Converse, TX

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4816468, place: Converse city, Texas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 3,577 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 273 (7.63%)
Kindergarten: 187 (5.23%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,520 (42.49%)
High school (grades 9-12): 899 (25.13%)
College or graduate school: 698 (19.51%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 7,122 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 265 (3.72%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 474 (6.66%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,896 (26.62%)
Some college, no degree: 2,400 (33.7%)
Associate degree: 736 (10.33%)
Bachelor's degree: 956 (13.42%)
Graduate or professional degree: 395 (5.55%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 89.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 19%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 8,639 (100%)
Never married: 1,834 (21.23%)
Now married, except separated: 5,485 (63.49%)
Separated: 176 (2.04%)
Total Widowed: 267 (3.09%)
Widowed Female: 207 (2.4%)
Total Divorced: 877 (10.15%)
Divorced Female: 529 (6.12%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 449 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 217 (48.33%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 7,569 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,960 (25.9%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,891 (100%)
--With a disability: 318 (11%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 6,433 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,241 (19.29%)
----Percent employed: 69.6%
--No disability: 5,192 (80.71%)
----Percent employed: 79.8%
Population 65 years and over: 608 (100%)
--With a disability: 306 (50.33%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 10,572 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 4,912 (46.46%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 5,331 (50.43%)
--Same county: 2,598 (24.57%)
--Different county: 2,733 (25.85%)
----Same state: 1,046 (9.89%)
----Different state: 1,687 (15.96%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 329 (3.11%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 11,508 (100%)
Native: 10,832 (94.13%)
--Born in United States: 10,331 (100%)
----State of residence: 5,569 (48.39%)
----Different state: 4,762 (41.38%)
--Born outside United States: 501 (4.35%)
Foreign born: 676 (5.87%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 141 (1.23%)
--Naturalized citizen: 377 (3.28%)
--Not a citizen: 299 (2.6%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 676 (100%)
Europe: 124 (18.34%)
Asia: 229 (33.88%)
Africa: 17 (2.51%)
Oceania: 9 (1.33%)
Latin America: 280 (41.42%)
Northern America: 17 (2.51%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 10,572 (100%)
English only: 8,384 (79.3%)
Language other than English: 2,188 (20.7%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 542 (5.13%)
--Spanish: 1,829 (17.3%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 460 (4.35%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 151 (1.43%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 32 (0.3%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 185 (1.75%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 50 (0.47%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 11,508 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 12,358% (107.39%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 87 (0.76%)
Danish: 56 (0.49%)
Dutch: 111 (0.96%)
English: 616 (5.35%)
French (except Basque): 381 (3.31%)
French Canadian: 120 (1.04%)
German: 1,961 (17.04%)
Greek: 35 (0.3%)
Hungarian: 13 (0.11%)
Irish: 976 (8.48%)
Italian: 444 (3.86%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 61 (0.53%)
Polish: 296 (2.57%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 26 (0.23%)
Scotch-Irish: 108 (0.94%)
Scottish: 238 (2.07%)
Slovak: 22 (0.19%)
Subsaharan African: 30 (0.26%)
Swedish: 34 (0.3%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 13 (0.11%)
United States or American: 793 (6.89%)
Welsh: 44 (0.38%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 23 (0.2%)
Other ancestries: 5,870 (51.01%)

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