Fort Hancock, TX

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4826724, place: Fort Hancock CDP, Texas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 560 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 32 (5.71%)
Kindergarten: 31 (5.54%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 299 (53.39%)
High school (grades 9-12): 161 (28.75%)
College or graduate school: 37 (6.61%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 938 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 527 (56.18%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 134 (14.29%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 127 (13.54%)
Some college, no degree: 72 (7.68%)
Associate degree: 7 (0.75%)
Bachelor's degree: 44 (4.69%)
Graduate or professional degree: 27 (2.88%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 29.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 7.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,249 (100%)
Never married: 278 (22.26%)
Now married, except separated: 766 (61.33%)
Separated: 22 (1.76%)
Total Widowed: 113 (9.05%)
Widowed Female: 76 (6.08%)
Total Divorced: 70 (5.6%)
Divorced Female: 27 (2.16%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 110 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 61 (55.45%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,116 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 38 (3.41%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 588 (100%)
--With a disability: 21 (3.57%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 862 (100%)
--With a disability: 187 (21.69%)
----Percent employed: 36.4%
--No disability: 675 (78.31%)
----Percent employed: 50.8%
Population 65 years and over: 158 (100%)
--With a disability: 103 (65.19%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,608 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,231 (76.55%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 316 (19.65%)
--Same county: 120 (7.46%)
--Different county: 196 (12.19%)
----Same state: 146 (9.08%)
----Different state: 50 (3.11%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 61 (3.79%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,802 (100%)
Native: 963 (53.44%)
--Born in United States: 945 (100%)
----State of residence: 814 (45.17%)
----Different state: 131 (7.27%)
--Born outside United States: 18 (1%)
Foreign born: 839 (46.56%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 372 (20.64%)
--Naturalized citizen: 188 (10.43%)
--Not a citizen: 651 (36.13%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 839 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 839 (100%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,608 (100%)
English only: 128 (7.96%)
Language other than English: 1,480 (92.04%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 912 (56.72%)
--Spanish: 1,480 (92.04%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 912 (56.72%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 0 (0%)
----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: 1,802 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,702% (94.45%)
Arab: 3 (0.17%)
Czech: 3 (0.17%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 4 (0.22%)
English: 18 (1%)
French (except Basque): 7 (0.39%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 13 (0.72%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 19 (1.05%)
Italian: 5 (0.28%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 6 (0.33%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 5 (0.28%)
Scottish: 12 (0.67%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 56 (3.11%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 1,551 (86.07%)

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