Brazoria, TX

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4810072, place: Brazoria city, Texas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 774 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 49 (6.33%)
Kindergarten: 51 (6.59%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 388 (50.13%)
High school (grades 9-12): 196 (25.32%)
College or graduate school: 90 (11.63%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,682 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 114 (6.78%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 301 (17.9%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 616 (36.62%)
Some college, no degree: 401 (23.84%)
Associate degree: 152 (9.04%)
Bachelor's degree: 49 (2.91%)
Graduate or professional degree: 49 (2.91%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 75.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 5.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,081 (100%)
Never married: 477 (22.92%)
Now married, except separated: 1,187 (57.04%)
Separated: 24 (1.15%)
Total Widowed: 176 (8.46%)
Widowed Female: 160 (7.69%)
Total Divorced: 217 (10.43%)
Divorced Female: 130 (6.25%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 96 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 58 (60.42%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,918 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 230 (11.99%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 769 (100%)
--With a disability: 39 (5.07%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,474 (100%)
--With a disability: 338 (22.93%)
----Percent employed: 59.8%
--No disability: 1,136 (77.07%)
----Percent employed: 71.5%
Population 65 years and over: 327 (100%)
--With a disability: 175 (53.52%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,570 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,407 (54.75%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,128 (43.89%)
--Same county: 882 (34.32%)
--Different county: 246 (9.57%)
----Same state: 160 (6.23%)
----Different state: 86 (3.35%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 35 (1.36%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,813 (100%)
Native: 2,709 (96.3%)
--Born in United States: 2,700 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,183 (77.6%)
----Different state: 517 (18.38%)
--Born outside United States: 9 (0.32%)
Foreign born: 104 (3.7%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 46 (1.64%)
--Naturalized citizen: 34 (1.21%)
--Not a citizen: 70 (2.49%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 104 (100%)
Europe: 13 (12.5%)
Asia: 11 (10.58%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 80 (76.92%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,570 (100%)
English only: 2,289 (89.07%)
Language other than English: 281 (10.93%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 157 (6.11%)
--Spanish: 265 (10.31%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 146 (5.68%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 11 (0.43%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 11 (0.43%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,813 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,471% (87.84%)
Arab: 5 (0.18%)
Czech: 45 (1.6%)
Danish: 4 (0.14%)
Dutch: 33 (1.17%)
English: 135 (4.8%)
French (except Basque): 106 (3.77%)
French Canadian: 10 (0.36%)
German: 337 (11.98%)
Greek: 5 (0.18%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 240 (8.53%)
Italian: 39 (1.39%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 9 (0.32%)
Polish: 9 (0.32%)
Portuguese: 3 (0.11%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 37 (1.32%)
Scottish: 58 (2.06%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 8 (0.28%)
Swedish: 8 (0.28%)
Swiss: 16 (0.57%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 461 (16.39%)
Welsh: 9 (0.32%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 3 (0.11%)
Other ancestries: 891 (31.67%)

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