Commerce, TX

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4816240, place: Commerce city, Texas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 3,600 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 135 (3.75%)
Kindergarten: 64 (1.78%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 864 (24%)
High school (grades 9-12): 381 (10.58%)
College or graduate school: 2,156 (59.89%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 3,898 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 320 (8.21%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 458 (11.75%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 892 (22.88%)
Some college, no degree: 906 (23.24%)
Associate degree: 118 (3.03%)
Bachelor's degree: 633 (16.24%)
Graduate or professional degree: 571 (14.65%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 80%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 30.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 6,345 (100%)
Never married: 2,610 (41.13%)
Now married, except separated: 2,653 (41.81%)
Separated: 131 (2.06%)
Total Widowed: 396 (6.24%)
Widowed Female: 316 (4.98%)
Total Divorced: 555 (8.75%)
Divorced Female: 326 (5.14%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 96 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 69 (71.88%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 6,075 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 535 (8.81%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,053 (100%)
--With a disability: 207 (10.08%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 4,471 (100%)
--With a disability: 968 (21.65%)
----Percent employed: 58.9%
--No disability: 3,503 (78.35%)
----Percent employed: 69.7%
Population 65 years and over: 697 (100%)
--With a disability: 336 (48.21%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 7,284 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,489 (34.17%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 4,309 (59.16%)
--Same county: 1,734 (23.81%)
--Different county: 2,575 (35.35%)
----Same state: 2,115 (29.04%)
----Different state: 460 (6.32%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 486 (6.67%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 7,801 (100%)
Native: 7,175 (91.98%)
--Born in United States: 7,128 (100%)
----State of residence: 5,436 (69.68%)
----Different state: 1,692 (21.69%)
--Born outside United States: 47 (0.6%)
Foreign born: 626 (8.02%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 522 (6.69%)
--Naturalized citizen: 63 (0.81%)
--Not a citizen: 563 (7.22%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 626 (100%)
Europe: 17 (2.72%)
Asia: 185 (29.55%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 371 (59.27%)
Northern America: 53 (8.47%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 7,284 (100%)
English only: 6,383 (87.63%)
Language other than English: 901 (12.37%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 514 (7.06%)
--Spanish: 638 (8.76%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 443 (6.08%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 136 (1.87%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 21 (0.29%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 127 (1.74%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 50 (0.69%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 7,801 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 6,825% (87.49%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 63 (0.81%)
Danish: 5 (0.06%)
Dutch: 101 (1.29%)
English: 574 (7.36%)
French (except Basque): 114 (1.46%)
French Canadian: 12 (0.15%)
German: 536 (6.87%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 813 (10.42%)
Italian: 98 (1.26%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 31 (0.4%)
Polish: 25 (0.32%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 152 (1.95%)
Scottish: 108 (1.38%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 40 (0.51%)
Swedish: 12 (0.15%)
Swiss: 11 (0.14%)
Ukrainian: 6 (0.08%)
United States or American: 1,096 (14.05%)
Welsh: 6 (0.08%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 24 (0.31%)
Other ancestries: 2,998 (38.43%)

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