Desoto, TX

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4820092, place: DeSoto city, Texas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 11,235 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 798 (7.1%)
Kindergarten: 533 (4.74%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 5,050 (44.95%)
High school (grades 9-12): 2,450 (21.81%)
College or graduate school: 2,404 (21.4%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 24,327 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 736 (3.03%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 2,089 (8.59%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 5,369 (22.07%)
Some college, no degree: 6,997 (28.76%)
Associate degree: 1,793 (7.37%)
Bachelor's degree: 4,907 (20.17%)
Graduate or professional degree: 2,436 (10.01%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 88.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 30.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 28,966 (100%)
Never married: 6,545 (22.6%)
Now married, except separated: 17,727 (61.2%)
Separated: 626 (2.16%)
Total Widowed: 1,513 (5.22%)
Widowed Female: 1,307 (4.51%)
Total Divorced: 2,555 (8.82%)
Divorced Female: 1,673 (5.78%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 934 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 520 (55.67%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 27,139 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 3,810 (14.04%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 9,312 (100%)
--With a disability: 610 (6.55%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 22,083 (100%)
--With a disability: 3,190 (14.45%)
----Percent employed: 66.9%
--No disability: 18,893 (85.55%)
----Percent employed: 83.7%
Population 65 years and over: 3,222 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,258 (39.04%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 35,048 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 18,209 (51.95%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 16,493 (47.06%)
--Same county: 11,145 (31.8%)
--Different county: 5,348 (15.26%)
----Same state: 3,154 (9%)
----Different state: 2,194 (6.26%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 346 (0.99%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 37,623 (100%)
Native: 35,822 (95.21%)
--Born in United States: 35,619 (100%)
----State of residence: 25,064 (66.62%)
----Different state: 10,555 (28.05%)
--Born outside United States: 203 (0.54%)
Foreign born: 1,801 (4.79%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 715 (1.9%)
--Naturalized citizen: 910 (2.42%)
--Not a citizen: 891 (2.37%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,801 (100%)
Europe: 230 (12.77%)
Asia: 537 (29.82%)
Africa: 95 (5.27%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 865 (48.03%)
Northern America: 74 (4.11%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 35,048 (100%)
English only: 31,350 (89.45%)
Language other than English: 3,698 (10.55%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,257 (3.59%)
--Spanish: 2,538 (7.24%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 905 (2.58%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 535 (1.53%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 114 (0.33%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 493 (1.41%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 230 (0.66%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 37,623 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 34,371% (91.36%)
Arab: 92 (0.24%)
Czech: 206 (0.55%)
Danish: 74 (0.2%)
Dutch: 294 (0.78%)
English: 2,757 (7.33%)
French (except Basque): 502 (1.33%)
French Canadian: 39 (0.1%)
German: 2,898 (7.7%)
Greek: 32 (0.09%)
Hungarian: 88 (0.23%)
Irish: 2,268 (6.03%)
Italian: 457 (1.21%)
Lithuanian: 30 (0.08%)
Norwegian: 285 (0.76%)
Polish: 210 (0.56%)
Portuguese: 11 (0.03%)
Russian: 39 (0.1%)
Scotch-Irish: 598 (1.59%)
Scottish: 507 (1.35%)
Slovak: 65 (0.17%)
Subsaharan African: 641 (1.7%)
Swedish: 194 (0.52%)
Swiss: 34 (0.09%)
Ukrainian: 26 (0.07%)
United States or American: 2,271 (6.04%)
Welsh: 122 (0.32%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 57 (0.15%)
Other ancestries: 19,574 (52.03%)

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