Denison, TX

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4819900, place: Denison city, Texas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 5,302 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 375 (7.07%)
Kindergarten: 313 (5.9%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 2,607 (49.17%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,171 (22.09%)
College or graduate school: 836 (15.77%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 15,243 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,186 (7.78%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 2,348 (15.4%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 4,921 (32.28%)
Some college, no degree: 3,710 (24.34%)
Associate degree: 975 (6.4%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,370 (8.99%)
Graduate or professional degree: 733 (4.81%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 76.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 13.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 18,057 (100%)
Never married: 3,627 (20.09%)
Now married, except separated: 9,367 (51.87%)
Separated: 492 (2.72%)
Total Widowed: 1,944 (10.77%)
Widowed Female: 1,597 (8.84%)
Total Divorced: 2,627 (14.55%)
Divorced Female: 1,448 (8.02%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 493 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 290 (58.82%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 17,182 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 2,769 (16.12%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 4,983 (100%)
--With a disability: 529 (10.62%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 12,240 (100%)
--With a disability: 3,014 (24.62%)
----Percent employed: 57.8%
--No disability: 9,226 (75.38%)
----Percent employed: 78.5%
Population 65 years and over: 3,555 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,734 (48.78%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 21,162 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 11,399 (53.87%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 9,547 (45.11%)
--Same county: 5,938 (28.06%)
--Different county: 3,609 (17.05%)
----Same state: 1,818 (8.59%)
----Different state: 1,791 (8.46%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 216 (1.02%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 22,731 (100%)
Native: 22,153 (97.46%)
--Born in United States: 21,958 (100%)
----State of residence: 15,381 (67.67%)
----Different state: 6,577 (28.93%)
--Born outside United States: 195 (0.86%)
Foreign born: 578 (2.54%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 276 (1.21%)
--Naturalized citizen: 175 (0.77%)
--Not a citizen: 403 (1.77%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 578 (100%)
Europe: 80 (13.84%)
Asia: 171 (29.58%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 16 (2.77%)
Latin America: 303 (52.42%)
Northern America: 8 (1.38%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 21,162 (100%)
English only: 20,110 (95.03%)
Language other than English: 1,052 (4.97%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 433 (2.05%)
--Spanish: 822 (3.88%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 395 (1.87%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 163 (0.77%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 28 (0.13%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 67 (0.32%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 10 (0.05%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 22,731 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 18,275% (80.4%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 62 (0.27%)
Danish: 23 (0.1%)
Dutch: 338 (1.49%)
English: 1,817 (7.99%)
French (except Basque): 546 (2.4%)
French Canadian: 22 (0.1%)
German: 2,352 (10.35%)
Greek: 7 (0.03%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 2,564 (11.28%)
Italian: 321 (1.41%)
Lithuanian: 29 (0.13%)
Norwegian: 155 (0.68%)
Polish: 59 (0.26%)
Portuguese: 28 (0.12%)
Russian: 38 (0.17%)
Scotch-Irish: 464 (2.04%)
Scottish: 145 (0.64%)
Slovak: 4 (0.02%)
Subsaharan African: 80 (0.35%)
Swedish: 146 (0.64%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 8 (0.04%)
United States or American: 2,973 (13.08%)
Welsh: 97 (0.43%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 49 (0.22%)
Other ancestries: 5,948 (26.17%)

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