Cameron, TX

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4812040, place: Cameron city, Texas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,356 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 121 (8.92%)
Kindergarten: 55 (4.06%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 764 (56.34%)
High school (grades 9-12): 322 (23.75%)
College or graduate school: 94 (6.93%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 3,662 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 552 (15.07%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 692 (18.9%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,181 (32.25%)
Some college, no degree: 667 (18.21%)
Associate degree: 103 (2.81%)
Bachelor's degree: 397 (10.84%)
Graduate or professional degree: 70 (1.91%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 66%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 12.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 4,460 (100%)
Never married: 1,072 (24.04%)
Now married, except separated: 2,305 (51.68%)
Separated: 152 (3.41%)
Total Widowed: 456 (10.22%)
Widowed Female: 392 (8.79%)
Total Divorced: 475 (10.65%)
Divorced Female: 213 (4.78%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 148 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 91 (61.49%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 4,192 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 652 (15.55%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,444 (100%)
--With a disability: 95 (6.58%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,747 (100%)
--With a disability: 521 (18.97%)
----Percent employed: 49.7%
--No disability: 2,226 (81.03%)
----Percent employed: 72.1%
Population 65 years and over: 954 (100%)
--With a disability: 439 (46.02%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 5,385 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,956 (54.89%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,342 (43.49%)
--Same county: 1,390 (25.81%)
--Different county: 952 (17.68%)
----Same state: 764 (14.19%)
----Different state: 188 (3.49%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 87 (1.62%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 5,774 (100%)
Native: 5,226 (90.51%)
--Born in United States: 5,203 (100%)
----State of residence: 4,577 (79.27%)
----Different state: 626 (10.84%)
--Born outside United States: 23 (0.4%)
Foreign born: 548 (9.49%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 178 (3.08%)
--Naturalized citizen: 222 (3.84%)
--Not a citizen: 326 (5.65%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 548 (100%)
Europe: 79 (14.42%)
Asia: 10 (1.82%)
Africa: 10 (1.82%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 441 (80.47%)
Northern America: 8 (1.46%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 5,385 (100%)
English only: 4,040 (75.02%)
Language other than English: 1,345 (24.98%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 359 (6.67%)
--Spanish: 1,215 (22.56%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 327 (6.07%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 130 (2.41%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 32 (0.59%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 5,774 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 4,836% (83.75%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 271 (4.69%)
Danish: 9 (0.16%)
Dutch: 74 (1.28%)
English: 266 (4.61%)
French (except Basque): 45 (0.78%)
French Canadian: 16 (0.28%)
German: 611 (10.58%)
Greek: 6 (0.1%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 344 (5.96%)
Italian: 54 (0.94%)
Lithuanian: 4 (0.07%)
Norwegian: 8 (0.14%)
Polish: 27 (0.47%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 63 (1.09%)
Scottish: 49 (0.85%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 18 (0.31%)
Swiss: 13 (0.23%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 485 (8.4%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 2,473 (42.83%)

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