Memphis, TX

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4847616, place: Memphis city, Texas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 581 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 49 (8.43%)
Kindergarten: 53 (9.12%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 289 (49.74%)
High school (grades 9-12): 162 (27.88%)
College or graduate school: 28 (4.82%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,641 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 227 (13.83%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 382 (23.28%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 562 (34.25%)
Some college, no degree: 254 (15.48%)
Associate degree: 67 (4.08%)
Bachelor's degree: 92 (5.61%)
Graduate or professional degree: 57 (3.47%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 62.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 9.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,893 (100%)
Never married: 314 (16.59%)
Now married, except separated: 1,120 (59.17%)
Separated: 34 (1.8%)
Total Widowed: 249 (13.15%)
Widowed Female: 220 (11.62%)
Total Divorced: 176 (9.3%)
Divorced Female: 84 (4.44%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 83 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 55 (66.27%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,772 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 172 (9.71%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 558 (100%)
--With a disability: 30 (5.38%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,196 (100%)
--With a disability: 345 (28.85%)
----Percent employed: 55.1%
--No disability: 851 (71.15%)
----Percent employed: 74%
Population 65 years and over: 480 (100%)
--With a disability: 269 (56.04%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,274 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,206 (53.03%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,058 (46.53%)
--Same county: 516 (22.69%)
--Different county: 542 (23.83%)
----Same state: 479 (21.06%)
----Different state: 63 (2.77%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 10 (0.44%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,450 (100%)
Native: 2,332 (95.18%)
--Born in United States: 2,332 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,010 (82.04%)
----Different state: 322 (13.14%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 118 (4.82%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 41 (1.67%)
--Naturalized citizen: 38 (1.55%)
--Not a citizen: 80 (3.27%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 118 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 114 (96.61%)
Northern America: 4 (3.39%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,274 (100%)
English only: 1,740 (76.52%)
Language other than English: 534 (23.48%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 220 (9.67%)
--Spanish: 530 (23.31%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 216 (9.5%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 4 (0.18%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (0.18%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,450 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,121% (86.57%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 5 (0.2%)
Dutch: 14 (0.57%)
English: 198 (8.08%)
French (except Basque): 32 (1.31%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 119 (4.86%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 120 (4.9%)
Italian: 0 (0%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 17 (0.69%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 59 (2.41%)
Scottish: 9 (0.37%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 544 (22.2%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 1,004 (40.98%)

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