Nevada Social and demographic information
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Las Vegas Nevada Social information
Profile of Selected Social Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: Las Vegas city
| Subject |
Number |
Percent |
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Subject |
Number |
Percent |
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| SCHOOL
ENROLLMENT |
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NATIVITY
AND PLACE OF BIRTH |
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| Population
3 years and over |
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Total
poplulation |
478,868 |
100.0 |
| enrolled
in school |
113,731 |
100.0 |
|
Native |
388,212 |
81.1 |
| Nursery
school, preschool |
6,769 |
6.0 |
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Born in
United States |
381,398 |
79.6 |
| Kindergarten |
7,492 |
6.6 |
|
State
of residence |
94,197 |
19.7 |
| Elementary
school (grades 1-8) |
55,678 |
49.0 |
|
Different state |
287,201 |
60.0 |
| High school
(grades 9-12) |
23,690 |
20.8 |
|
Born
outside United States |
6,814 |
1.4 |
| College or
graduate school |
20,102 |
17.7 |
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Foreign born |
90,656 |
18.9 |
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Entered 1990 to March 2000 |
42,302 |
8.8 |
| EDUCATIONAL
ATTAINMENT |
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Naturalized citizen |
30,945 |
6.5 |
| Population
25 years and over |
313,205 |
100.0 |
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Not a
citizen |
59,711 |
12.5 |
| Less than 9th
grade |
24,282 |
7.8 |
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| 9th to 12th
grade, no diploma |
43,119 |
13.8 |
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REGION OF
BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN |
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| High school
graduate (includes equivalency) |
90,478 |
28.9 |
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Total
(excluding born at sea) |
90,656 |
100.0 |
| Some college,
no degree |
80,596 |
25.7 |
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Europe |
9,070 |
10.0 |
| Associate
degree |
17,741 |
5.7 |
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Asia |
17,062 |
18.8 |
| Bachelor's
degree |
36,660 |
11.7 |
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Africa |
916 |
1.0 |
| Graduate or
professional degree |
20,329 |
6.5 |
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Oceania |
331 |
0.4 |
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Latin America |
60,336 |
66.6 |
| Percent high
school graduate or higher |
78.5 |
(X) |
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Northern
America |
2,941 |
3.2 |
| Percent
bachelor's degree or higher |
18.2 |
(X) |
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LANGUAGE
SPOKEN AT HOME |
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| MARITAL
STATUS |
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Population 5 years and over |
442,290 |
100.0 |
| Population
15 years and over |
372,080 |
100.0 |
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English only |
323,798 |
73.2 |
| Never married |
95,491 |
25.7 |
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Language other
than English |
118,492 |
26.8 |
| Now married,
except separated |
193,886 |
52.1 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
60,295 |
13.6 |
| Separated |
9,947 |
2.7 |
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Spanish |
87,612 |
19.8 |
| Widowed |
20,928 |
5.6 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
49,988 |
11.3 |
| Female |
16,144 |
4.3 |
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Other
Indo-European languages |
12,234 |
2.8 |
| Divorced |
51,828 |
13.9 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
3,093 |
0.7 |
| Female |
28,143 |
7.6 |
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Asian and
Pacific Island languages |
16,479 |
3.7 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
6,560 |
1.5 |
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GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS |
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| Grandparent
living in household |
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ANCESTRY
(single and multiple) |
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| with
one or more own grandchildren |
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Total
population |
478,868 |
100.0 |
| under
18 years |
12,303 |
100.0 |
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Total
ancestries reported |
502,161 |
104.9 |
| Grandparent
responsible for grandchildren |
4,812 |
39.1 |
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Arab |
1,844 |
0.4 |
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Czech¹ |
2,207 |
0.5 |
| VETERAN
STATUS |
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Danish |
3,763 |
0.8 |
| Civilian
population 18 years and over |
354,538 |
100.0 |
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Dutch |
6,663 |
1.4 |
| Civilian
veterans |
54,533 |
15.4 |
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English |
40,378 |
8.4 |
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French (except
Basque)¹ |
13,261 |
2.8 |
| DISABILITY
STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN |
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French
Canadian¹ |
3,187 |
0.7 |
| NONINSTITUTIONALIZED
POPULATION |
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German |
58,288 |
12.2 |
| Population
5 to 20 years |
103,588 |
100.0 |
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Greek |
2,380 |
0.5 |
| With a
disability |
8,921 |
8.6 |
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Hungarian |
2,985 |
0.6 |
| Population
21 to 64 years |
278,638 |
100.0 |
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Irish¹ |
46,735 |
9.8 |
| With a
disability |
66,447 |
23.8 |
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Italian |
32,124 |
6.7 |
| Percent
employed |
60.3 |
(X) |
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Lithuanian |
743 |
0.2 |
| No disability |
212,191 |
76.2 |
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Norwegian |
7,125 |
1.5 |
| Percent
employed |
72.7 |
(X) |
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Polish |
12,188 |
2.5 |
| Population
65 years and over |
53,663 |
100.0 |
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Portuguese |
1,411 |
0.3 |
| With a
disability |
21,196 |
39.5 |
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Russian |
6,593 |
1.4 |
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Scotch-Irish |
5,616 |
1.2 |
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Scottish |
7,916 |
1.7 |
| RESIDENCE
IN 1995 |
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Slovak |
771 |
0.2 |
| Population
5 years and over |
442,290 |
100.0 |
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Subsaharan
African |
3,034 |
0.6 |
| Same house in
1995 |
157,176 |
35.5 |
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Swedish |
6,808 |
1.4 |
| Different
house in the U.S. in 1995 |
262,795 |
59.4 |
|
Swiss |
1,237 |
0.3 |
| Same county |
143,609 |
32.5 |
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Ukrainian |
1,210 |
0.3 |
| Different
county |
119,186 |
26.9 |
|
United States
or American |
21,393 |
4.5 |
| Same state |
4,038 |
0.9 |
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Welsh |
2,832 |
0.6 |
| Different
state |
115,148 |
26.0 |
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West Indian
(excluding Hispanic groups) |
1,058 |
0.2 |
| Elsewhere in
1995 |
22,319 |
5.0 |
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Other
ancestries |
208,411 |
43.5 |
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| Date: January
11, 2005 |
| |
| -Represent
zero or rounds to zero. (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.
Bureau of the Census, Census 2000. |
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