Asherton, TX

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4804300, place: Asherton city, Texas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 437 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 28 (6.41%)
Kindergarten: 17 (3.89%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 256 (58.58%)
High school (grades 9-12): 94 (21.51%)
College or graduate school: 42 (9.61%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 751 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 266 (35.42%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 85 (11.32%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 192 (25.57%)
Some college, no degree: 105 (13.98%)
Associate degree: 32 (4.26%)
Bachelor's degree: 58 (7.72%)
Graduate or professional degree: 13 (1.73%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 53.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 9.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 909 (100%)
Never married: 229 (25.19%)
Now married, except separated: 487 (53.58%)
Separated: 35 (3.85%)
Total Widowed: 110 (12.1%)
Widowed Female: 92 (10.12%)
Total Divorced: 48 (5.28%)
Divorced Female: 27 (2.97%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 75 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 42 (56%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 839 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 58 (6.91%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 395 (100%)
--With a disability: 7 (1.77%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 620 (100%)
--With a disability: 152 (24.52%)
----Percent employed: 46.1%
--No disability: 468 (75.48%)
----Percent employed: 63.5%
Population 65 years and over: 189 (100%)
--With a disability: 129 (68.25%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,204 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 864 (71.76%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 340 (28.24%)
--Same county: 222 (18.44%)
--Different county: 118 (9.8%)
----Same state: 65 (5.4%)
----Different state: 53 (4.4%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,336 (100%)
Native: 1,281 (95.88%)
--Born in United States: 1,281 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,168 (87.43%)
----Different state: 113 (8.46%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 55 (4.12%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 4 (0.3%)
--Naturalized citizen: 29 (2.17%)
--Not a citizen: 26 (1.95%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 55 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 55 (100%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,204 (100%)
English only: 146 (12.13%)
Language other than English: 1,058 (87.87%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 542 (45.02%)
--Spanish: 1,058 (87.87%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 542 (45.02%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 0 (0%)
----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: 1,336 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,169% (87.5%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 0 (0%)
English: 4 (0.3%)
French (except Basque): 0 (0%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 4 (0.3%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 0 (0%)
Italian: 0 (0%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 0 (0%)
Scottish: 3 (0.22%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 7 (0.52%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 1,151 (86.15%)

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