Blossom, TX

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4808812, place: Blossom city, Texas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 346 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 16 (4.62%)
Kindergarten: 26 (7.51%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 179 (51.73%)
High school (grades 9-12): 75 (21.68%)
College or graduate school: 50 (14.45%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 947 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 97 (10.24%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 195 (20.59%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 299 (31.57%)
Some college, no degree: 233 (24.6%)
Associate degree: 42 (4.44%)
Bachelor's degree: 65 (6.86%)
Graduate or professional degree: 16 (1.69%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 69.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 8.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,108 (100%)
Never married: 195 (17.6%)
Now married, except separated: 690 (62.27%)
Separated: 19 (1.71%)
Total Widowed: 93 (8.39%)
Widowed Female: 87 (7.85%)
Total Divorced: 111 (10.02%)
Divorced Female: 59 (5.32%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 46 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 28 (60.87%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,061 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 137 (12.91%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 339 (100%)
--With a disability: 28 (8.26%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 801 (100%)
--With a disability: 153 (19.1%)
----Percent employed: 56.9%
--No disability: 648 (80.9%)
----Percent employed: 73.9%
Population 65 years and over: 205 (100%)
--With a disability: 92 (44.88%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,345 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 755 (56.13%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 555 (41.26%)
--Same county: 398 (29.59%)
--Different county: 157 (11.67%)
----Same state: 133 (9.89%)
----Different state: 24 (1.78%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 35 (2.6%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,447 (100%)
Native: 1,377 (95.16%)
--Born in United States: 1,373 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,098 (75.88%)
----Different state: 275 (19%)
--Born outside United States: 4 (0.28%)
Foreign born: 70 (4.84%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 48 (3.32%)
--Naturalized citizen: 18 (1.24%)
--Not a citizen: 52 (3.59%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 70 (100%)
Europe: 5 (7.14%)
Asia: 3 (4.29%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 62 (88.57%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,345 (100%)
English only: 1,259 (93.61%)
Language other than English: 86 (6.39%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 41 (3.05%)
--Spanish: 76 (5.65%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 38 (2.83%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 7 (0.52%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3 (0.22%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 3 (0.22%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,447 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,062% (73.39%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 2 (0.14%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 52 (3.59%)
English: 71 (4.91%)
French (except Basque): 8 (0.55%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 120 (8.29%)
Greek: 2 (0.14%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 142 (9.81%)
Italian: 0 (0%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 14 (0.97%)
Polish: 4 (0.28%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 21 (1.45%)
Scottish: 6 (0.41%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 6 (0.41%)
Swedish: 5 (0.35%)
Swiss: 7 (0.48%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 296 (20.46%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 1 (0.07%)
Other ancestries: 305 (21.08%)

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