Highland Park, TX

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4833824, place: Highland Park town, Texas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,552 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 313 (12.26%)
Kindergarten: 186 (7.29%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,142 (44.75%)
High school (grades 9-12): 545 (21.36%)
College or graduate school: 366 (14.34%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 6,099 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 29 (0.48%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 40 (0.66%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 232 (3.8%)
Some college, no degree: 1,132 (18.56%)
Associate degree: 113 (1.85%)
Bachelor's degree: 2,717 (44.55%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,836 (30.1%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 98.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 74.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 6,852 (100%)
Never married: 1,468 (21.42%)
Now married, except separated: 4,401 (64.23%)
Separated: 66 (0.96%)
Total Widowed: 443 (6.47%)
Widowed Female: 375 (5.47%)
Total Divorced: 474 (6.92%)
Divorced Female: 352 (5.14%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 17 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 9 (52.94%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 6,422 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 860 (13.39%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,039 (100%)
--With a disability: 43 (2.11%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 4,924 (100%)
--With a disability: 288 (5.85%)
----Percent employed: 67.7%
--No disability: 4,636 (94.15%)
----Percent employed: 68.1%
Population 65 years and over: 1,320 (100%)
--With a disability: 236 (17.88%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 8,283 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 4,517 (54.53%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 3,664 (44.24%)
--Same county: 2,292 (27.67%)
--Different county: 1,372 (16.56%)
----Same state: 550 (6.64%)
----Different state: 822 (9.92%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 102 (1.23%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 8,827 (100%)
Native: 8,518 (96.5%)
--Born in United States: 8,424 (100%)
----State of residence: 5,327 (60.35%)
----Different state: 3,097 (35.09%)
--Born outside United States: 94 (1.06%)
Foreign born: 309 (3.5%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 112 (1.27%)
--Naturalized citizen: 118 (1.34%)
--Not a citizen: 191 (2.16%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 309 (100%)
Europe: 101 (32.69%)
Asia: 84 (27.18%)
Africa: 8 (2.59%)
Oceania: 29 (9.39%)
Latin America: 43 (13.92%)
Northern America: 44 (14.24%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 8,283 (100%)
English only: 7,687 (92.8%)
Language other than English: 596 (7.2%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 172 (2.08%)
--Spanish: 369 (4.45%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 142 (1.71%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 187 (2.26%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 30 (0.36%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 40 (0.48%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 8,827 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 9,202% (104.25%)
Arab: 60 (0.68%)
Czech: 68 (0.77%)
Danish: 46 (0.52%)
Dutch: 88 (1%)
English: 1,952 (22.11%)
French (except Basque): 383 (4.34%)
French Canadian: 51 (0.58%)
German: 1,348 (15.27%)
Greek: 32 (0.36%)
Hungarian: 29 (0.33%)
Irish: 1,040 (11.78%)
Italian: 343 (3.89%)
Lithuanian: 30 (0.34%)
Norwegian: 79 (0.89%)
Polish: 110 (1.25%)
Portuguese: 25 (0.28%)
Russian: 120 (1.36%)
Scotch-Irish: 370 (4.19%)
Scottish: 512 (5.8%)
Slovak: 8 (0.09%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 123 (1.39%)
Swiss: 46 (0.52%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 755 (8.55%)
Welsh: 105 (1.19%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 1,479 (16.76%)

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