Giddings, TX

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4829432, place: Giddings city, Texas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,307 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 143 (10.94%)
Kindergarten: 94 (7.19%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 584 (44.68%)
High school (grades 9-12): 394 (30.15%)
College or graduate school: 92 (7.04%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,856 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 699 (24.47%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 411 (14.39%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 867 (30.36%)
Some college, no degree: 478 (16.74%)
Associate degree: 93 (3.26%)
Bachelor's degree: 211 (7.39%)
Graduate or professional degree: 97 (3.4%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 61.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 10.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 3,939 (100%)
Never married: 717 (18.2%)
Now married, except separated: 2,511 (63.75%)
Separated: 39 (0.99%)
Total Widowed: 336 (8.53%)
Widowed Female: 268 (6.8%)
Total Divorced: 336 (8.53%)
Divorced Female: 165 (4.19%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 67 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 41 (61.19%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 3,518 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 389 (11.06%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,088 (100%)
--With a disability: 101 (9.28%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,342 (100%)
--With a disability: 427 (18.23%)
----Percent employed: 57.8%
--No disability: 1,915 (81.77%)
----Percent employed: 79.9%
Population 65 years and over: 615 (100%)
--With a disability: 214 (34.8%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 4,669 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,382 (51.02%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,088 (44.72%)
--Same county: 915 (19.6%)
--Different county: 1,173 (25.12%)
----Same state: 991 (21.23%)
----Different state: 182 (3.9%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 199 (4.26%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 5,105 (100%)
Native: 4,466 (87.48%)
--Born in United States: 4,444 (100%)
----State of residence: 3,871 (75.83%)
----Different state: 573 (11.22%)
--Born outside United States: 22 (0.43%)
Foreign born: 639 (12.52%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 294 (5.76%)
--Naturalized citizen: 137 (2.68%)
--Not a citizen: 502 (9.83%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 639 (100%)
Europe: 12 (1.88%)
Asia: 7 (1.1%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 620 (97.03%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 4,669 (100%)
English only: 3,151 (67.49%)
Language other than English: 1,518 (32.51%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 648 (13.88%)
--Spanish: 1,333 (28.55%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 614 (13.15%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 178 (3.81%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 27 (0.58%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 7 (0.15%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7 (0.15%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 5,105 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 4,295% (84.13%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 47 (0.92%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 34 (0.67%)
English: 65 (1.27%)
French (except Basque): 116 (2.27%)
French Canadian: 27 (0.53%)
German: 1,009 (19.76%)
Greek: 15 (0.29%)
Hungarian: 22 (0.43%)
Irish: 240 (4.7%)
Italian: 27 (0.53%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 48 (0.94%)
Polish: 23 (0.45%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 8 (0.16%)
Scotch-Irish: 46 (0.9%)
Scottish: 36 (0.71%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 16 (0.31%)
Swedish: 57 (1.12%)
Swiss: 8 (0.16%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 173 (3.39%)
Welsh: 23 (0.45%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 19 (0.37%)
Other ancestries: 2,236 (43.8%)

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