Athens, TX

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4804504, place: Athens city, Texas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,958 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 225 (7.61%)
Kindergarten: 205 (6.93%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,283 (43.37%)
High school (grades 9-12): 541 (18.29%)
College or graduate school: 704 (23.8%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 6,976 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,043 (14.95%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,164 (16.69%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,563 (22.41%)
Some college, no degree: 1,518 (21.76%)
Associate degree: 443 (6.35%)
Bachelor's degree: 798 (11.44%)
Graduate or professional degree: 447 (6.41%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 68.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 17.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 8,837 (100%)
Never married: 2,064 (23.36%)
Now married, except separated: 4,727 (53.49%)
Separated: 192 (2.17%)
Total Widowed: 1,002 (11.34%)
Widowed Female: 875 (9.9%)
Total Divorced: 852 (9.64%)
Divorced Female: 582 (6.59%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 265 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 144 (54.34%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 8,351 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 985 (11.79%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,621 (100%)
--With a disability: 187 (7.13%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 5,624 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,915 (34.05%)
----Percent employed: 60.3%
--No disability: 3,709 (65.95%)
----Percent employed: 72.7%
Population 65 years and over: 1,652 (100%)
--With a disability: 688 (41.65%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 10,414 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 5,423 (52.07%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 4,698 (45.11%)
--Same county: 2,937 (28.2%)
--Different county: 1,761 (16.91%)
----Same state: 1,496 (14.37%)
----Different state: 265 (2.54%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 293 (2.81%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 11,316 (100%)
Native: 9,924 (87.7%)
--Born in United States: 9,888 (100%)
----State of residence: 8,478 (74.92%)
----Different state: 1,410 (12.46%)
--Born outside United States: 36 (0.32%)
Foreign born: 1,392 (12.3%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 747 (6.6%)
--Naturalized citizen: 330 (2.92%)
--Not a citizen: 1,062 (9.38%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,392 (100%)
Europe: 23 (1.65%)
Asia: 65 (4.67%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 8 (0.57%)
Latin America: 1,289 (92.6%)
Northern America: 7 (0.5%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 10,414 (100%)
English only: 8,580 (82.39%)
Language other than English: 1,834 (17.61%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,020 (9.79%)
--Spanish: 1,739 (16.7%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 964 (9.26%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 22 (0.21%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6 (0.06%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 50 (0.48%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 27 (0.26%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 11,316 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 8,915% (78.78%)
Arab: 23 (0.2%)
Czech: 11 (0.1%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 41 (0.36%)
English: 912 (8.06%)
French (except Basque): 99 (0.87%)
French Canadian: 10 (0.09%)
German: 713 (6.3%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 23 (0.2%)
Irish: 906 (8.01%)
Italian: 99 (0.87%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 38 (0.34%)
Polish: 11 (0.1%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 13 (0.11%)
Scotch-Irish: 204 (1.8%)
Scottish: 111 (0.98%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 26 (0.23%)
Swedish: 24 (0.21%)
Swiss: 10 (0.09%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 1,509 (13.34%)
Welsh: 31 (0.27%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 4,101 (36.24%)

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