Elsa, TX

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4824036, place: Elsa city, Texas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,946 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 126 (6.47%)
Kindergarten: 116 (5.96%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 862 (44.3%)
High school (grades 9-12): 550 (28.26%)
College or graduate school: 292 (15.01%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,876 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,278 (44.44%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 248 (8.62%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 650 (22.6%)
Some college, no degree: 405 (14.08%)
Associate degree: 86 (2.99%)
Bachelor's degree: 150 (5.22%)
Graduate or professional degree: 59 (2.05%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 46.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 7.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 3,826 (100%)
Never married: 1,073 (28.04%)
Now married, except separated: 2,001 (52.3%)
Separated: 176 (4.6%)
Total Widowed: 363 (9.49%)
Widowed Female: 267 (6.98%)
Total Divorced: 213 (5.57%)
Divorced Female: 140 (3.66%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 306 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 123 (40.2%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 3,520 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 200 (5.68%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,737 (100%)
--With a disability: 77 (4.43%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,470 (100%)
--With a disability: 680 (27.53%)
----Percent employed: 44.6%
--No disability: 1,790 (72.47%)
----Percent employed: 59.8%
Population 65 years and over: 687 (100%)
--With a disability: 350 (50.95%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 4,894 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 3,669 (74.97%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,118 (22.84%)
--Same county: 695 (14.2%)
--Different county: 423 (8.64%)
----Same state: 168 (3.43%)
----Different state: 255 (5.21%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 107 (2.19%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 5,325 (100%)
Native: 4,368 (82.03%)
--Born in United States: 4,357 (100%)
----State of residence: 3,991 (74.95%)
----Different state: 366 (6.87%)
--Born outside United States: 11 (0.21%)
Foreign born: 957 (17.97%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 383 (7.19%)
--Naturalized citizen: 272 (5.11%)
--Not a citizen: 685 (12.86%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 957 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 30 (3.13%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 927 (96.87%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 4,894 (100%)
English only: 460 (9.4%)
Language other than English: 4,434 (90.6%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,920 (39.23%)
--Spanish: 4,327 (88.41%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,820 (37.19%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 7 (0.14%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 100 (2.04%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 100 (2.04%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 5,325 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 4,808% (90.29%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 18 (0.34%)
English: 18 (0.34%)
French (except Basque): 0 (0%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 30 (0.56%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 27 (0.51%)
Italian: 0 (0%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 16 (0.3%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 0 (0%)
Scottish: 0 (0%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 6 (0.11%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 0 (0%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 4,693 (88.13%)

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