New London, TX

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4851168, place: New London city, Texas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 211 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 8 (3.79%)
Kindergarten: 15 (7.11%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 111 (52.61%)
High school (grades 9-12): 62 (29.38%)
College or graduate school: 15 (7.11%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 607 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 59 (9.72%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 99 (16.31%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 199 (32.78%)
Some college, no degree: 150 (24.71%)
Associate degree: 27 (4.45%)
Bachelor's degree: 49 (8.07%)
Graduate or professional degree: 24 (3.95%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 74%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 12%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 743 (100%)
Never married: 134 (18.03%)
Now married, except separated: 469 (63.12%)
Separated: 13 (1.75%)
Total Widowed: 48 (6.46%)
Widowed Female: 44 (5.92%)
Total Divorced: 79 (10.63%)
Divorced Female: 43 (5.79%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 44 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 23 (52.27%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 689 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 93 (13.5%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 233 (100%)
--With a disability: 14 (6.01%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 477 (100%)
--With a disability: 111 (23.27%)
----Percent employed: 50.5%
--No disability: 366 (76.73%)
----Percent employed: 73.8%
Population 65 years and over: 131 (100%)
--With a disability: 54 (41.22%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 885 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 489 (55.25%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 388 (43.84%)
--Same county: 180 (20.34%)
--Different county: 208 (23.5%)
----Same state: 164 (18.53%)
----Different state: 44 (4.97%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 8 (0.9%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 961 (100%)
Native: 931 (96.88%)
--Born in United States: 931 (100%)
----State of residence: 717 (74.61%)
----Different state: 214 (22.27%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 30 (3.12%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 10 (1.04%)
--Naturalized citizen: 8 (0.83%)
--Not a citizen: 22 (2.29%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 30 (100%)
Europe: 2 (6.67%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 28 (93.33%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 885 (100%)
English only: 843 (95.25%)
Language other than English: 42 (4.75%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 34 (3.84%)
--Spanish: 38 (4.29%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 32 (3.62%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 4 (0.45%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.23%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 961 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 626% (65.14%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 2 (0.21%)
Danish: 2 (0.21%)
Dutch: 23 (2.39%)
English: 49 (5.1%)
French (except Basque): 25 (2.6%)
French Canadian: 9 (0.94%)
German: 47 (4.89%)
Greek: 1 (0.1%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 95 (9.89%)
Italian: 3 (0.31%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 4 (0.42%)
Polish: 7 (0.73%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 17 (1.77%)
Scottish: 7 (0.73%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 9 (0.94%)
Swedish: 2 (0.21%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 5 (0.52%)
United States or American: 134 (13.94%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 7 (0.73%)
Other ancestries: 178 (18.52%)

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