Levelland, TX

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4842448, place: Levelland city, Texas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 3,888 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 210 (5.4%)
Kindergarten: 223 (5.74%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,547 (39.79%)
High school (grades 9-12): 864 (22.22%)
College or graduate school: 1,044 (26.85%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 7,550 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,216 (16.11%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,260 (16.69%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,914 (25.35%)
Some college, no degree: 1,504 (19.92%)
Associate degree: 593 (7.85%)
Bachelor's degree: 648 (8.58%)
Graduate or professional degree: 415 (5.5%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 67.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 14.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 9,973 (100%)
Never married: 2,440 (24.47%)
Now married, except separated: 5,629 (56.44%)
Separated: 195 (1.96%)
Total Widowed: 813 (8.15%)
Widowed Female: 706 (7.08%)
Total Divorced: 896 (8.98%)
Divorced Female: 602 (6.04%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 378 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 278 (73.54%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 9,295 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 923 (9.93%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 3,544 (100%)
--With a disability: 289 (8.15%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 6,489 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,508 (23.24%)
----Percent employed: 52.4%
--No disability: 4,981 (76.76%)
----Percent employed: 75%
Population 65 years and over: 1,604 (100%)
--With a disability: 736 (45.89%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 11,897 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 6,576 (55.27%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 5,282 (44.4%)
--Same county: 3,041 (25.56%)
--Different county: 2,241 (18.84%)
----Same state: 1,756 (14.76%)
----Different state: 485 (4.08%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 39 (0.33%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 12,836 (100%)
Native: 12,148 (94.64%)
--Born in United States: 12,073 (100%)
----State of residence: 10,651 (82.98%)
----Different state: 1,422 (11.08%)
--Born outside United States: 75 (0.58%)
Foreign born: 688 (5.36%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 243 (1.89%)
--Naturalized citizen: 255 (1.99%)
--Not a citizen: 433 (3.37%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 688 (100%)
Europe: 30 (4.36%)
Asia: 74 (10.76%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 4 (0.58%)
Latin America: 580 (84.3%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 11,897 (100%)
English only: 8,359 (70.26%)
Language other than English: 3,538 (29.74%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,274 (10.71%)
--Spanish: 3,417 (28.72%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,221 (10.26%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 63 (0.53%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 22 (0.18%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 58 (0.49%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 31 (0.26%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 12,836 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 10,983% (85.56%)
Arab: 5 (0.04%)
Czech: 35 (0.27%)
Danish: 58 (0.45%)
Dutch: 125 (0.97%)
English: 786 (6.12%)
French (except Basque): 117 (0.91%)
French Canadian: 18 (0.14%)
German: 804 (6.26%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 925 (7.21%)
Italian: 82 (0.64%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 18 (0.14%)
Polish: 57 (0.44%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 10 (0.08%)
Scotch-Irish: 197 (1.53%)
Scottish: 169 (1.32%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 34 (0.26%)
Swedish: 52 (0.41%)
Swiss: 24 (0.19%)
Ukrainian: 5 (0.04%)
United States or American: 1,428 (11.12%)
Welsh: 30 (0.23%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 36 (0.28%)
Other ancestries: 5,968 (46.49%)

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