Melvin, TX

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4847568, place: Melvin town, Texas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 35 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 12 (34.29%)
Kindergarten: 2 (5.71%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 17 (48.57%)
High school (grades 9-12): 4 (11.43%)
College or graduate school: 0 (0%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 117 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 28 (23.93%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 10 (8.55%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 41 (35.04%)
Some college, no degree: 19 (16.24%)
Associate degree: 5 (4.27%)
Bachelor's degree: 14 (11.97%)
Graduate or professional degree: 0 (0%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 67.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 12%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 124 (100%)
Never married: 18 (14.52%)
Now married, except separated: 68 (54.84%)
Separated: 4 (3.23%)
Total Widowed: 19 (15.32%)
Widowed Female: 14 (11.29%)
Total Divorced: 15 (12.1%)
Divorced Female: 12 (9.68%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 120 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 25 (20.83%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 38 (100%)
--With a disability: 2 (5.26%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 80 (100%)
--With a disability: 10 (12.5%)
----Percent employed: 60%
--No disability: 70 (87.5%)
----Percent employed: 65.7%
Population 65 years and over: 38 (100%)
--With a disability: 16 (42.11%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 156 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 103 (66.03%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 51 (32.69%)
--Same county: 32 (20.51%)
--Different county: 19 (12.18%)
----Same state: 14 (8.97%)
----Different state: 5 (3.21%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 2 (1.28%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 160 (100%)
Native: 145 (90.63%)
--Born in United States: 145 (100%)
----State of residence: 111 (69.38%)
----Different state: 34 (21.25%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 15 (9.38%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 2 (1.25%)
--Naturalized citizen: 8 (5%)
--Not a citizen: 7 (4.38%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 15 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 15 (100%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 156 (100%)
English only: 115 (73.72%)
Language other than English: 41 (26.28%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 23 (14.74%)
--Spanish: 41 (26.28%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 23 (14.74%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 160 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 158% (98.75%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 3 (1.88%)
English: 8 (5%)
French (except Basque): 2 (1.25%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 30 (18.75%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 25 (15.63%)
Italian: 0 (0%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 0 (0%)
Scottish: 3 (1.88%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 16 (10%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 20 (12.5%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 51 (31.88%)

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