Linden, TX

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4842844, place: Linden city, Texas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 538 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 26 (4.83%)
Kindergarten: 23 (4.28%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 272 (50.56%)
High school (grades 9-12): 144 (26.77%)
College or graduate school: 73 (13.57%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,569 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 190 (12.11%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 268 (17.08%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 524 (33.4%)
Some college, no degree: 303 (19.31%)
Associate degree: 59 (3.76%)
Bachelor's degree: 176 (11.22%)
Graduate or professional degree: 49 (3.12%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 70.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 14.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,871 (100%)
Never married: 323 (17.26%)
Now married, except separated: 992 (53.02%)
Separated: 51 (2.73%)
Total Widowed: 287 (15.34%)
Widowed Female: 238 (12.72%)
Total Divorced: 218 (11.65%)
Divorced Female: 125 (6.68%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 25 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 4 (16%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,778 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 232 (13.05%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 528 (100%)
--With a disability: 72 (13.64%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,069 (100%)
--With a disability: 291 (27.22%)
----Percent employed: 43%
--No disability: 778 (72.78%)
----Percent employed: 74.6%
Population 65 years and over: 391 (100%)
--With a disability: 242 (61.89%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,171 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,185 (54.58%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 952 (43.85%)
--Same county: 514 (23.68%)
--Different county: 438 (20.18%)
----Same state: 302 (13.91%)
----Different state: 136 (6.26%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 34 (1.57%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,273 (100%)
Native: 2,246 (98.81%)
--Born in United States: 2,246 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,769 (77.83%)
----Different state: 477 (20.99%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 27 (1.19%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 15 (0.66%)
--Naturalized citizen: 8 (0.35%)
--Not a citizen: 19 (0.84%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 27 (100%)
Europe: 4 (14.81%)
Asia: 4 (14.81%)
Africa: 8 (29.63%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 11 (40.74%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,171 (100%)
English only: 2,141 (98.62%)
Language other than English: 30 (1.38%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6 (0.28%)
--Spanish: 18 (0.83%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6 (0.28%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 4 (0.18%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,273 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,591% (70%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 20 (0.88%)
English: 149 (6.56%)
French (except Basque): 29 (1.28%)
French Canadian: 9 (0.4%)
German: 41 (1.8%)
Greek: 4 (0.18%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 182 (8.01%)
Italian: 3 (0.13%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 10 (0.44%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 52 (2.29%)
Scottish: 31 (1.36%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 19 (0.84%)
Swedish: 6 (0.26%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 3 (0.13%)
United States or American: 460 (20.24%)
Welsh: 13 (0.57%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 560 (24.64%)

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