Merkel, TX

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4847796, place: Merkel town, Texas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 743 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 58 (7.81%)
Kindergarten: 22 (2.96%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 336 (45.22%)
High school (grades 9-12): 185 (24.9%)
College or graduate school: 142 (19.11%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,607 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 120 (7.47%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 315 (19.6%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 617 (38.39%)
Some college, no degree: 307 (19.1%)
Associate degree: 66 (4.11%)
Bachelor's degree: 139 (8.65%)
Graduate or professional degree: 43 (2.68%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 72.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 11.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,978 (100%)
Never married: 386 (19.51%)
Now married, except separated: 1,197 (60.52%)
Separated: 5 (0.25%)
Total Widowed: 177 (8.95%)
Widowed Female: 135 (6.83%)
Total Divorced: 213 (10.77%)
Divorced Female: 130 (6.57%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 55 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 39 (70.91%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,813 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 287 (15.83%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 658 (100%)
--With a disability: 96 (14.59%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,279 (100%)
--With a disability: 348 (27.21%)
----Percent employed: 56.3%
--No disability: 931 (72.79%)
----Percent employed: 80.1%
Population 65 years and over: 356 (100%)
--With a disability: 214 (60.11%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,367 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,232 (52.05%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,112 (46.98%)
--Same county: 574 (24.25%)
--Different county: 538 (22.73%)
----Same state: 395 (16.69%)
----Different state: 143 (6.04%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 23 (0.97%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,555 (100%)
Native: 2,476 (96.91%)
--Born in United States: 2,454 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,971 (77.14%)
----Different state: 483 (18.9%)
--Born outside United States: 22 (0.86%)
Foreign born: 79 (3.09%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 16 (0.63%)
--Naturalized citizen: 27 (1.06%)
--Not a citizen: 52 (2.04%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 79 (100%)
Europe: 27 (34.18%)
Asia: 4 (5.06%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 48 (60.76%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,367 (100%)
English only: 2,082 (87.96%)
Language other than English: 285 (12.04%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 55 (2.32%)
--Spanish: 260 (10.98%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 55 (2.32%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 19 (0.8%)
----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: 2,555 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,925% (75.34%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 25 (0.98%)
Danish: 3 (0.12%)
Dutch: 17 (0.67%)
English: 180 (7.05%)
French (except Basque): 16 (0.63%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 149 (5.83%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 259 (10.14%)
Italian: 11 (0.43%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 3 (0.12%)
Polish: 4 (0.16%)
Portuguese: 3 (0.12%)
Russian: 4 (0.16%)
Scotch-Irish: 33 (1.29%)
Scottish: 8 (0.31%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 3 (0.12%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 574 (22.47%)
Welsh: 4 (0.16%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 14 (0.55%)
Other ancestries: 615 (24.07%)

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