Hereford, TX

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4833320, place: Hereford city, Texas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 4,463 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 263 (5.89%)
Kindergarten: 318 (7.13%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 2,350 (52.66%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,102 (24.69%)
College or graduate school: 430 (9.63%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 8,115 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,789 (22.05%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,440 (17.74%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,090 (25.75%)
Some college, no degree: 1,578 (19.45%)
Associate degree: 234 (2.88%)
Bachelor's degree: 681 (8.39%)
Graduate or professional degree: 303 (3.73%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 60.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 12.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 10,350 (100%)
Never married: 2,360 (22.8%)
Now married, except separated: 6,002 (57.99%)
Separated: 287 (2.77%)
Total Widowed: 817 (7.89%)
Widowed Female: 695 (6.71%)
Total Divorced: 884 (8.54%)
Divorced Female: 475 (4.59%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 533 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 310 (58.16%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 9,578 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 722 (7.54%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 4,303 (100%)
--With a disability: 306 (7.11%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 7,070 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,954 (27.64%)
----Percent employed: 59.2%
--No disability: 5,116 (72.36%)
----Percent employed: 70.4%
Population 65 years and over: 1,579 (100%)
--With a disability: 740 (46.87%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 13,193 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 6,996 (53.03%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 5,953 (45.12%)
--Same county: 4,104 (31.11%)
--Different county: 1,849 (14.02%)
----Same state: 1,381 (10.47%)
----Different state: 468 (3.55%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 244 (1.85%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 14,556 (100%)
Native: 12,815 (88.04%)
--Born in United States: 12,725 (100%)
----State of residence: 10,731 (73.72%)
----Different state: 1,994 (13.7%)
--Born outside United States: 90 (0.62%)
Foreign born: 1,741 (11.96%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 625 (4.29%)
--Naturalized citizen: 651 (4.47%)
--Not a citizen: 1,090 (7.49%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,741 (100%)
Europe: 24 (1.38%)
Asia: 56 (3.22%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 1,647 (94.6%)
Northern America: 14 (0.8%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 13,193 (100%)
English only: 6,326 (47.95%)
Language other than English: 6,867 (52.05%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2,710 (20.54%)
--Spanish: 6,789 (51.46%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2,689 (20.38%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 44 (0.33%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6 (0.05%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 24 (0.18%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5 (0.04%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 14,556 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 13,250% (91.03%)
Arab: 15 (0.1%)
Czech: 17 (0.12%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 115 (0.79%)
English: 702 (4.82%)
French (except Basque): 125 (0.86%)
French Canadian: 49 (0.34%)
German: 923 (6.34%)
Greek: 24 (0.16%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 699 (4.8%)
Italian: 73 (0.5%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 35 (0.24%)
Polish: 89 (0.61%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 12 (0.08%)
Scotch-Irish: 135 (0.93%)
Scottish: 108 (0.74%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 21 (0.14%)
Swiss: 12 (0.08%)
Ukrainian: 18 (0.12%)
United States or American: 1,040 (7.14%)
Welsh: 15 (0.1%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 6 (0.04%)
Other ancestries: 9,017 (61.95%)

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