Laredo, TX

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4841464, place: Laredo city, Texas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 60,712 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 4,081 (6.72%)
Kindergarten: 4,142 (6.82%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 28,738 (47.33%)
High school (grades 9-12): 13,238 (21.8%)
College or graduate school: 10,513 (17.32%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 93,821 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 26,260 (27.99%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 16,166 (17.23%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 17,108 (18.23%)
Some college, no degree: 15,468 (16.49%)
Associate degree: 5,051 (5.38%)
Bachelor's degree: 8,492 (9.05%)
Graduate or professional degree: 5,276 (5.62%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 54.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 14.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 123,462 (100%)
Never married: 34,801 (28.19%)
Now married, except separated: 71,155 (57.63%)
Separated: 3,513 (2.85%)
Total Widowed: 6,582 (5.33%)
Widowed Female: 5,564 (4.51%)
Total Divorced: 7,411 (6%)
Divorced Female: 4,962 (4.02%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 8,726 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 3,092 (35.43%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 113,970 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 6,540 (5.74%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 53,257 (100%)
--With a disability: 4,004 (7.52%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 89,719 (100%)
--With a disability: 20,318 (22.65%)
----Percent employed: 49.2%
--No disability: 69,401 (77.35%)
----Percent employed: 61.5%
Population 65 years and over: 13,534 (100%)
--With a disability: 7,258 (53.63%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 158,427 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 91,469 (57.74%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 58,001 (36.61%)
--Same county: 46,513 (29.36%)
--Different county: 11,488 (7.25%)
----Same state: 7,530 (4.75%)
----Different state: 3,958 (2.5%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 8,957 (5.65%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 176,807 (100%)
Native: 126,574 (71.59%)
--Born in United States: 124,293 (100%)
----State of residence: 115,157 (65.13%)
----Different state: 9,136 (5.17%)
--Born outside United States: 2,281 (1.29%)
Foreign born: 50,233 (28.41%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 18,936 (10.71%)
--Naturalized citizen: 17,120 (9.68%)
--Not a citizen: 33,113 (18.73%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 50,233 (100%)
Europe: 374 (0.74%)
Asia: 610 (1.21%)
Africa: 52 (0.1%)
Oceania: 6 (0.01%)
Latin America: 49,140 (97.82%)
Northern America: 51 (0.1%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 158,427 (100%)
English only: 12,917 (8.15%)
Language other than English: 145,510 (91.85%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 69,071 (43.6%)
--Spanish: 144,633 (91.29%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 68,725 (43.38%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 428 (0.27%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 114 (0.07%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 396 (0.25%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 209 (0.13%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 176,807 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 163,164% (92.28%)
Arab: 290 (0.16%)
Czech: 47 (0.03%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 156 (0.09%)
English: 1,094 (0.62%)
French (except Basque): 420 (0.24%)
French Canadian: 36 (0.02%)
German: 1,614 (0.91%)
Greek: 41 (0.02%)
Hungarian: 15 (0.01%)
Irish: 918 (0.52%)
Italian: 774 (0.44%)
Lithuanian: 21 (0.01%)
Norwegian: 87 (0.05%)
Polish: 266 (0.15%)
Portuguese: 16 (0.01%)
Russian: 111 (0.06%)
Scotch-Irish: 384 (0.22%)
Scottish: 274 (0.15%)
Slovak: 24 (0.01%)
Subsaharan African: 147 (0.08%)
Swedish: 64 (0.04%)
Swiss: 45 (0.03%)
Ukrainian: 8 (0%)
United States or American: 3,563 (2.02%)
Welsh: 39 (0.02%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 17 (0.01%)
Other ancestries: 152,693 (86.36%)

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