Dayton, TX

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4819432, place: Dayton city, Texas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,767 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 54 (3.06%)
Kindergarten: 105 (5.94%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 948 (53.65%)
High school (grades 9-12): 431 (24.39%)
College or graduate school: 229 (12.96%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 3,359 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 348 (10.36%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 467 (13.9%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,114 (33.16%)
Some college, no degree: 819 (24.38%)
Associate degree: 143 (4.26%)
Bachelor's degree: 360 (10.72%)
Graduate or professional degree: 108 (3.22%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 75.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 13.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 4,237 (100%)
Never married: 1,014 (23.93%)
Now married, except separated: 2,228 (52.58%)
Separated: 122 (2.88%)
Total Widowed: 338 (7.98%)
Widowed Female: 264 (6.23%)
Total Divorced: 535 (12.63%)
Divorced Female: 335 (7.91%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 86 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 60 (69.77%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 3,942 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 465 (11.8%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,688 (100%)
--With a disability: 232 (13.74%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 3,009 (100%)
--With a disability: 838 (27.85%)
----Percent employed: 54.3%
--No disability: 2,171 (72.15%)
----Percent employed: 80.7%
Population 65 years and over: 587 (100%)
--With a disability: 303 (51.62%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 5,326 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,671 (50.15%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,595 (48.72%)
--Same county: 1,345 (25.25%)
--Different county: 1,250 (23.47%)
----Same state: 959 (18.01%)
----Different state: 291 (5.46%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 60 (1.13%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 5,741 (100%)
Native: 5,545 (96.59%)
--Born in United States: 5,511 (100%)
----State of residence: 4,158 (72.43%)
----Different state: 1,353 (23.57%)
--Born outside United States: 34 (0.59%)
Foreign born: 196 (3.41%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 60 (1.05%)
--Naturalized citizen: 29 (0.51%)
--Not a citizen: 167 (2.91%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 196 (100%)
Europe: 7 (3.57%)
Asia: 10 (5.1%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 165 (84.18%)
Northern America: 14 (7.14%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 5,326 (100%)
English only: 4,772 (89.6%)
Language other than English: 554 (10.4%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 226 (4.24%)
--Spanish: 518 (9.73%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 226 (4.24%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 36 (0.68%)
----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: 5,741 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 5,152% (89.74%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 96 (1.67%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 31 (0.54%)
English: 253 (4.41%)
French (except Basque): 288 (5.02%)
French Canadian: 15 (0.26%)
German: 411 (7.16%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 528 (9.2%)
Italian: 81 (1.41%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 19 (0.33%)
Polish: 95 (1.65%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 118 (2.06%)
Scottish: 76 (1.32%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 22 (0.38%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 1,087 (18.93%)
Welsh: 20 (0.35%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 2,012 (35.05%)

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