Chester, TX

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4814584, place: Chester town, Texas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 61 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 6 (9.84%)
Kindergarten: 3 (4.92%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 24 (39.34%)
High school (grades 9-12): 10 (16.39%)
College or graduate school: 18 (29.51%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 177 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 2 (1.13%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 17 (9.6%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 82 (46.33%)
Some college, no degree: 44 (24.86%)
Associate degree: 15 (8.47%)
Bachelor's degree: 9 (5.08%)
Graduate or professional degree: 8 (4.52%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 89.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 9.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 211 (100%)
Never married: 42 (19.91%)
Now married, except separated: 129 (61.14%)
Separated: 1 (0.47%)
Total Widowed: 18 (8.53%)
Widowed Female: 16 (7.58%)
Total Divorced: 21 (9.95%)
Divorced Female: 10 (4.74%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 6 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 4 (66.67%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 207 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 43 (20.77%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 53 (100%)
--With a disability: 1 (1.89%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 149 (100%)
--With a disability: 46 (30.87%)
----Percent employed: 28.3%
--No disability: 103 (69.13%)
----Percent employed: 84.5%
Population 65 years and over: 38 (100%)
--With a disability: 23 (60.53%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 240 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 130 (54.17%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 110 (45.83%)
--Same county: 44 (18.33%)
--Different county: 66 (27.5%)
----Same state: 60 (25%)
----Different state: 6 (2.5%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 274 (100%)
Native: 269 (98.18%)
--Born in United States: 269 (100%)
----State of residence: 246 (89.78%)
----Different state: 23 (8.39%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 5 (1.82%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 0 (0%)
--Not a citizen: 5 (1.82%)

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

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 240 (100%)
English only: 219 (91.25%)
Language other than English: 21 (8.75%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (1.67%)
--Spanish: 21 (8.75%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (1.67%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 274 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 226% (82.48%)
Arab: 6 (2.19%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 2 (0.73%)
English: 12 (4.38%)
French (except Basque): 13 (4.74%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 37 (13.5%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 25 (9.12%)
Italian: 5 (1.82%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 2 (0.73%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 0 (0%)
Scottish: 8 (2.92%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 64 (23.36%)
Welsh: 2 (0.73%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 50 (18.25%)

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