Brookshire, TX

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4810636, place: Brookshire city, Texas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,008 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 75 (7.44%)
Kindergarten: 59 (5.85%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 568 (56.35%)
High school (grades 9-12): 231 (22.92%)
College or graduate school: 75 (7.44%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,958 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 393 (20.07%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 386 (19.71%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 579 (29.57%)
Some college, no degree: 348 (17.77%)
Associate degree: 36 (1.84%)
Bachelor's degree: 157 (8.02%)
Graduate or professional degree: 59 (3.01%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 60.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 11%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,469 (100%)
Never married: 707 (28.64%)
Now married, except separated: 1,204 (48.76%)
Separated: 90 (3.65%)
Total Widowed: 184 (7.45%)
Widowed Female: 143 (5.79%)
Total Divorced: 284 (11.5%)
Divorced Female: 180 (7.29%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 121 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 76 (62.81%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,322 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 205 (8.83%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 997 (100%)
--With a disability: 65 (6.52%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,769 (100%)
--With a disability: 315 (17.81%)
----Percent employed: 62.9%
--No disability: 1,454 (82.19%)
----Percent employed: 68.5%
Population 65 years and over: 332 (100%)
--With a disability: 194 (58.43%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 3,098 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,539 (49.68%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,456 (47%)
--Same county: 625 (20.17%)
--Different county: 831 (26.82%)
----Same state: 724 (23.37%)
----Different state: 107 (3.45%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 103 (3.32%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 3,435 (100%)
Native: 2,876 (83.73%)
--Born in United States: 2,864 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,520 (73.36%)
----Different state: 344 (10.01%)
--Born outside United States: 12 (0.35%)
Foreign born: 559 (16.27%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 258 (7.51%)
--Naturalized citizen: 149 (4.34%)
--Not a citizen: 410 (11.94%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 559 (100%)
Europe: 13 (2.33%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 541 (96.78%)
Northern America: 5 (0.89%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 3,098 (100%)
English only: 2,051 (66.2%)
Language other than English: 1,047 (33.8%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 575 (18.56%)
--Spanish: 1,013 (32.7%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 571 (18.43%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 34 (1.1%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (0.13%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 3,435 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 3,090% (89.96%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 15 (0.44%)
Danish: 7 (0.2%)
Dutch: 26 (0.76%)
English: 83 (2.42%)
French (except Basque): 34 (0.99%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 189 (5.5%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 134 (3.9%)
Italian: 12 (0.35%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 4 (0.12%)
Polish: 25 (0.73%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 43 (1.25%)
Scottish: 16 (0.47%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 22 (0.64%)
Swedish: 4 (0.12%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 109 (3.17%)
Welsh: 13 (0.38%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 19 (0.55%)
Other ancestries: 2,335 (67.98%)

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