Fairfield, TX

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4825104, place: Fairfield city, Texas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 825 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 50 (6.06%)
Kindergarten: 27 (3.27%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 432 (52.36%)
High school (grades 9-12): 196 (23.76%)
College or graduate school: 120 (14.55%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,043 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 225 (11.01%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 282 (13.8%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 725 (35.49%)
Some college, no degree: 476 (23.3%)
Associate degree: 140 (6.85%)
Bachelor's degree: 130 (6.36%)
Graduate or professional degree: 65 (3.18%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 75.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 9.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,452 (100%)
Never married: 482 (19.66%)
Now married, except separated: 1,342 (54.73%)
Separated: 30 (1.22%)
Total Widowed: 307 (12.52%)
Widowed Female: 244 (9.95%)
Total Divorced: 291 (11.87%)
Divorced Female: 177 (7.22%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 44 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 27 (61.36%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,300 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 343 (14.91%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 732 (100%)
--With a disability: 39 (5.33%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,554 (100%)
--With a disability: 351 (22.59%)
----Percent employed: 47.9%
--No disability: 1,203 (77.41%)
----Percent employed: 80.5%
Population 65 years and over: 534 (100%)
--With a disability: 262 (49.06%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,934 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,757 (59.88%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,091 (37.18%)
--Same county: 607 (20.69%)
--Different county: 484 (16.5%)
----Same state: 441 (15.03%)
----Different state: 43 (1.47%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 86 (2.93%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 3,105 (100%)
Native: 2,900 (93.4%)
--Born in United States: 2,865 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,447 (78.81%)
----Different state: 418 (13.46%)
--Born outside United States: 35 (1.13%)
Foreign born: 205 (6.6%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 113 (3.64%)
--Naturalized citizen: 75 (2.42%)
--Not a citizen: 130 (4.19%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 205 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 14 (6.83%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 191 (93.17%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,934 (100%)
English only: 2,650 (90.32%)
Language other than English: 284 (9.68%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 174 (5.93%)
--Spanish: 260 (8.86%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 154 (5.25%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 8 (0.27%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (0.14%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 16 (0.55%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 16 (0.55%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 3,105 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,353% (75.78%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 29 (0.93%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 14 (0.45%)
English: 179 (5.76%)
French (except Basque): 58 (1.87%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 218 (7.02%)
Greek: 8 (0.26%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 161 (5.19%)
Italian: 11 (0.35%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 19 (0.61%)
Polish: 5 (0.16%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 34 (1.1%)
Scottish: 15 (0.48%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 43 (1.38%)
Swedish: 8 (0.26%)
Swiss: 3 (0.1%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 485 (15.62%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 3 (0.1%)
Other ancestries: 1,060 (34.14%)

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