Alvord, TX

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4802284, place: Alvord town, Texas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 258 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 12 (4.65%)
Kindergarten: 16 (6.2%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 139 (53.88%)
High school (grades 9-12): 70 (27.13%)
College or graduate school: 21 (8.14%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 659 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 43 (6.53%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 135 (20.49%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 247 (37.48%)
Some college, no degree: 128 (19.42%)
Associate degree: 36 (5.46%)
Bachelor's degree: 59 (8.95%)
Graduate or professional degree: 11 (1.67%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 73%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 10.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 774 (100%)
Never married: 128 (16.54%)
Now married, except separated: 492 (63.57%)
Separated: 26 (3.36%)
Total Widowed: 63 (8.14%)
Widowed Female: 59 (7.62%)
Total Divorced: 65 (8.4%)
Divorced Female: 40 (5.17%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 21 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 8 (38.1%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 724 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 105 (14.5%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 252 (100%)
--With a disability: 9 (3.57%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 553 (100%)
--With a disability: 86 (15.55%)
----Percent employed: 48.8%
--No disability: 467 (84.45%)
----Percent employed: 79.9%
Population 65 years and over: 146 (100%)
--With a disability: 56 (38.36%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 951 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 534 (56.15%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 405 (42.59%)
--Same county: 235 (24.71%)
--Different county: 170 (17.88%)
----Same state: 130 (13.67%)
----Different state: 40 (4.21%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 12 (1.26%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,015 (100%)
Native: 977 (96.26%)
--Born in United States: 971 (100%)
----State of residence: 726 (71.53%)
----Different state: 245 (24.14%)
--Born outside United States: 6 (0.59%)
Foreign born: 38 (3.74%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 15 (1.48%)
--Naturalized citizen: 12 (1.18%)
--Not a citizen: 26 (2.56%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 38 (100%)
Europe: 4 (10.53%)
Asia: 2 (5.26%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 32 (84.21%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 951 (100%)
English only: 895 (94.11%)
Language other than English: 56 (5.89%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 26 (2.73%)
--Spanish: 49 (5.15%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 26 (2.73%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 7 (0.74%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,015 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 801% (78.92%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 2 (0.2%)
Dutch: 28 (2.76%)
English: 49 (4.83%)
French (except Basque): 27 (2.66%)
French Canadian: 2 (0.2%)
German: 125 (12.32%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 2 (0.2%)
Irish: 144 (14.19%)
Italian: 2 (0.2%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 3 (0.3%)
Polish: 2 (0.2%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 13 (1.28%)
Scottish: 14 (1.38%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 2 (0.2%)
Swiss: 2 (0.2%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 135 (13.3%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 5 (0.49%)
Other ancestries: 244 (24.04%)

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