General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4808536, place: Blanco city, Texas)SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school: 395 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 31 (7.85%)
Kindergarten: 17 (4.3%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 199 (50.38%)
High school (grades 9-12): 103 (26.08%)
College or graduate school: 45 (11.39%)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTPopulation 25 years and over: 972 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 127 (13.07%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 123 (12.65%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 361 (37.14%)
Some college, no degree: 165 (16.98%)
Associate degree: 36 (3.7%)
Bachelor's degree: 104 (10.7%)
Graduate or professional degree: 56 (5.76%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 74.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 16.5%
MARITIAL STATUSPopulation 15 years and over: 1,164 (100%)
Never married: 248 (21.31%)
Now married, except separated: 619 (53.18%)
Separated: 39 (3.35%)
Total Widowed: 132 (11.34%)
Widowed Female: 110 (9.45%)
Total Divorced: 126 (10.82%)
Divorced Female: 81 (6.96%)
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERSGrandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 32 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 15 (46.88%)
VETERAN STATUSCivilian population 18 years and over: 1,092 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 140 (12.82%)
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATIONPopulation 5 to 20 years: 384 (100%)
--With a disability: 40 (10.42%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 727 (100%)
--With a disability: 211 (29.02%)
----Percent employed: 78.2%
--No disability: 516 (70.98%)
----Percent employed: 72.7%
Population 65 years and over: 209 (100%)
--With a disability: 69 (33.01%)
RESIDENCE IN 1995Population 5 years and over: 1,406 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 689 (49%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 661 (47.01%)
--Same county: 313 (22.26%)
--Different county: 348 (24.75%)
----Same state: 270 (19.2%)
----Different state: 78 (5.55%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 56 (3.98%)
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTHTotal population: 1,513 (100%)
Native: 1,363 (90.09%)
--Born in United States: 1,355 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,072 (70.85%)
----Different state: 283 (18.7%)
--Born outside United States: 8 (0.53%)
Foreign born: 150 (9.91%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 79 (5.22%)
--Naturalized citizen: 67 (4.43%)
--Not a citizen: 83 (5.49%)
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORNTotal (excluding born at sea): 150 (100%)
Europe: 9 (6%)
Asia: 2 (1.33%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 139 (92.67%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOMEPopulation 5 years and over: 1,406 (100%)
English only: 1,075 (76.46%)
Language other than English: 331 (23.54%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 116 (8.25%)
--Spanish: 288 (20.48%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 116 (8.25%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 43 (3.06%)
----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: 1,513 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,369% (90.48%)
Arab: 8 (0.53%)
Czech: 20 (1.32%)
Danish: 3 (0.2%)
Dutch: 7 (0.46%)
English: 149 (9.85%)
French (except Basque): 29 (1.92%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 353 (23.33%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 109 (7.2%)
Italian: 7 (0.46%)
Lithuanian: 2 (0.13%)
Norwegian: 6 (0.4%)
Polish: 26 (1.72%)
Portuguese: 7 (0.46%)
Russian: 2 (0.13%)
Scotch-Irish: 15 (0.99%)
Scottish: 29 (1.92%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 7 (0.46%)
Swiss: 3 (0.2%)
Ukrainian: 2 (0.13%)
United States or American: 139 (9.19%)
Welsh: 4 (0.26%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 2 (0.13%)
Other ancestries: 440 (29.08%)
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