Melissa, TX

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4847496, place: Melissa city, Texas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 366 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 21 (5.74%)
Kindergarten: 19 (5.19%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 211 (57.65%)
High school (grades 9-12): 92 (25.14%)
College or graduate school: 23 (6.28%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 797 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 63 (7.9%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 74 (9.28%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 252 (31.62%)
Some college, no degree: 158 (19.82%)
Associate degree: 50 (6.27%)
Bachelor's degree: 142 (17.82%)
Graduate or professional degree: 58 (7.28%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 82.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 25.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 953 (100%)
Never married: 168 (17.63%)
Now married, except separated: 628 (65.9%)
Separated: 8 (0.84%)
Total Widowed: 46 (4.83%)
Widowed Female: 33 (3.46%)
Total Divorced: 103 (10.81%)
Divorced Female: 53 (5.56%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 24 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 10 (41.67%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 881 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 138 (15.66%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 357 (100%)
--With a disability: 17 (4.76%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 727 (100%)
--With a disability: 86 (11.83%)
----Percent employed: 45.3%
--No disability: 641 (88.17%)
----Percent employed: 78.3%
Population 65 years and over: 112 (100%)
--With a disability: 44 (39.29%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,196 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 524 (43.81%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 669 (55.94%)
--Same county: 347 (29.01%)
--Different county: 322 (26.92%)
----Same state: 227 (18.98%)
----Different state: 95 (7.94%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 3 (0.25%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,295 (100%)
Native: 1,220 (94.21%)
--Born in United States: 1,214 (100%)
----State of residence: 817 (63.09%)
----Different state: 397 (30.66%)
--Born outside United States: 6 (0.46%)
Foreign born: 75 (5.79%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 16 (1.24%)
--Naturalized citizen: 39 (3.01%)
--Not a citizen: 36 (2.78%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 75 (100%)
Europe: 14 (18.67%)
Asia: 13 (17.33%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 39 (52%)
Northern America: 9 (12%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,196 (100%)
English only: 1,045 (87.37%)
Language other than English: 151 (12.63%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 41 (3.43%)
--Spanish: 126 (10.54%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 37 (3.09%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 13 (1.09%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 12 (1%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (0.33%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,295 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,275% (98.46%)
Arab: 3 (0.23%)
Czech: 4 (0.31%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 7 (0.54%)
English: 131 (10.12%)
French (except Basque): 38 (2.93%)
French Canadian: 2 (0.15%)
German: 159 (12.28%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 16 (1.24%)
Irish: 131 (10.12%)
Italian: 38 (2.93%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 14 (1.08%)
Polish: 31 (2.39%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 3 (0.23%)
Scotch-Irish: 32 (2.47%)
Scottish: 45 (3.47%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 4 (0.31%)
Swedish: 8 (0.62%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 5 (0.39%)
United States or American: 217 (16.76%)
Welsh: 9 (0.69%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 4 (0.31%)
Other ancestries: 374 (28.88%)

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