Alice, TX

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4801852, place: Alice city, Texas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 5,386 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 360 (6.68%)
Kindergarten: 190 (3.53%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 2,753 (51.11%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,293 (24.01%)
College or graduate school: 790 (14.67%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 11,470 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,860 (16.22%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 2,163 (18.86%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 3,507 (30.58%)
Some college, no degree: 2,105 (18.35%)
Associate degree: 405 (3.53%)
Bachelor's degree: 972 (8.47%)
Graduate or professional degree: 458 (3.99%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 64.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 12.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 14,075 (100%)
Never married: 3,294 (23.4%)
Now married, except separated: 8,116 (57.66%)
Separated: 366 (2.6%)
Total Widowed: 999 (7.1%)
Widowed Female: 812 (5.77%)
Total Divorced: 1,300 (9.24%)
Divorced Female: 842 (5.98%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 801 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 303 (37.83%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 13,170 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,329 (10.09%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 5,006 (100%)
--With a disability: 270 (5.39%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 9,729 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,469 (25.38%)
----Percent employed: 49.5%
--No disability: 7,260 (74.62%)
----Percent employed: 71.1%
Population 65 years and over: 2,314 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,214 (52.46%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 17,328 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 10,806 (62.36%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 6,356 (36.68%)
--Same county: 4,098 (23.65%)
--Different county: 2,258 (13.03%)
----Same state: 1,859 (10.73%)
----Different state: 399 (2.3%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 166 (0.96%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 18,919 (100%)
Native: 18,091 (95.62%)
--Born in United States: 18,006 (100%)
----State of residence: 16,723 (88.39%)
----Different state: 1,283 (6.78%)
--Born outside United States: 85 (0.45%)
Foreign born: 828 (4.38%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 280 (1.48%)
--Naturalized citizen: 424 (2.24%)
--Not a citizen: 404 (2.14%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 828 (100%)
Europe: 11 (1.33%)
Asia: 118 (14.25%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 699 (84.42%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 17,328 (100%)
English only: 5,815 (33.56%)
Language other than English: 11,513 (66.44%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4,314 (24.9%)
--Spanish: 11,327 (65.37%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4,257 (24.57%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 133 (0.77%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 57 (0.33%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 53 (0.31%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 18,919 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 16,591% (87.69%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 26 (0.14%)
Danish: 6 (0.03%)
Dutch: 55 (0.29%)
English: 374 (1.98%)
French (except Basque): 121 (0.64%)
French Canadian: 13 (0.07%)
German: 698 (3.69%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 5 (0.03%)
Irish: 474 (2.51%)
Italian: 37 (0.2%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 79 (0.42%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 74 (0.39%)
Scottish: 48 (0.25%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 27 (0.14%)
Swiss: 12 (0.06%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 657 (3.47%)
Welsh: 7 (0.04%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 13,878 (73.35%)

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