Canyon, TX

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4812532, place: Canyon city, Texas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 5,776 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 289 (5%)
Kindergarten: 231 (4%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,379 (23.87%)
High school (grades 9-12): 610 (10.56%)
College or graduate school: 3,267 (56.56%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 6,471 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 176 (2.72%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 545 (8.42%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,072 (16.57%)
Some college, no degree: 1,693 (26.16%)
Associate degree: 279 (4.31%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,705 (26.35%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,001 (15.47%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 88.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 41.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 10,332 (100%)
Never married: 3,621 (35.05%)
Now married, except separated: 5,370 (51.97%)
Separated: 133 (1.29%)
Total Widowed: 417 (4.04%)
Widowed Female: 334 (3.23%)
Total Divorced: 791 (7.66%)
Divorced Female: 563 (5.45%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 132 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 75 (56.82%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 9,866 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 905 (9.17%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 3,772 (100%)
--With a disability: 201 (5.33%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 6,906 (100%)
--With a disability: 765 (11.08%)
----Percent employed: 68.4%
--No disability: 6,141 (88.92%)
----Percent employed: 80.4%
Population 65 years and over: 1,222 (100%)
--With a disability: 567 (46.4%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 12,085 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 4,543 (37.59%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 7,324 (60.6%)
--Same county: 2,925 (24.2%)
--Different county: 4,399 (36.4%)
----Same state: 3,338 (27.62%)
----Different state: 1,061 (8.78%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 218 (1.8%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 12,956 (100%)
Native: 12,438 (96%)
--Born in United States: 12,384 (100%)
----State of residence: 8,903 (68.72%)
----Different state: 3,481 (26.87%)
--Born outside United States: 54 (0.42%)
Foreign born: 518 (4%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 254 (1.96%)
--Naturalized citizen: 199 (1.54%)
--Not a citizen: 319 (2.46%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 518 (100%)
Europe: 40 (7.72%)
Asia: 242 (46.72%)
Africa: 31 (5.98%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 199 (38.42%)
Northern America: 6 (1.16%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 12,085 (100%)
English only: 10,868 (89.93%)
Language other than English: 1,217 (10.07%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 462 (3.82%)
--Spanish: 868 (7.18%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 291 (2.41%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 119 (0.98%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7 (0.06%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 211 (1.75%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 157 (1.3%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 12,956 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 11,160% (86.14%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 57 (0.44%)
Danish: 59 (0.46%)
Dutch: 160 (1.23%)
English: 1,340 (10.34%)
French (except Basque): 308 (2.38%)
French Canadian: 59 (0.46%)
German: 1,801 (13.9%)
Greek: 22 (0.17%)
Hungarian: 19 (0.15%)
Irish: 1,385 (10.69%)
Italian: 132 (1.02%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 140 (1.08%)
Polish: 49 (0.38%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 6 (0.05%)
Scotch-Irish: 270 (2.08%)
Scottish: 340 (2.62%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 13 (0.1%)
Swedish: 100 (0.77%)
Swiss: 19 (0.15%)
Ukrainian: 8 (0.06%)
United States or American: 1,832 (14.14%)
Welsh: 14 (0.11%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 3,027 (23.36%)

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