Mcallen, TX

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4845384, place: McAllen city, Texas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 34,414 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 2,152 (6.25%)
Kindergarten: 1,983 (5.76%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 15,033 (43.68%)
High school (grades 9-12): 8,278 (24.05%)
College or graduate school: 6,968 (20.25%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 62,678 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 14,380 (22.94%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 7,399 (11.8%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 11,902 (18.99%)
Some college, no degree: 11,495 (18.34%)
Associate degree: 2,729 (4.35%)
Bachelor's degree: 9,301 (14.84%)
Graduate or professional degree: 5,472 (8.73%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 65.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 23.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 79,086 (100%)
Never married: 21,459 (27.13%)
Now married, except separated: 44,819 (56.67%)
Separated: 2,390 (3.02%)
Total Widowed: 4,833 (6.11%)
Widowed Female: 3,994 (5.05%)
Total Divorced: 5,585 (7.06%)
Divorced Female: 3,714 (4.7%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 3,872 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 1,510 (39%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 73,557 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 6,006 (8.17%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 28,348 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,896 (6.69%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 57,242 (100%)
--With a disability: 11,236 (19.63%)
----Percent employed: 51.7%
--No disability: 46,006 (80.37%)
----Percent employed: 67.5%
Population 65 years and over: 10,566 (100%)
--With a disability: 5,031 (47.61%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 97,025 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 53,036 (54.66%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 39,168 (40.37%)
--Same county: 27,801 (28.65%)
--Different county: 11,367 (11.72%)
----Same state: 5,900 (6.08%)
----Different state: 5,467 (5.63%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 4,821 (4.97%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 106,211 (100%)
Native: 76,793 (72.3%)
--Born in United States: 75,178 (100%)
----State of residence: 60,889 (57.33%)
----Different state: 14,289 (13.45%)
--Born outside United States: 1,615 (1.52%)
Foreign born: 29,418 (27.7%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 11,005 (10.36%)
--Naturalized citizen: 10,429 (9.82%)
--Not a citizen: 18,989 (17.88%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 29,418 (100%)
Europe: 336 (1.14%)
Asia: 1,529 (5.2%)
Africa: 63 (0.21%)
Oceania: 15 (0.05%)
Latin America: 27,122 (92.2%)
Northern America: 353 (1.2%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 97,025 (100%)
English only: 23,143 (23.85%)
Language other than English: 73,882 (76.15%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 30,232 (31.16%)
--Spanish: 71,800 (74%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 29,506 (30.41%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 672 (0.69%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 196 (0.2%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 1,311 (1.35%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 479 (0.49%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 106,211 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 101,663% (95.72%)
Arab: 323 (0.3%)
Czech: 203 (0.19%)
Danish: 128 (0.12%)
Dutch: 533 (0.5%)
English: 2,984 (2.81%)
French (except Basque): 857 (0.81%)
French Canadian: 88 (0.08%)
German: 4,042 (3.81%)
Greek: 77 (0.07%)
Hungarian: 114 (0.11%)
Irish: 2,599 (2.45%)
Italian: 902 (0.85%)
Lithuanian: 35 (0.03%)
Norwegian: 471 (0.44%)
Polish: 456 (0.43%)
Portuguese: 54 (0.05%)
Russian: 174 (0.16%)
Scotch-Irish: 493 (0.46%)
Scottish: 470 (0.44%)
Slovak: 9 (0.01%)
Subsaharan African: 210 (0.2%)
Swedish: 504 (0.47%)
Swiss: 71 (0.07%)
Ukrainian: 89 (0.08%)
United States or American: 3,018 (2.84%)
Welsh: 174 (0.16%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 77 (0.07%)
Other ancestries: 82,508 (77.68%)

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