General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4809748, place: Boyd town, Texas)SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school: 326 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 25 (7.67%)
Kindergarten: 14 (4.29%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 153 (46.93%)
High school (grades 9-12): 97 (29.75%)
College or graduate school: 37 (11.35%)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTPopulation 25 years and over: 663 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 68 (10.26%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 147 (22.17%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 207 (31.22%)
Some college, no degree: 129 (19.46%)
Associate degree: 34 (5.13%)
Bachelor's degree: 61 (9.2%)
Graduate or professional degree: 17 (2.56%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 67.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 11.8%
MARITIAL STATUSPopulation 15 years and over: 839 (100%)
Never married: 179 (21.33%)
Now married, except separated: 471 (56.14%)
Separated: 23 (2.74%)
Total Widowed: 71 (8.46%)
Widowed Female: 59 (7.03%)
Total Divorced: 95 (11.32%)
Divorced Female: 63 (7.51%)
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERSGrandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 30 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 20 (66.67%)
VETERAN STATUSCivilian population 18 years and over: 769 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 99 (12.87%)
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATIONPopulation 5 to 20 years: 309 (100%)
--With a disability: 20 (6.47%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 597 (100%)
--With a disability: 102 (17.09%)
----Percent employed: 54.9%
--No disability: 495 (82.91%)
----Percent employed: 75.2%
Population 65 years and over: 118 (100%)
--With a disability: 62 (52.54%)
RESIDENCE IN 1995Population 5 years and over: 1,024 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 498 (48.63%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 513 (50.1%)
--Same county: 279 (27.25%)
--Different county: 234 (22.85%)
----Same state: 195 (19.04%)
----Different state: 39 (3.81%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 13 (1.27%)
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTHTotal population: 1,098 (100%)
Native: 1,015 (92.44%)
--Born in United States: 1,015 (100%)
----State of residence: 837 (76.23%)
----Different state: 178 (16.21%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 83 (7.56%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 30 (2.73%)
--Naturalized citizen: 23 (2.09%)
--Not a citizen: 60 (5.46%)
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORNTotal (excluding born at sea): 83 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 83 (100%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOMEPopulation 5 years and over: 1,024 (100%)
English only: 907 (88.57%)
Language other than English: 117 (11.43%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 81 (7.91%)
--Spanish: 117 (11.43%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 81 (7.91%)
--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: 1,098 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 832% (75.77%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 4 (0.36%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 15 (1.37%)
English: 76 (6.92%)
French (except Basque): 28 (2.55%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 56 (5.1%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 160 (14.57%)
Italian: 5 (0.46%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 3 (0.27%)
Polish: 7 (0.64%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 2 (0.18%)
Scotch-Irish: 13 (1.18%)
Scottish: 15 (1.37%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 173 (15.76%)
Welsh: 2 (0.18%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 1 (0.09%)
Other ancestries: 272 (24.77%)
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