Buffalo, TX

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4811116, place: Buffalo city, Texas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 454 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 28 (6.17%)
Kindergarten: 36 (7.93%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 249 (54.85%)
High school (grades 9-12): 95 (20.93%)
College or graduate school: 46 (10.13%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,111 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 178 (16.02%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 223 (20.07%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 402 (36.18%)
Some college, no degree: 162 (14.58%)
Associate degree: 39 (3.51%)
Bachelor's degree: 76 (6.84%)
Graduate or professional degree: 31 (2.79%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 63.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 9.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,369 (100%)
Never married: 253 (18.48%)
Now married, except separated: 820 (59.9%)
Separated: 30 (2.19%)
Total Widowed: 130 (9.5%)
Widowed Female: 117 (8.55%)
Total Divorced: 136 (9.93%)
Divorced Female: 77 (5.62%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 73 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 37 (50.68%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,308 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 126 (9.63%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 470 (100%)
--With a disability: 29 (6.17%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 962 (100%)
--With a disability: 218 (22.66%)
----Percent employed: 61%
--No disability: 744 (77.34%)
----Percent employed: 72.2%
Population 65 years and over: 201 (100%)
--With a disability: 120 (59.7%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,682 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 828 (49.23%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 775 (46.08%)
--Same county: 420 (24.97%)
--Different county: 355 (21.11%)
----Same state: 285 (16.94%)
----Different state: 70 (4.16%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 79 (4.7%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,860 (100%)
Native: 1,644 (88.39%)
--Born in United States: 1,630 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,400 (75.27%)
----Different state: 230 (12.37%)
--Born outside United States: 14 (0.75%)
Foreign born: 216 (11.61%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 118 (6.34%)
--Naturalized citizen: 23 (1.24%)
--Not a citizen: 193 (10.38%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 216 (100%)
Europe: 3 (1.39%)
Asia: 3 (1.39%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 207 (95.83%)
Northern America: 3 (1.39%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,682 (100%)
English only: 1,348 (80.14%)
Language other than English: 334 (19.86%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 191 (11.36%)
--Spanish: 321 (19.08%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 191 (11.36%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 9 (0.54%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 4 (0.24%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,860 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,484% (79.78%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 12 (0.65%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 18 (0.97%)
English: 104 (5.59%)
French (except Basque): 24 (1.29%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 107 (5.75%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 145 (7.8%)
Italian: 5 (0.27%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 6 (0.32%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 22 (1.18%)
Scottish: 5 (0.27%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 2 (0.11%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 349 (18.76%)
Welsh: 2 (0.11%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 683 (36.72%)

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