Fabens, TX

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4825032, place: Fabens CDP, Texas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,848 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 130 (4.56%)
Kindergarten: 213 (7.48%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,442 (50.63%)
High school (grades 9-12): 845 (29.67%)
College or graduate school: 218 (7.65%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 3,918 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,540 (39.31%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 706 (18.02%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,028 (26.24%)
Some college, no degree: 482 (12.3%)
Associate degree: 51 (1.3%)
Bachelor's degree: 72 (1.84%)
Graduate or professional degree: 39 (1%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 42.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 2.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 5,324 (100%)
Never married: 1,490 (27.99%)
Now married, except separated: 2,920 (54.85%)
Separated: 220 (4.13%)
Total Widowed: 332 (6.24%)
Widowed Female: 274 (5.15%)
Total Divorced: 362 (6.8%)
Divorced Female: 241 (4.53%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 563 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 277 (49.2%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 4,803 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 245 (5.1%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,809 (100%)
--With a disability: 131 (4.66%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 3,771 (100%)
--With a disability: 784 (20.79%)
----Percent employed: 42.6%
--No disability: 2,987 (79.21%)
----Percent employed: 57%
Population 65 years and over: 580 (100%)
--With a disability: 258 (44.48%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 7,160 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 4,761 (66.49%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,969 (27.5%)
--Same county: 1,614 (22.54%)
--Different county: 355 (4.96%)
----Same state: 80 (1.12%)
----Different state: 275 (3.84%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 430 (6.01%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 7,914 (100%)
Native: 5,556 (70.2%)
--Born in United States: 5,487 (100%)
----State of residence: 4,851 (61.3%)
----Different state: 636 (8.04%)
--Born outside United States: 69 (0.87%)
Foreign born: 2,358 (29.8%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 845 (10.68%)
--Naturalized citizen: 954 (12.05%)
--Not a citizen: 1,404 (17.74%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 2,358 (100%)
Europe: 7 (0.3%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 2,351 (99.7%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 7,160 (100%)
English only: 614 (8.58%)
Language other than English: 6,546 (91.42%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3,495 (48.81%)
--Spanish: 6,541 (91.35%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3,495 (48.81%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 5 (0.07%)
----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: 7,914 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 7,129% (90.08%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 0 (0%)
English: 70 (0.88%)
French (except Basque): 0 (0%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 47 (0.59%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 102 (1.29%)
Italian: 0 (0%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 8 (0.1%)
Scottish: 0 (0%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 8 (0.1%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 6 (0.08%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 99 (1.25%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 6,789 (85.78%)

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