Groves, TX

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4831328, place: Groves city, Texas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 3,968 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 263 (6.63%)
Kindergarten: 183 (4.61%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,744 (43.95%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,051 (26.49%)
College or graduate school: 727 (18.32%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 10,627 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 468 (4.4%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,191 (11.21%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 3,786 (35.63%)
Some college, no degree: 2,830 (26.63%)
Associate degree: 806 (7.58%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,195 (11.24%)
Graduate or professional degree: 351 (3.3%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 84.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 14.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 12,780 (100%)
Never married: 2,257 (17.66%)
Now married, except separated: 8,143 (63.72%)
Separated: 142 (1.11%)
Total Widowed: 1,074 (8.4%)
Widowed Female: 930 (7.28%)
Total Divorced: 1,164 (9.11%)
Divorced Female: 682 (5.34%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 278 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 126 (45.32%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 12,104 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,869 (15.44%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 3,492 (100%)
--With a disability: 199 (5.7%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 8,405 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,586 (18.87%)
----Percent employed: 61.7%
--No disability: 6,819 (81.13%)
----Percent employed: 78%
Population 65 years and over: 2,800 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,149 (41.04%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 14,880 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 9,736 (65.43%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 5,006 (33.64%)
--Same county: 3,668 (24.65%)
--Different county: 1,338 (8.99%)
----Same state: 953 (6.4%)
----Different state: 385 (2.59%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 138 (0.93%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 15,844 (100%)
Native: 15,453 (97.53%)
--Born in United States: 15,398 (100%)
----State of residence: 11,731 (74.04%)
----Different state: 3,667 (23.14%)
--Born outside United States: 55 (0.35%)
Foreign born: 391 (2.47%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 170 (1.07%)
--Naturalized citizen: 160 (1.01%)
--Not a citizen: 231 (1.46%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 391 (100%)
Europe: 62 (15.86%)
Asia: 84 (21.48%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 245 (62.66%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 14,880 (100%)
English only: 13,447 (90.37%)
Language other than English: 1,433 (9.63%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 529 (3.56%)
--Spanish: 694 (4.66%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 269 (1.81%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 613 (4.12%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 166 (1.12%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 111 (0.75%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 90 (0.6%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 15,844 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 14,806% (93.45%)
Arab: 51 (0.32%)
Czech: 27 (0.17%)
Danish: 6 (0.04%)
Dutch: 266 (1.68%)
English: 1,357 (8.56%)
French (except Basque): 2,864 (18.08%)
French Canadian: 993 (6.27%)
German: 1,569 (9.9%)
Greek: 4 (0.03%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 1,755 (11.08%)
Italian: 724 (4.57%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 49 (0.31%)
Polish: 77 (0.49%)
Portuguese: 6 (0.04%)
Russian: 8 (0.05%)
Scotch-Irish: 398 (2.51%)
Scottish: 185 (1.17%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 75 (0.47%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 1,483 (9.36%)
Welsh: 59 (0.37%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 2,850 (17.99%)

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