Marfa, TX

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4846620, place: Marfa city, Texas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 548 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 17 (3.1%)
Kindergarten: 32 (5.84%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 250 (45.62%)
High school (grades 9-12): 158 (28.83%)
College or graduate school: 91 (16.61%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,440 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 293 (20.35%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 208 (14.44%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 393 (27.29%)
Some college, no degree: 218 (15.14%)
Associate degree: 59 (4.1%)
Bachelor's degree: 139 (9.65%)
Graduate or professional degree: 130 (9.03%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 65.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 18.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,736 (100%)
Never married: 394 (22.7%)
Now married, except separated: 950 (54.72%)
Separated: 50 (2.88%)
Total Widowed: 181 (10.43%)
Widowed Female: 143 (8.24%)
Total Divorced: 161 (9.27%)
Divorced Female: 88 (5.07%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 52 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 44 (84.62%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,616 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 269 (16.65%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 488 (100%)
--With a disability: 32 (6.56%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,057 (100%)
--With a disability: 320 (30.27%)
----Percent employed: 70.9%
--No disability: 737 (69.73%)
----Percent employed: 79.9%
Population 65 years and over: 405 (100%)
--With a disability: 202 (49.88%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,047 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,194 (58.33%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 774 (37.81%)
--Same county: 341 (16.66%)
--Different county: 433 (21.15%)
----Same state: 343 (16.76%)
----Different state: 90 (4.4%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 79 (3.86%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,153 (100%)
Native: 1,855 (86.16%)
--Born in United States: 1,827 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,562 (72.55%)
----Different state: 265 (12.31%)
--Born outside United States: 28 (1.3%)
Foreign born: 298 (13.84%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 96 (4.46%)
--Naturalized citizen: 111 (5.16%)
--Not a citizen: 187 (8.69%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 298 (100%)
Europe: 11 (3.69%)
Asia: 4 (1.34%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 3 (1.01%)
Latin America: 278 (93.29%)
Northern America: 2 (0.67%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,047 (100%)
English only: 639 (31.22%)
Language other than English: 1,408 (68.78%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 452 (22.08%)
--Spanish: 1,390 (67.9%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 449 (21.93%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 18 (0.88%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3 (0.15%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,153 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,101% (97.58%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 8 (0.37%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 21 (0.98%)
English: 101 (4.69%)
French (except Basque): 9 (0.42%)
French Canadian: 4 (0.19%)
German: 116 (5.39%)
Greek: 2 (0.09%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 100 (4.64%)
Italian: 7 (0.33%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 5 (0.23%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 23 (1.07%)
Scottish: 25 (1.16%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 10 (0.46%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 134 (6.22%)
Welsh: 5 (0.23%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 1,531 (71.11%)

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