Amarillo, TX

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4803000, place: Amarillo city, Texas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 48,115 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 3,569 (7.42%)
Kindergarten: 2,910 (6.05%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 21,673 (45.04%)
High school (grades 9-12): 9,971 (20.72%)
College or graduate school: 9,992 (20.77%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 107,811 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 8,095 (7.51%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 14,231 (13.2%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 27,578 (25.58%)
Some college, no degree: 28,760 (26.68%)
Associate degree: 7,033 (6.52%)
Bachelor's degree: 14,791 (13.72%)
Graduate or professional degree: 7,323 (6.79%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 79.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 20.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 132,993 (100%)
Never married: 29,876 (22.46%)
Now married, except separated: 74,826 (56.26%)
Separated: 3,339 (2.51%)
Total Widowed: 9,292 (6.99%)
Widowed Female: 7,718 (5.8%)
Total Divorced: 15,660 (11.78%)
Divorced Female: 9,172 (6.9%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 3,745 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 2,015 (53.81%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 125,157 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 16,151 (12.9%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 42,233 (100%)
--With a disability: 3,432 (8.13%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 95,123 (100%)
--With a disability: 18,701 (19.66%)
----Percent employed: 58.1%
--No disability: 76,422 (80.34%)
----Percent employed: 78.6%
Population 65 years and over: 20,573 (100%)
--With a disability: 9,129 (44.37%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 159,666 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 78,707 (49.29%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 78,178 (48.96%)
--Same county: 37,917 (23.75%)
--Different county: 40,261 (25.22%)
----Same state: 29,198 (18.29%)
----Different state: 11,063 (6.93%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 2,781 (1.74%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 173,526 (100%)
Native: 160,896 (92.72%)
--Born in United States: 159,939 (100%)
----State of residence: 113,783 (65.57%)
----Different state: 46,156 (26.6%)
--Born outside United States: 957 (0.55%)
Foreign born: 12,630 (7.28%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 5,343 (3.08%)
--Naturalized citizen: 4,610 (2.66%)
--Not a citizen: 8,020 (4.62%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 12,630 (100%)
Europe: 877 (6.94%)
Asia: 2,940 (23.28%)
Africa: 13 (0.1%)
Oceania: 18 (0.14%)
Latin America: 8,541 (67.62%)
Northern America: 241 (1.91%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 159,666 (100%)
English only: 129,476 (81.09%)
Language other than English: 30,190 (18.91%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 11,694 (7.32%)
--Spanish: 25,555 (16.01%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 9,398 (5.89%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 1,516 (0.95%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 543 (0.34%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 2,857 (1.79%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,659 (1.04%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 173,526 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 154,440% (89%)
Arab: 368 (0.21%)
Czech: 605 (0.35%)
Danish: 423 (0.24%)
Dutch: 2,655 (1.53%)
English: 15,309 (8.82%)
French (except Basque): 3,758 (2.17%)
French Canadian: 442 (0.25%)
German: 19,672 (11.34%)
Greek: 184 (0.11%)
Hungarian: 121 (0.07%)
Irish: 15,023 (8.66%)
Italian: 2,187 (1.26%)
Lithuanian: 64 (0.04%)
Norwegian: 1,130 (0.65%)
Polish: 984 (0.57%)
Portuguese: 114 (0.07%)
Russian: 217 (0.13%)
Scotch-Irish: 3,643 (2.1%)
Scottish: 2,931 (1.69%)
Slovak: 40 (0.02%)
Subsaharan African: 582 (0.34%)
Swedish: 993 (0.57%)
Swiss: 196 (0.11%)
Ukrainian: 55 (0.03%)
United States or American: 18,352 (10.58%)
Welsh: 829 (0.48%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 267 (0.15%)
Other ancestries: 63,296 (36.48%)

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