Friendswood, TX

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4827648, place: Friendswood city, Texas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 8,977 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 676 (7.53%)
Kindergarten: 523 (5.83%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 4,137 (46.08%)
High school (grades 9-12): 2,071 (23.07%)
College or graduate school: 1,570 (17.49%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 18,407 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 398 (2.16%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,006 (5.47%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 3,326 (18.07%)
Some college, no degree: 5,225 (28.39%)
Associate degree: 1,353 (7.35%)
Bachelor's degree: 4,981 (27.06%)
Graduate or professional degree: 2,118 (11.51%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 92.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 38.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 21,768 (100%)
Never married: 4,293 (19.72%)
Now married, except separated: 14,416 (66.23%)
Separated: 208 (0.96%)
Total Widowed: 1,088 (5%)
Widowed Female: 905 (4.16%)
Total Divorced: 1,763 (8.1%)
Divorced Female: 1,049 (4.82%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 418 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 147 (35.17%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 20,164 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 2,827 (14.02%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 7,634 (100%)
--With a disability: 377 (4.94%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 16,681 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,891 (11.34%)
----Percent employed: 66.3%
--No disability: 14,790 (88.66%)
----Percent employed: 80.4%
Population 65 years and over: 2,239 (100%)
--With a disability: 890 (39.75%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 26,853 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 15,026 (55.96%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 11,528 (42.93%)
--Same county: 4,853 (18.07%)
--Different county: 6,675 (24.86%)
----Same state: 4,639 (17.28%)
----Different state: 2,036 (7.58%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 299 (1.11%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 28,734 (100%)
Native: 27,100 (94.31%)
--Born in United States: 26,851 (100%)
----State of residence: 17,419 (60.62%)
----Different state: 9,432 (32.83%)
--Born outside United States: 249 (0.87%)
Foreign born: 1,634 (5.69%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 591 (2.06%)
--Naturalized citizen: 945 (3.29%)
--Not a citizen: 689 (2.4%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,634 (100%)
Europe: 372 (22.77%)
Asia: 501 (30.66%)
Africa: 39 (2.39%)
Oceania: 9 (0.55%)
Latin America: 592 (36.23%)
Northern America: 121 (7.41%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 26,853 (100%)
English only: 24,071 (89.64%)
Language other than English: 2,782 (10.36%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 859 (3.2%)
--Spanish: 1,611 (6%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 533 (1.98%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 782 (2.91%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 183 (0.68%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 348 (1.3%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 118 (0.44%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 28,734 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 29,615% (103.07%)
Arab: 74 (0.26%)
Czech: 496 (1.73%)
Danish: 153 (0.53%)
Dutch: 381 (1.33%)
English: 4,111 (14.31%)
French (except Basque): 1,579 (5.5%)
French Canadian: 281 (0.98%)
German: 5,112 (17.79%)
Greek: 129 (0.45%)
Hungarian: 78 (0.27%)
Irish: 3,495 (12.16%)
Italian: 1,172 (4.08%)
Lithuanian: 51 (0.18%)
Norwegian: 325 (1.13%)
Polish: 721 (2.51%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 165 (0.57%)
Scotch-Irish: 862 (3%)
Scottish: 816 (2.84%)
Slovak: 31 (0.11%)
Subsaharan African: 131 (0.46%)
Swedish: 209 (0.73%)
Swiss: 46 (0.16%)
Ukrainian: 27 (0.09%)
United States or American: 2,606 (9.07%)
Welsh: 233 (0.81%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 49 (0.17%)
Other ancestries: 6,282 (21.86%)

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