U.S. Beacon March 28, 2024

Alamo, TX

Hidalgo County, Texas

Latitude: 26.185113     Longitude: -98.117892
Population 15,976 (2005)



General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4801576, place: Alamo city, Texas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 4,052 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 218 (5.38%)
Kindergarten: 325 (8.02%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,927 (47.56%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,026 (25.32%)
College or graduate school: 556 (13.72%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 9,040 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 2,646 (29.27%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,414 (15.64%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,427 (26.85%)
Some college, no degree: 1,431 (15.83%)
Associate degree: 251 (2.78%)
Bachelor's degree: 678 (7.5%)
Graduate or professional degree: 193 (2.13%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 55.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 9.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 11,368 (100%)
Never married: 2,582 (22.71%)
Now married, except separated: 6,996 (61.54%)
Separated: 321 (2.82%)
Total Widowed: 841 (7.4%)
Widowed Female: 752 (6.62%)
Total Divorced: 628 (5.52%)
Divorced Female: 407 (3.58%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 739 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 334 (45.2%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 10,649 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,027 (9.64%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 3,819 (100%)
--With a disability: 279 (7.31%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 7,097 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,045 (28.81%)
----Percent employed: 56.1%
--No disability: 5,052 (71.19%)
----Percent employed: 50.8%
Population 65 years and over: 2,943 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,191 (40.47%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 13,859 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 8,839 (63.78%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 4,611 (33.27%)
--Same county: 3,350 (24.17%)
--Different county: 1,261 (9.1%)
----Same state: 309 (2.23%)
----Different state: 952 (6.87%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 409 (2.95%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 15,078 (100%)
Native: 11,093 (73.57%)
--Born in United States: 10,943 (100%)
----State of residence: 7,507 (49.79%)
----Different state: 3,436 (22.79%)
--Born outside United States: 150 (0.99%)
Foreign born: 3,985 (26.43%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 1,568 (10.4%)
--Naturalized citizen: 1,034 (6.86%)
--Not a citizen: 2,951 (19.57%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 3,985 (100%)
Europe: 17 (0.43%)
Asia: 23 (0.58%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 3,889 (97.59%)
Northern America: 56 (1.41%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 13,859 (100%)
English only: 3,849 (27.77%)
Language other than English: 10,010 (72.23%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4,804 (34.66%)
--Spanish: 9,939 (71.72%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4,752 (34.29%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 63 (0.45%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 44 (0.32%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 8 (0.06%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 8 (0.06%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 15,078 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 14,386% (95.41%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 41 (0.27%)
Danish: 56 (0.37%)
Dutch: 148 (0.98%)
English: 399 (2.65%)
French (except Basque): 75 (0.5%)
French Canadian: 24 (0.16%)
German: 890 (5.9%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 378 (2.51%)
Italian: 45 (0.3%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 102 (0.68%)
Polish: 76 (0.5%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 17 (0.11%)
Scotch-Irish: 83 (0.55%)
Scottish: 76 (0.5%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 142 (0.94%)
Swiss: 21 (0.14%)
Ukrainian: 10 (0.07%)
United States or American: 611 (4.05%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 11,192 (74.23%)

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