Kenedy, TX

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4838860, place: Kenedy city, Texas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 967 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 97 (10.03%)
Kindergarten: 101 (10.44%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 441 (45.6%)
High school (grades 9-12): 259 (26.78%)
College or graduate school: 69 (7.14%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,083 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 517 (24.82%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 393 (18.87%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 595 (28.56%)
Some college, no degree: 293 (14.07%)
Associate degree: 110 (5.28%)
Bachelor's degree: 134 (6.43%)
Graduate or professional degree: 41 (1.97%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 56.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 8.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,622 (100%)
Never married: 663 (25.29%)
Now married, except separated: 1,349 (51.45%)
Separated: 71 (2.71%)
Total Widowed: 255 (9.73%)
Widowed Female: 232 (8.85%)
Total Divorced: 284 (10.83%)
Divorced Female: 130 (4.96%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 83 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 47 (56.63%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,429 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 226 (9.3%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,006 (100%)
--With a disability: 39 (3.88%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,657 (100%)
--With a disability: 327 (19.73%)
----Percent employed: 48.6%
--No disability: 1,330 (80.27%)
----Percent employed: 69.5%
Population 65 years and over: 470 (100%)
--With a disability: 229 (48.72%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 3,233 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,786 (55.24%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,435 (44.39%)
--Same county: 980 (30.31%)
--Different county: 455 (14.07%)
----Same state: 420 (12.99%)
----Different state: 35 (1.08%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 12 (0.37%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 3,502 (100%)
Native: 3,414 (97.49%)
--Born in United States: 3,407 (100%)
----State of residence: 3,142 (89.72%)
----Different state: 265 (7.57%)
--Born outside United States: 7 (0.2%)
Foreign born: 88 (2.51%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 32 (0.91%)
--Naturalized citizen: 30 (0.86%)
--Not a citizen: 58 (1.66%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 88 (100%)
Europe: 11 (12.5%)
Asia: 5 (5.68%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 72 (81.82%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 3,233 (100%)
English only: 1,608 (49.74%)
Language other than English: 1,625 (50.26%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 525 (16.24%)
--Spanish: 1,571 (48.59%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 499 (15.43%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 49 (1.52%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 26 (0.8%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 5 (0.15%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 3,502 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 3,203% (91.46%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 58 (1.66%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 4 (0.11%)
English: 79 (2.26%)
French (except Basque): 53 (1.51%)
French Canadian: 4 (0.11%)
German: 313 (8.94%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 107 (3.06%)
Italian: 0 (0%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 6 (0.17%)
Polish: 100 (2.86%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 9 (0.26%)
Scottish: 12 (0.34%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 43 (1.23%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 149 (4.25%)
Welsh: 7 (0.2%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 19 (0.54%)
Other ancestries: 2,240 (63.96%)

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