Arcola, TX

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4803708, place: Arcola city, Texas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 417 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 13 (3.12%)
Kindergarten: 23 (5.52%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 263 (63.07%)
High school (grades 9-12): 98 (23.5%)
College or graduate school: 20 (4.8%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 541 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 161 (29.76%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 135 (24.95%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 118 (21.81%)
Some college, no degree: 75 (13.86%)
Associate degree: 18 (3.33%)
Bachelor's degree: 26 (4.81%)
Graduate or professional degree: 8 (1.48%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 45.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 6.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 709 (100%)
Never married: 243 (34.27%)
Now married, except separated: 357 (50.35%)
Separated: 15 (2.12%)
Total Widowed: 35 (4.94%)
Widowed Female: 25 (3.53%)
Total Divorced: 59 (8.32%)
Divorced Female: 42 (5.92%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 42 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 14 (33.33%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 628 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 33 (5.25%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 411 (100%)
--With a disability: 19 (4.62%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 507 (100%)
--With a disability: 105 (20.71%)
----Percent employed: 32.4%
--No disability: 402 (79.29%)
----Percent employed: 58%
Population 65 years and over: 91 (100%)
--With a disability: 49 (53.85%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,009 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 651 (64.52%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 274 (27.16%)
--Same county: 109 (10.8%)
--Different county: 165 (16.35%)
----Same state: 157 (15.56%)
----Different state: 8 (0.79%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 84 (8.33%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,099 (100%)
Native: 850 (77.34%)
--Born in United States: 849 (100%)
----State of residence: 765 (69.61%)
----Different state: 84 (7.64%)
--Born outside United States: 1 (0.09%)
Foreign born: 249 (22.66%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 164 (14.92%)
--Naturalized citizen: 40 (3.64%)
--Not a citizen: 209 (19.02%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 249 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 5 (2.01%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 242 (97.19%)
Northern America: 2 (0.8%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,009 (100%)
English only: 528 (52.33%)
Language other than English: 481 (47.67%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 306 (30.33%)
--Spanish: 473 (46.88%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 304 (30.13%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 1 (0.1%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 7 (0.69%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.2%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,099 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,004% (91.36%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 18 (1.64%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 2 (0.18%)
English: 6 (0.55%)
French (except Basque): 11 (1%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 19 (1.73%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 3 (0.27%)
Irish: 6 (0.55%)
Italian: 17 (1.55%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 0 (0%)
Scottish: 0 (0%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 23 (2.09%)
Swedish: 2 (0.18%)
Swiss: 1 (0.09%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 9 (0.82%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 887 (80.71%)

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