La Porte, TX

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4841440, place: La Porte city, Texas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 9,618 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 639 (6.64%)
Kindergarten: 505 (5.25%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 4,474 (46.52%)
High school (grades 9-12): 2,181 (22.68%)
College or graduate school: 1,819 (18.91%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 19,508 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 900 (4.61%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 2,301 (11.8%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 6,504 (33.34%)
Some college, no degree: 5,906 (30.27%)
Associate degree: 1,330 (6.82%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,876 (9.62%)
Graduate or professional degree: 691 (3.54%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 83.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 13.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 24,120 (100%)
Never married: 5,148 (21.34%)
Now married, except separated: 15,058 (62.43%)
Separated: 325 (1.35%)
Total Widowed: 935 (3.88%)
Widowed Female: 736 (3.05%)
Total Divorced: 2,654 (11%)
Divorced Female: 1,618 (6.71%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 976 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 469 (48.05%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 22,504 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 3,133 (13.92%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 8,484 (100%)
--With a disability: 694 (8.18%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 19,053 (100%)
--With a disability: 3,335 (17.5%)
----Percent employed: 56%
--No disability: 15,718 (82.5%)
----Percent employed: 78.7%
Population 65 years and over: 1,983 (100%)
--With a disability: 985 (49.67%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 29,565 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 15,853 (53.62%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 13,325 (45.07%)
--Same county: 10,164 (34.38%)
--Different county: 3,161 (10.69%)
----Same state: 2,163 (7.32%)
----Different state: 998 (3.38%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 387 (1.31%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 31,899 (100%)
Native: 30,070 (94.27%)
--Born in United States: 29,631 (100%)
----State of residence: 21,331 (66.87%)
----Different state: 8,300 (26.02%)
--Born outside United States: 439 (1.38%)
Foreign born: 1,829 (5.73%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 606 (1.9%)
--Naturalized citizen: 742 (2.33%)
--Not a citizen: 1,087 (3.41%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,829 (100%)
Europe: 167 (9.13%)
Asia: 202 (11.04%)
Africa: 3 (0.16%)
Oceania: 16 (0.87%)
Latin America: 1,408 (76.98%)
Northern America: 33 (1.8%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 29,565 (100%)
English only: 24,573 (83.12%)
Language other than English: 4,992 (16.88%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,507 (5.1%)
--Spanish: 4,420 (14.95%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,342 (4.54%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 313 (1.06%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 55 (0.19%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 189 (0.64%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 105 (0.36%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 31,899 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 30,282% (94.93%)
Arab: 76 (0.24%)
Czech: 244 (0.76%)
Danish: 40 (0.13%)
Dutch: 386 (1.21%)
English: 2,497 (7.83%)
French (except Basque): 1,487 (4.66%)
French Canadian: 361 (1.13%)
German: 4,172 (13.08%)
Greek: 44 (0.14%)
Hungarian: 53 (0.17%)
Irish: 2,836 (8.89%)
Italian: 700 (2.19%)
Lithuanian: 7 (0.02%)
Norwegian: 230 (0.72%)
Polish: 491 (1.54%)
Portuguese: 49 (0.15%)
Russian: 67 (0.21%)
Scotch-Irish: 519 (1.63%)
Scottish: 426 (1.34%)
Slovak: 54 (0.17%)
Subsaharan African: 207 (0.65%)
Swedish: 210 (0.66%)
Swiss: 14 (0.04%)
Ukrainian: 29 (0.09%)
United States or American: 2,783 (8.72%)
Welsh: 105 (0.33%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 41 (0.13%)
Other ancestries: 12,154 (38.1%)

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