U.S. Beacon March 29, 2024

Kilgore, TX

Gregg County, Texas

Latitude: 32.385534     Longitude: -94.868502
Population 11,858 (2005)



General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4839124, place: Kilgore city, Texas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 3,024 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 150 (4.96%)
Kindergarten: 191 (6.32%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,461 (48.31%)
High school (grades 9-12): 553 (18.29%)
College or graduate school: 669 (22.12%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 7,028 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 550 (7.83%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,099 (15.64%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,832 (26.07%)
Some college, no degree: 1,774 (25.24%)
Associate degree: 573 (8.15%)
Bachelor's degree: 779 (11.08%)
Graduate or professional degree: 421 (5.99%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 76.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 17.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 8,780 (100%)
Never married: 1,769 (20.15%)
Now married, except separated: 5,061 (57.64%)
Separated: 183 (2.08%)
Total Widowed: 810 (9.23%)
Widowed Female: 705 (8.03%)
Total Divorced: 957 (10.9%)
Divorced Female: 554 (6.31%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 335 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 108 (32.24%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 8,350 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,212 (14.51%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,789 (100%)
--With a disability: 306 (10.97%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 5,743 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,566 (27.27%)
----Percent employed: 54.4%
--No disability: 4,177 (72.73%)
----Percent employed: 79.7%
Population 65 years and over: 1,916 (100%)
--With a disability: 937 (48.9%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 10,500 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 5,516 (52.53%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 4,683 (44.6%)
--Same county: 2,326 (22.15%)
--Different county: 2,357 (22.45%)
----Same state: 1,938 (18.46%)
----Different state: 419 (3.99%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 301 (2.87%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 11,170 (100%)
Native: 10,439 (93.46%)
--Born in United States: 10,390 (100%)
----State of residence: 8,048 (72.05%)
----Different state: 2,342 (20.97%)
--Born outside United States: 49 (0.44%)
Foreign born: 731 (6.54%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 508 (4.55%)
--Naturalized citizen: 122 (1.09%)
--Not a citizen: 609 (5.45%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 731 (100%)
Europe: 41 (5.61%)
Asia: 35 (4.79%)
Africa: 5 (0.68%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 623 (85.23%)
Northern America: 27 (3.69%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 10,500 (100%)
English only: 9,488 (90.36%)
Language other than English: 1,012 (9.64%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 515 (4.9%)
--Spanish: 892 (8.5%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 468 (4.46%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 83 (0.79%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 27 (0.26%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 32 (0.3%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 20 (0.19%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 11,170 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 9,419% (84.32%)
Arab: 6 (0.05%)
Czech: 38 (0.34%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 120 (1.07%)
English: 995 (8.91%)
French (except Basque): 232 (2.08%)
French Canadian: 31 (0.28%)
German: 960 (8.59%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 56 (0.5%)
Irish: 1,106 (9.9%)
Italian: 161 (1.44%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 5 (0.04%)
Polish: 21 (0.19%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 17 (0.15%)
Scotch-Irish: 211 (1.89%)
Scottish: 274 (2.45%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 179 (1.6%)
Swedish: 111 (0.99%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 1,814 (16.24%)
Welsh: 24 (0.21%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 9 (0.08%)
Other ancestries: 3,049 (27.3%)

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