Highlands, TX

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4833836, place: Highlands CDP, Texas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,992 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 78 (3.92%)
Kindergarten: 132 (6.63%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,023 (51.36%)
High school (grades 9-12): 425 (21.34%)
College or graduate school: 334 (16.77%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 4,470 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 251 (5.62%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 792 (17.72%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,683 (37.65%)
Some college, no degree: 1,113 (24.9%)
Associate degree: 310 (6.94%)
Bachelor's degree: 182 (4.07%)
Graduate or professional degree: 139 (3.11%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 76.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 7.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 5,411 (100%)
Never married: 1,177 (21.75%)
Now married, except separated: 3,166 (58.51%)
Separated: 105 (1.94%)
Total Widowed: 336 (6.21%)
Widowed Female: 272 (5.03%)
Total Divorced: 627 (11.59%)
Divorced Female: 330 (6.1%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 187 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 79 (42.25%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 5,070 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 685 (13.51%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,810 (100%)
--With a disability: 160 (8.84%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 4,005 (100%)
--With a disability: 794 (19.83%)
----Percent employed: 42.9%
--No disability: 3,211 (80.17%)
----Percent employed: 72.8%
Population 65 years and over: 733 (100%)
--With a disability: 277 (37.79%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 6,563 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 4,374 (66.65%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,120 (32.3%)
--Same county: 1,718 (26.18%)
--Different county: 402 (6.13%)
----Same state: 251 (3.82%)
----Different state: 151 (2.3%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 69 (1.05%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 7,012 (100%)
Native: 6,642 (94.72%)
--Born in United States: 6,584 (100%)
----State of residence: 5,233 (74.63%)
----Different state: 1,351 (19.27%)
--Born outside United States: 58 (0.83%)
Foreign born: 370 (5.28%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 122 (1.74%)
--Naturalized citizen: 111 (1.58%)
--Not a citizen: 259 (3.69%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 370 (100%)
Europe: 38 (10.27%)
Asia: 31 (8.38%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 301 (81.35%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 6,563 (100%)
English only: 5,602 (85.36%)
Language other than English: 961 (14.64%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 335 (5.1%)
--Spanish: 843 (12.84%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 300 (4.57%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 87 (1.33%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7 (0.11%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 31 (0.47%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 28 (0.43%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 7,012 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 6,387% (91.09%)
Arab: 7 (0.1%)
Czech: 70 (1%)
Danish: 6 (0.09%)
Dutch: 165 (2.35%)
English: 527 (7.52%)
French (except Basque): 288 (4.11%)
French Canadian: 29 (0.41%)
German: 675 (9.63%)
Greek: 14 (0.2%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 892 (12.72%)
Italian: 192 (2.74%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 41 (0.58%)
Polish: 182 (2.6%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 142 (2.03%)
Scottish: 54 (0.77%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 19 (0.27%)
Swedish: 26 (0.37%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 8 (0.11%)
United States or American: 1,142 (16.29%)
Welsh: 9 (0.13%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 56 (0.8%)
Other ancestries: 1,843 (26.28%)

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