Mexia, TX

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4847916, place: Mexia city, Texas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,758 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 102 (5.8%)
Kindergarten: 95 (5.4%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 966 (54.95%)
High school (grades 9-12): 394 (22.41%)
College or graduate school: 201 (11.43%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 3,835 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 618 (16.11%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 803 (20.94%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,115 (29.07%)
Some college, no degree: 684 (17.84%)
Associate degree: 176 (4.59%)
Bachelor's degree: 242 (6.31%)
Graduate or professional degree: 197 (5.14%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 62.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 11.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 4,744 (100%)
Never married: 1,064 (22.43%)
Now married, except separated: 2,467 (52%)
Separated: 154 (3.25%)
Total Widowed: 587 (12.37%)
Widowed Female: 502 (10.58%)
Total Divorced: 472 (9.95%)
Divorced Female: 314 (6.62%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 141 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 45 (31.91%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 4,454 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 414 (9.3%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,701 (100%)
--With a disability: 145 (8.52%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 3,114 (100%)
--With a disability: 775 (24.89%)
----Percent employed: 47.6%
--No disability: 2,339 (75.11%)
----Percent employed: 74.4%
Population 65 years and over: 884 (100%)
--With a disability: 483 (54.64%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 5,881 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 3,044 (51.76%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,652 (45.09%)
--Same county: 1,592 (27.07%)
--Different county: 1,060 (18.02%)
----Same state: 976 (16.6%)
----Different state: 84 (1.43%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 185 (3.15%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 6,378 (100%)
Native: 5,792 (90.81%)
--Born in United States: 5,787 (100%)
----State of residence: 5,265 (82.55%)
----Different state: 522 (8.18%)
--Born outside United States: 5 (0.08%)
Foreign born: 586 (9.19%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 386 (6.05%)
--Naturalized citizen: 82 (1.29%)
--Not a citizen: 504 (7.9%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 586 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 33 (5.63%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 546 (93.17%)
Northern America: 7 (1.19%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 5,881 (100%)
English only: 4,906 (83.42%)
Language other than English: 975 (16.58%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 499 (8.48%)
--Spanish: 942 (16.02%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 489 (8.31%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 33 (0.56%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 10 (0.17%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 6,378 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 5,425% (85.06%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 24 (0.38%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 38 (0.6%)
English: 290 (4.55%)
French (except Basque): 72 (1.13%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 270 (4.23%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 468 (7.34%)
Italian: 57 (0.89%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 6 (0.09%)
Polish: 18 (0.28%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 13 (0.2%)
Scotch-Irish: 122 (1.91%)
Scottish: 38 (0.6%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 55 (0.86%)
Swedish: 32 (0.5%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 686 (10.76%)
Welsh: 20 (0.31%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 6 (0.09%)
Other ancestries: 3,210 (50.33%)

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