General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4805072, place: Avery town, Texas)SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school: 97 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 6 (6.19%)
Kindergarten: 7 (7.22%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 51 (52.58%)
High school (grades 9-12): 25 (25.77%)
College or graduate school: 8 (8.25%)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTPopulation 25 years and over: 294 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 50 (17.01%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 91 (30.95%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 74 (25.17%)
Some college, no degree: 52 (17.69%)
Associate degree: 7 (2.38%)
Bachelor's degree: 11 (3.74%)
Graduate or professional degree: 9 (3.06%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 52%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 6.8%
MARITIAL STATUSPopulation 15 years and over: 361 (100%)
Never married: 60 (16.62%)
Now married, except separated: 182 (50.42%)
Separated: 17 (4.71%)
Total Widowed: 61 (16.9%)
Widowed Female: 57 (15.79%)
Total Divorced: 41 (11.36%)
Divorced Female: 25 (6.93%)
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERSGrandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 13 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 9 (69.23%)
VETERAN STATUSCivilian population 18 years and over: 346 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 43 (12.43%)
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATIONPopulation 5 to 20 years: 103 (100%)
--With a disability: 13 (12.62%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 236 (100%)
--With a disability: 38 (16.1%)
----Percent employed: 55.3%
--No disability: 198 (83.9%)
----Percent employed: 74.7%
Population 65 years and over: 82 (100%)
--With a disability: 38 (46.34%)
RESIDENCE IN 1995Population 5 years and over: 421 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 208 (49.41%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 200 (47.51%)
--Same county: 109 (25.89%)
--Different county: 91 (21.62%)
----Same state: 72 (17.1%)
----Different state: 19 (4.51%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 13 (3.09%)
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTHTotal population: 455 (100%)
Native: 444 (97.58%)
--Born in United States: 444 (100%)
----State of residence: 362 (79.56%)
----Different state: 82 (18.02%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 11 (2.42%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 8 (1.76%)
--Naturalized citizen: 3 (0.66%)
--Not a citizen: 8 (1.76%)
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORNTotal (excluding born at sea): 11 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 11 (100%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOMEPopulation 5 years and over: 421 (100%)
English only: 407 (96.67%)
Language other than English: 14 (3.33%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 8 (1.9%)
--Spanish: 14 (3.33%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 8 (1.9%)
--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: 455 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 351% (77.14%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 2 (0.44%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 14 (3.08%)
English: 21 (4.62%)
French (except Basque): 12 (2.64%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 26 (5.71%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 62 (13.63%)
Italian: 3 (0.66%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 5 (1.1%)
Scottish: 0 (0%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 101 (22.2%)
Welsh: 1 (0.22%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 104 (22.86%)
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