Dripping Springs, TX

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4821424, place: Dripping Springs city, Texas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 492 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 28 (5.69%)
Kindergarten: 26 (5.28%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 195 (39.63%)
High school (grades 9-12): 165 (33.54%)
College or graduate school: 78 (15.85%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 968 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 89 (9.19%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 100 (10.33%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 294 (30.37%)
Some college, no degree: 213 (22%)
Associate degree: 54 (5.58%)
Bachelor's degree: 151 (15.6%)
Graduate or professional degree: 67 (6.92%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 80.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 22.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,234 (100%)
Never married: 287 (23.26%)
Now married, except separated: 736 (59.64%)
Separated: 9 (0.73%)
Total Widowed: 68 (5.51%)
Widowed Female: 50 (4.05%)
Total Divorced: 134 (10.86%)
Divorced Female: 65 (5.27%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 15 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 10 (66.67%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,100 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 148 (13.45%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 452 (100%)
--With a disability: 23 (5.09%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 867 (100%)
--With a disability: 111 (12.8%)
----Percent employed: 71.2%
--No disability: 756 (87.2%)
----Percent employed: 84.8%
Population 65 years and over: 159 (100%)
--With a disability: 70 (44.03%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,478 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 833 (56.36%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 587 (39.72%)
--Same county: 212 (14.34%)
--Different county: 375 (25.37%)
----Same state: 314 (21.24%)
----Different state: 61 (4.13%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 58 (3.92%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,578 (100%)
Native: 1,438 (91.13%)
--Born in United States: 1,419 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,080 (68.44%)
----Different state: 339 (21.48%)
--Born outside United States: 19 (1.2%)
Foreign born: 140 (8.87%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 87 (5.51%)
--Naturalized citizen: 13 (0.82%)
--Not a citizen: 127 (8.05%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 140 (100%)
Europe: 6 (4.29%)
Asia: 1 (0.71%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 7 (5%)
Latin America: 126 (90%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,478 (100%)
English only: 1,155 (78.15%)
Language other than English: 323 (21.85%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 135 (9.13%)
--Spanish: 308 (20.84%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 133 (9%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 15 (1.01%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.14%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,578 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,514% (95.94%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 21 (1.33%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 25 (1.58%)
English: 187 (11.85%)
French (except Basque): 101 (6.4%)
French Canadian: 14 (0.89%)
German: 233 (14.77%)
Greek: 15 (0.95%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 161 (10.2%)
Italian: 10 (0.63%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 8 (0.51%)
Polish: 18 (1.14%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 2 (0.13%)
Scotch-Irish: 65 (4.12%)
Scottish: 27 (1.71%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 20 (1.27%)
Swiss: 7 (0.44%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 73 (4.63%)
Welsh: 2 (0.13%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 2 (0.13%)
Other ancestries: 523 (33.14%)

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