Blessing, TX

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4808668, place: Blessing CDP, Texas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 187 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 5 (2.67%)
Kindergarten: 20 (10.7%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 134 (71.66%)
High school (grades 9-12): 12 (6.42%)
College or graduate school: 16 (8.56%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 495 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 94 (18.99%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 46 (9.29%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 228 (46.06%)
Some college, no degree: 55 (11.11%)
Associate degree: 22 (4.44%)
Bachelor's degree: 39 (7.88%)
Graduate or professional degree: 11 (2.22%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 71.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 10.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 591 (100%)
Never married: 80 (13.54%)
Now married, except separated: 404 (68.36%)
Separated: 0 (0%)
Total Widowed: 70 (11.84%)
Widowed Female: 62 (10.49%)
Total Divorced: 37 (6.26%)
Divorced Female: 14 (2.37%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 15 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 10 (66.67%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 579 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 56 (9.67%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 205 (100%)
--With a disability: 34 (16.59%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 423 (100%)
--With a disability: 137 (32.39%)
----Percent employed: 48.9%
--No disability: 286 (67.61%)
----Percent employed: 62.6%
Population 65 years and over: 122 (100%)
--With a disability: 101 (82.79%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 750 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 529 (70.53%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 215 (28.67%)
--Same county: 105 (14%)
--Different county: 110 (14.67%)
----Same state: 92 (12.27%)
----Different state: 18 (2.4%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 6 (0.8%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 857 (100%)
Native: 800 (93.35%)
--Born in United States: 789 (100%)
----State of residence: 724 (84.48%)
----Different state: 65 (7.58%)
--Born outside United States: 11 (1.28%)
Foreign born: 57 (6.65%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 29 (3.38%)
--Naturalized citizen: 17 (1.98%)
--Not a citizen: 40 (4.67%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 57 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 6 (10.53%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 51 (89.47%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 750 (100%)
English only: 414 (55.2%)
Language other than English: 336 (44.8%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 141 (18.8%)
--Spanish: 318 (42.4%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 136 (18.13%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 12 (1.6%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5 (0.67%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 857 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 796% (92.88%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 74 (8.63%)
Danish: 5 (0.58%)
Dutch: 14 (1.63%)
English: 18 (2.1%)
French (except Basque): 5 (0.58%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 34 (3.97%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 39 (4.55%)
Italian: 10 (1.17%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 21 (2.45%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 5 (0.58%)
Scottish: 5 (0.58%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 6 (0.7%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 14 (1.63%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 546 (63.71%)

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