Blum, TX

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4809004, place: Blum town, Texas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 116 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 1 (0.86%)
Kindergarten: 7 (6.03%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 62 (53.45%)
High school (grades 9-12): 36 (31.03%)
College or graduate school: 10 (8.62%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 232 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 24 (10.34%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 78 (33.62%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 62 (26.72%)
Some college, no degree: 46 (19.83%)
Associate degree: 12 (5.17%)
Bachelor's degree: 5 (2.16%)
Graduate or professional degree: 5 (2.16%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 56%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 4.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 312 (100%)
Never married: 79 (25.32%)
Now married, except separated: 164 (52.56%)
Separated: 6 (1.92%)
Total Widowed: 27 (8.65%)
Widowed Female: 24 (7.69%)
Total Divorced: 36 (11.54%)
Divorced Female: 23 (7.37%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 5 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0 (0%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 277 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 41 (14.8%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 123 (100%)
--With a disability: 6 (4.88%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 212 (100%)
--With a disability: 30 (14.15%)
----Percent employed: 50%
--No disability: 182 (85.85%)
----Percent employed: 73.1%
Population 65 years and over: 48 (100%)
--With a disability: 20 (41.67%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 383 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 228 (59.53%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 154 (40.21%)
--Same county: 104 (27.15%)
--Different county: 50 (13.05%)
----Same state: 44 (11.49%)
----Different state: 6 (1.57%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 1 (0.26%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 422 (100%)
Native: 412 (97.63%)
--Born in United States: 412 (100%)
----State of residence: 367 (86.97%)
----Different state: 45 (10.66%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 10 (2.37%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 5 (1.18%)
--Naturalized citizen: 5 (1.18%)
--Not a citizen: 5 (1.18%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 10 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 10 (100%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 383 (100%)
English only: 339 (88.51%)
Language other than English: 44 (11.49%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 14 (3.66%)
--Spanish: 44 (11.49%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 14 (3.66%)
--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: 422 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 344% (81.52%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 0 (0%)
English: 34 (8.06%)
French (except Basque): 3 (0.71%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 33 (7.82%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 52 (12.32%)
Italian: 4 (0.95%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 11 (2.61%)
Portuguese: 3 (0.71%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 8 (1.9%)
Scottish: 4 (0.95%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 60 (14.22%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 132 (31.28%)

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