Edcouch, TX

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4822528, place: Edcouch city, Texas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,118 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 100 (8.94%)
Kindergarten: 94 (8.41%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 545 (48.75%)
High school (grades 9-12): 269 (24.06%)
College or graduate school: 110 (9.84%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,724 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 767 (44.49%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 331 (19.2%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 272 (15.78%)
Some college, no degree: 230 (13.34%)
Associate degree: 40 (2.32%)
Bachelor's degree: 66 (3.83%)
Graduate or professional degree: 18 (1.04%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 36.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 4.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,312 (100%)
Never married: 649 (28.07%)
Now married, except separated: 1,163 (50.3%)
Separated: 167 (7.22%)
Total Widowed: 140 (6.06%)
Widowed Female: 105 (4.54%)
Total Divorced: 193 (8.35%)
Divorced Female: 144 (6.23%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 178 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 76 (42.7%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,115 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 103 (4.87%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,048 (100%)
--With a disability: 90 (8.59%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,656 (100%)
--With a disability: 454 (27.42%)
----Percent employed: 43%
--No disability: 1,202 (72.58%)
----Percent employed: 51.9%
Population 65 years and over: 290 (100%)
--With a disability: 184 (63.45%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,994 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,956 (65.33%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 983 (32.83%)
--Same county: 752 (25.12%)
--Different county: 231 (7.72%)
----Same state: 83 (2.77%)
----Different state: 148 (4.94%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 55 (1.84%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 3,352 (100%)
Native: 2,660 (79.36%)
--Born in United States: 2,653 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,430 (72.49%)
----Different state: 223 (6.65%)
--Born outside United States: 7 (0.21%)
Foreign born: 692 (20.64%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 248 (7.4%)
--Naturalized citizen: 219 (6.53%)
--Not a citizen: 473 (14.11%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 692 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 692 (100%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,994 (100%)
English only: 230 (7.68%)
Language other than English: 2,764 (92.32%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,309 (43.72%)
--Spanish: 2,764 (92.32%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,309 (43.72%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 0 (0%)
----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: 3,352 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 3,014% (89.92%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 0 (0%)
English: 0 (0%)
French (except Basque): 5 (0.15%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 3 (0.09%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 0 (0%)
Italian: 0 (0%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 0 (0%)
Scottish: 0 (0%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 74 (2.21%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 2,932 (87.47%)

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