Mertens, TX

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4847820, place: Mertens town, Texas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 35 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 2 (5.71%)
Kindergarten: 2 (5.71%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 18 (51.43%)
High school (grades 9-12): 10 (28.57%)
College or graduate school: 3 (8.57%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 118 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 15 (12.71%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 23 (19.49%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 52 (44.07%)
Some college, no degree: 8 (6.78%)
Associate degree: 12 (10.17%)
Bachelor's degree: 4 (3.39%)
Graduate or professional degree: 4 (3.39%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 67.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 6.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 142 (100%)
Never married: 29 (20.42%)
Now married, except separated: 93 (65.49%)
Separated: 0 (0%)
Total Widowed: 15 (10.56%)
Widowed Female: 7 (4.93%)
Total Divorced: 5 (3.52%)
Divorced Female: 5 (3.52%)

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: 132 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 12 (9.09%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 32 (100%)
--With a disability: 2 (6.25%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 90 (100%)
--With a disability: 24 (26.67%)
----Percent employed: 37.5%
--No disability: 66 (73.33%)
----Percent employed: 78.8%
Population 65 years and over: 38 (100%)
--With a disability: 17 (44.74%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 160 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 96 (60%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 50 (31.25%)
--Same county: 20 (12.5%)
--Different county: 30 (18.75%)
----Same state: 28 (17.5%)
----Different state: 2 (1.25%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 14 (8.75%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 167 (100%)
Native: 140 (83.83%)
--Born in United States: 140 (100%)
----State of residence: 128 (76.65%)
----Different state: 12 (7.19%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 27 (16.17%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 18 (10.78%)
--Naturalized citizen: 3 (1.8%)
--Not a citizen: 24 (14.37%)

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

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 160 (100%)
English only: 115 (71.88%)
Language other than English: 45 (28.13%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 36 (22.5%)
--Spanish: 43 (26.88%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 36 (22.5%)
--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: 167 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 124% (74.25%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 2 (1.2%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 7 (4.19%)
English: 7 (4.19%)
French (except Basque): 4 (2.4%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 0 (0%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 14 (8.38%)
Italian: 2 (1.2%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 15 (8.98%)
Scottish: 4 (2.4%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 11 (6.59%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 2 (1.2%)
Other ancestries: 56 (33.53%)

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