Canton, TX

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4812496, place: Canton city, Texas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 638 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 46 (7.21%)
Kindergarten: 13 (2.04%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 304 (47.65%)
High school (grades 9-12): 165 (25.86%)
College or graduate school: 110 (17.24%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,349 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 274 (11.66%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 367 (15.62%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 751 (31.97%)
Some college, no degree: 415 (17.67%)
Associate degree: 119 (5.07%)
Bachelor's degree: 301 (12.81%)
Graduate or professional degree: 122 (5.19%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 72.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 18%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,701 (100%)
Never married: 491 (18.18%)
Now married, except separated: 1,450 (53.68%)
Separated: 35 (1.3%)
Total Widowed: 415 (15.36%)
Widowed Female: 358 (13.25%)
Total Divorced: 310 (11.48%)
Divorced Female: 183 (6.78%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 120 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 111 (92.5%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,583 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 327 (12.66%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 530 (100%)
--With a disability: 27 (5.09%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,553 (100%)
--With a disability: 390 (25.11%)
----Percent employed: 57.4%
--No disability: 1,163 (74.89%)
----Percent employed: 76.9%
Population 65 years and over: 780 (100%)
--With a disability: 378 (48.46%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 3,056 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,508 (49.35%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,435 (46.96%)
--Same county: 536 (17.54%)
--Different county: 899 (29.42%)
----Same state: 743 (24.31%)
----Different state: 156 (5.1%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 113 (3.7%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 3,235 (100%)
Native: 3,168 (97.93%)
--Born in United States: 3,164 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,595 (80.22%)
----Different state: 569 (17.59%)
--Born outside United States: 4 (0.12%)
Foreign born: 67 (2.07%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 40 (1.24%)
--Naturalized citizen: 21 (0.65%)
--Not a citizen: 46 (1.42%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 67 (100%)
Europe: 5 (7.46%)
Asia: 36 (53.73%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 26 (38.81%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 3,056 (100%)
English only: 2,905 (95.06%)
Language other than English: 151 (4.94%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 56 (1.83%)
--Spanish: 93 (3.04%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 20 (0.65%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 18 (0.59%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 36 (1.18%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 36 (1.18%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 3,235 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,177% (67.3%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 3 (0.09%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 23 (0.71%)
English: 236 (7.3%)
French (except Basque): 56 (1.73%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 228 (7.05%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 302 (9.34%)
Italian: 44 (1.36%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 17 (0.53%)
Polish: 12 (0.37%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 89 (2.75%)
Scottish: 64 (1.98%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 30 (0.93%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 3 (0.09%)
United States or American: 635 (19.63%)
Welsh: 11 (0.34%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 424 (13.11%)

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