New Braunfels, TX

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4850820, place: New Braunfels city, Texas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 9,012 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 751 (8.33%)
Kindergarten: 598 (6.64%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 4,325 (47.99%)
High school (grades 9-12): 2,088 (23.17%)
College or graduate school: 1,250 (13.87%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 24,263 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 2,844 (11.72%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 2,493 (10.27%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 7,281 (30.01%)
Some college, no degree: 4,690 (19.33%)
Associate degree: 977 (4.03%)
Bachelor's degree: 4,060 (16.73%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,918 (7.91%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 78%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 24.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 28,842 (100%)
Never married: 6,122 (21.23%)
Now married, except separated: 16,831 (58.36%)
Separated: 552 (1.91%)
Total Widowed: 2,495 (8.65%)
Widowed Female: 2,066 (7.16%)
Total Divorced: 2,842 (9.85%)
Divorced Female: 1,613 (5.59%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 913 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 376 (41.18%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 27,191 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 3,813 (14.02%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 8,173 (100%)
--With a disability: 715 (8.75%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 19,578 (100%)
--With a disability: 3,238 (16.54%)
----Percent employed: 61.4%
--No disability: 16,340 (83.46%)
----Percent employed: 79.8%
Population 65 years and over: 5,514 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,493 (45.21%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 34,241 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 16,461 (48.07%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 17,134 (50.04%)
--Same county: 7,505 (21.92%)
--Different county: 9,629 (28.12%)
----Same state: 7,367 (21.52%)
----Different state: 2,262 (6.61%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 646 (1.89%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 36,884 (100%)
Native: 34,439 (93.37%)
--Born in United States: 34,049 (100%)
----State of residence: 25,958 (70.38%)
----Different state: 8,091 (21.94%)
--Born outside United States: 390 (1.06%)
Foreign born: 2,445 (6.63%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 763 (2.07%)
--Naturalized citizen: 971 (2.63%)
--Not a citizen: 1,474 (4%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 2,445 (100%)
Europe: 371 (15.17%)
Asia: 206 (8.43%)
Africa: 32 (1.31%)
Oceania: 5 (0.2%)
Latin America: 1,808 (73.95%)
Northern America: 23 (0.94%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 34,241 (100%)
English only: 24,127 (70.46%)
Language other than English: 10,114 (29.54%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3,543 (10.35%)
--Spanish: 8,795 (25.69%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3,241 (9.47%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 1,108 (3.24%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 211 (0.62%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 211 (0.62%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 91 (0.27%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 36,884 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 35,752% (96.93%)
Arab: 101 (0.27%)
Czech: 459 (1.24%)
Danish: 52 (0.14%)
Dutch: 329 (0.89%)
English: 2,706 (7.34%)
French (except Basque): 1,035 (2.81%)
French Canadian: 139 (0.38%)
German: 8,417 (22.82%)
Greek: 8 (0.02%)
Hungarian: 94 (0.25%)
Irish: 2,902 (7.87%)
Italian: 491 (1.33%)
Lithuanian: 20 (0.05%)
Norwegian: 231 (0.63%)
Polish: 683 (1.85%)
Portuguese: 13 (0.04%)
Russian: 19 (0.05%)
Scotch-Irish: 868 (2.35%)
Scottish: 534 (1.45%)
Slovak: 16 (0.04%)
Subsaharan African: 24 (0.07%)
Swedish: 236 (0.64%)
Swiss: 48 (0.13%)
Ukrainian: 31 (0.08%)
United States or American: 2,144 (5.81%)
Welsh: 127 (0.34%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 40 (0.11%)
Other ancestries: 13,985 (37.92%)

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