Meridian, TX

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4847760, place: Meridian city, Texas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 379 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 17 (4.49%)
Kindergarten: 20 (5.28%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 201 (53.03%)
High school (grades 9-12): 109 (28.76%)
College or graduate school: 32 (8.44%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 931 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 147 (15.79%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 126 (13.53%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 277 (29.75%)
Some college, no degree: 196 (21.05%)
Associate degree: 46 (4.94%)
Bachelor's degree: 77 (8.27%)
Graduate or professional degree: 62 (6.66%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 70.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 14.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,150 (100%)
Never married: 237 (20.61%)
Now married, except separated: 624 (54.26%)
Separated: 18 (1.57%)
Total Widowed: 154 (13.39%)
Widowed Female: 131 (11.39%)
Total Divorced: 117 (10.17%)
Divorced Female: 64 (5.57%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 30 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 22 (73.33%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,062 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 160 (15.07%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 381 (100%)
--With a disability: 8 (2.1%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 693 (100%)
--With a disability: 144 (20.78%)
----Percent employed: 72.2%
--No disability: 549 (79.22%)
----Percent employed: 78.9%
Population 65 years and over: 219 (100%)
--With a disability: 100 (45.66%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,381 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 579 (41.93%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 783 (56.7%)
--Same county: 405 (29.33%)
--Different county: 378 (27.37%)
----Same state: 331 (23.97%)
----Different state: 47 (3.4%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 19 (1.38%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,483 (100%)
Native: 1,388 (93.59%)
--Born in United States: 1,377 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,180 (79.57%)
----Different state: 197 (13.28%)
--Born outside United States: 11 (0.74%)
Foreign born: 95 (6.41%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 42 (2.83%)
--Naturalized citizen: 38 (2.56%)
--Not a citizen: 57 (3.84%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 95 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 95 (100%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,381 (100%)
English only: 1,146 (82.98%)
Language other than English: 235 (17.02%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 94 (6.81%)
--Spanish: 226 (16.36%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 94 (6.81%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 9 (0.65%)
----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: 1,483 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,233% (83.14%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 6 (0.4%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 17 (1.15%)
English: 106 (7.15%)
French (except Basque): 12 (0.81%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 173 (11.67%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 128 (8.63%)
Italian: 7 (0.47%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 25 (1.69%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 2 (0.13%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 62 (4.18%)
Scottish: 20 (1.35%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 2 (0.13%)
Swedish: 2 (0.13%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 146 (9.84%)
Welsh: 3 (0.2%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 522 (35.2%)

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