Odessa, TX

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4853388, place: Odessa city, Texas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 27,037 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 1,919 (7.1%)
Kindergarten: 1,552 (5.74%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 12,282 (45.43%)
High school (grades 9-12): 6,654 (24.61%)
College or graduate school: 4,630 (17.12%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 54,240 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 7,455 (13.74%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 8,435 (15.55%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 14,066 (25.93%)
Some college, no degree: 13,224 (24.38%)
Associate degree: 3,113 (5.74%)
Bachelor's degree: 5,675 (10.46%)
Graduate or professional degree: 2,272 (4.19%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 70.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 14.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 68,706 (100%)
Never married: 15,660 (22.79%)
Now married, except separated: 38,525 (56.07%)
Separated: 1,765 (2.57%)
Total Widowed: 4,809 (7%)
Widowed Female: 4,068 (5.92%)
Total Divorced: 7,947 (11.57%)
Divorced Female: 4,685 (6.82%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 2,459 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 1,489 (60.55%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 63,894 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 7,202 (11.27%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 24,371 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,651 (6.77%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 47,781 (100%)
--With a disability: 8,869 (18.56%)
----Percent employed: 49.1%
--No disability: 38,912 (81.44%)
----Percent employed: 73.2%
Population 65 years and over: 9,942 (100%)
--With a disability: 4,292 (43.17%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 83,665 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 45,669 (54.59%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 36,881 (44.08%)
--Same county: 25,368 (30.32%)
--Different county: 11,513 (13.76%)
----Same state: 8,132 (9.72%)
----Different state: 3,381 (4.04%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 1,115 (1.33%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 91,053 (100%)
Native: 82,103 (90.17%)
--Born in United States: 81,414 (100%)
----State of residence: 65,386 (71.81%)
----Different state: 16,028 (17.6%)
--Born outside United States: 689 (0.76%)
Foreign born: 8,950 (9.83%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 2,310 (2.54%)
--Naturalized citizen: 3,543 (3.89%)
--Not a citizen: 5,407 (5.94%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 8,950 (100%)
Europe: 150 (1.68%)
Asia: 623 (6.96%)
Africa: 34 (0.38%)
Oceania: 6 (0.07%)
Latin America: 8,077 (90.25%)
Northern America: 60 (0.67%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 83,665 (100%)
English only: 53,527 (63.98%)
Language other than English: 30,138 (36.02%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 10,715 (12.81%)
--Spanish: 29,169 (34.86%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 10,435 (12.47%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 391 (0.47%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 93 (0.11%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 472 (0.56%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 151 (0.18%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 91,053 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 79,971% (87.83%)
Arab: 69 (0.08%)
Czech: 167 (0.18%)
Danish: 92 (0.1%)
Dutch: 943 (1.04%)
English: 6,566 (7.21%)
French (except Basque): 1,650 (1.81%)
French Canadian: 107 (0.12%)
German: 6,046 (6.64%)
Greek: 56 (0.06%)
Hungarian: 66 (0.07%)
Irish: 5,966 (6.55%)
Italian: 730 (0.8%)
Lithuanian: 11 (0.01%)
Norwegian: 382 (0.42%)
Polish: 292 (0.32%)
Portuguese: 38 (0.04%)
Russian: 43 (0.05%)
Scotch-Irish: 1,373 (1.51%)
Scottish: 1,066 (1.17%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 237 (0.26%)
Swedish: 336 (0.37%)
Swiss: 127 (0.14%)
Ukrainian: 34 (0.04%)
United States or American: 6,581 (7.23%)
Welsh: 377 (0.41%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 238 (0.26%)
Other ancestries: 46,378 (50.94%)

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