El Campo, TX

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4822864, place: El Campo city, Texas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 3,019 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 192 (6.36%)
Kindergarten: 163 (5.4%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,572 (52.07%)
High school (grades 9-12): 807 (26.73%)
College or graduate school: 285 (9.44%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 6,473 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,137 (17.57%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 979 (15.12%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,835 (28.35%)
Some college, no degree: 1,254 (19.37%)
Associate degree: 316 (4.88%)
Bachelor's degree: 653 (10.09%)
Graduate or professional degree: 299 (4.62%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 67.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 14.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 8,102 (100%)
Never married: 1,972 (24.34%)
Now married, except separated: 4,437 (54.76%)
Separated: 171 (2.11%)
Total Widowed: 730 (9.01%)
Widowed Female: 635 (7.84%)
Total Divorced: 792 (9.78%)
Divorced Female: 482 (5.95%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 316 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 200 (63.29%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 7,569 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 801 (10.58%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 3,008 (100%)
--With a disability: 160 (5.32%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 5,407 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,071 (19.81%)
----Percent employed: 59.3%
--No disability: 4,336 (80.19%)
----Percent employed: 74.7%
Population 65 years and over: 1,430 (100%)
--With a disability: 678 (47.41%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 9,962 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 5,785 (58.07%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 3,965 (39.8%)
--Same county: 2,772 (27.83%)
--Different county: 1,193 (11.98%)
----Same state: 1,005 (10.09%)
----Different state: 188 (1.89%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 212 (2.13%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 10,820 (100%)
Native: 10,004 (92.46%)
--Born in United States: 9,960 (100%)
----State of residence: 9,198 (85.01%)
----Different state: 762 (7.04%)
--Born outside United States: 44 (0.41%)
Foreign born: 816 (7.54%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 391 (3.61%)
--Naturalized citizen: 216 (2%)
--Not a citizen: 600 (5.55%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 816 (100%)
Europe: 21 (2.57%)
Asia: 14 (1.72%)
Africa: 12 (1.47%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 769 (94.24%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 9,962 (100%)
English only: 6,752 (67.78%)
Language other than English: 3,210 (32.22%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,066 (10.7%)
--Spanish: 2,893 (29.04%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 984 (9.88%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 288 (2.89%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 78 (0.78%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 11 (0.11%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (0.04%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 10,820 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 10,707% (98.96%)
Arab: 11 (0.1%)
Czech: 1,301 (12.02%)
Danish: 224 (2.07%)
Dutch: 38 (0.35%)
English: 490 (4.53%)
French (except Basque): 183 (1.69%)
French Canadian: 61 (0.56%)
German: 1,271 (11.75%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 773 (7.14%)
Italian: 60 (0.55%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 17 (0.16%)
Polish: 88 (0.81%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 27 (0.25%)
Scotch-Irish: 127 (1.17%)
Scottish: 38 (0.35%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 175 (1.62%)
Swedish: 118 (1.09%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 502 (4.64%)
Welsh: 15 (0.14%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 5,188 (47.95%)

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