General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4824000, place: El Paso city, Texas)SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school: 184,875 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 9,581 (5.18%)
Kindergarten: 11,050 (5.98%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 81,078 (43.86%)
High school (grades 9-12): 42,034 (22.74%)
College or graduate school: 41,132 (22.25%)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTPopulation 25 years and over: 334,043 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 65,189 (19.52%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 39,801 (11.91%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 75,114 (22.49%)
Some college, no degree: 75,325 (22.55%)
Associate degree: 17,397 (5.21%)
Bachelor's degree: 40,498 (12.12%)
Graduate or professional degree: 20,719 (6.2%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 68.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 18.3%
MARITIAL STATUSPopulation 15 years and over: 418,288 (100%)
Never married: 112,216 (26.83%)
Now married, except separated: 227,055 (54.28%)
Separated: 13,181 (3.15%)
Total Widowed: 25,338 (6.06%)
Widowed Female: 21,039 (5.03%)
Total Divorced: 40,498 (9.68%)
Divorced Female: 25,899 (6.19%)
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERSGrandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 24,452 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 10,055 (41.12%)
VETERAN STATUSCivilian population 18 years and over: 384,611 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 48,272 (12.55%)
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATIONPopulation 5 to 20 years: 152,521 (100%)
--With a disability: 11,059 (7.25%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 297,333 (100%)
--With a disability: 63,871 (21.48%)
----Percent employed: 51%
--No disability: 233,462 (78.52%)
----Percent employed: 66.2%
Population 65 years and over: 59,077 (100%)
--With a disability: 28,257 (47.83%)
RESIDENCE IN 1995Population 5 years and over: 517,224 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 279,912 (54.12%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 211,274 (40.85%)
--Same county: 164,200 (31.75%)
--Different county: 47,074 (9.1%)
----Same state: 12,244 (2.37%)
----Different state: 34,830 (6.73%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 26,038 (5.03%)
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTHTotal population: 564,280 (100%)
Native: 416,775 (73.86%)
--Born in United States: 405,263 (100%)
----State of residence: 306,634 (54.34%)
----Different state: 98,629 (17.48%)
--Born outside United States: 11,512 (2.04%)
Foreign born: 147,505 (26.14%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 44,675 (7.92%)
--Naturalized citizen: 64,900 (11.5%)
--Not a citizen: 82,605 (14.64%)
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORNTotal (excluding born at sea): 147,505 (100%)
Europe: 5,688 (3.86%)
Asia: 5,502 (3.73%)
Africa: 428 (0.29%)
Oceania: 78 (0.05%)
Latin America: 135,229 (91.68%)
Northern America: 580 (0.39%)
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOMEPopulation 5 years and over: 517,224 (100%)
English only: 148,224 (28.66%)
Language other than English: 369,000 (71.34%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 159,085 (30.76%)
--Spanish: 356,558 (68.94%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 154,856 (29.94%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 6,973 (1.35%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,778 (0.34%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 4,394 (0.85%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2,119 (0.41%)
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)Total population: 564,280 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 553,268% (98.05%)
Arab: 2,105 (0.37%)
Czech: 723 (0.13%)
Danish: 733 (0.13%)
Dutch: 2,075 (0.37%)
English: 15,719 (2.79%)
French (except Basque): 5,664 (1%)
French Canadian: 1,027 (0.18%)
German: 25,770 (4.57%)
Greek: 456 (0.08%)
Hungarian: 575 (0.1%)
Irish: 16,596 (2.94%)
Italian: 6,800 (1.21%)
Lithuanian: 236 (0.04%)
Norwegian: 1,887 (0.33%)
Polish: 2,964 (0.53%)
Portuguese: 292 (0.05%)
Russian: 1,350 (0.24%)
Scotch-Irish: 3,933 (0.7%)
Scottish: 3,492 (0.62%)
Slovak: 218 (0.04%)
Subsaharan African: 1,202 (0.21%)
Swedish: 1,502 (0.27%)
Swiss: 268 (0.05%)
Ukrainian: 199 (0.04%)
United States or American: 15,060 (2.67%)
Welsh: 1,157 (0.21%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 505 (0.09%)
Other ancestries: 440,760 (78.11%)
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