Bowie, TX

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4809640, place: Bowie city, Texas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,057 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 62 (5.87%)
Kindergarten: 64 (6.05%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 562 (53.17%)
High school (grades 9-12): 251 (23.75%)
College or graduate school: 118 (11.16%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 3,449 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 365 (10.58%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 721 (20.9%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,123 (32.56%)
Some college, no degree: 674 (19.54%)
Associate degree: 185 (5.36%)
Bachelor's degree: 305 (8.84%)
Graduate or professional degree: 76 (2.2%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 68.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 11%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 4,048 (100%)
Never married: 604 (14.92%)
Now married, except separated: 2,442 (60.33%)
Separated: 69 (1.7%)
Total Widowed: 567 (14.01%)
Widowed Female: 484 (11.96%)
Total Divorced: 366 (9.04%)
Divorced Female: 229 (5.66%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 50 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 22 (44%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 3,849 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 617 (16.03%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,090 (100%)
--With a disability: 76 (6.97%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,494 (100%)
--With a disability: 420 (16.84%)
----Percent employed: 63.6%
--No disability: 2,074 (83.16%)
----Percent employed: 76%
Population 65 years and over: 981 (100%)
--With a disability: 490 (49.95%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 4,762 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,535 (53.23%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,204 (46.28%)
--Same county: 976 (20.5%)
--Different county: 1,228 (25.79%)
----Same state: 833 (17.49%)
----Different state: 395 (8.29%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 23 (0.48%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 5,141 (100%)
Native: 5,050 (98.23%)
--Born in United States: 5,044 (100%)
----State of residence: 4,095 (79.65%)
----Different state: 949 (18.46%)
--Born outside United States: 6 (0.12%)
Foreign born: 91 (1.77%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 45 (0.88%)
--Naturalized citizen: 11 (0.21%)
--Not a citizen: 80 (1.56%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 91 (100%)
Europe: 8 (8.79%)
Asia: 6 (6.59%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 77 (84.62%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 4,762 (100%)
English only: 4,482 (94.12%)
Language other than English: 280 (5.88%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 127 (2.67%)
--Spanish: 251 (5.27%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 115 (2.41%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 23 (0.48%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 9 (0.19%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 6 (0.13%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3 (0.06%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 5,141 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 4,124% (80.22%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 5 (0.1%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 167 (3.25%)
English: 469 (9.12%)
French (except Basque): 118 (2.3%)
French Canadian: 9 (0.18%)
German: 543 (10.56%)
Greek: 7 (0.14%)
Hungarian: 8 (0.16%)
Irish: 720 (14.01%)
Italian: 84 (1.63%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 11 (0.21%)
Polish: 55 (1.07%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 159 (3.09%)
Scottish: 65 (1.26%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 30 (0.58%)
Swiss: 19 (0.37%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 788 (15.33%)
Welsh: 11 (0.21%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 17 (0.33%)
Other ancestries: 839 (16.32%)

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