Oyster Creek, TX

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4854528, place: Oyster Creek city, Texas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 356 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 22 (6.18%)
Kindergarten: 19 (5.34%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 174 (48.88%)
High school (grades 9-12): 90 (25.28%)
College or graduate school: 51 (14.33%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 749 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 67 (8.95%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 186 (24.83%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 264 (35.25%)
Some college, no degree: 161 (21.5%)
Associate degree: 34 (4.54%)
Bachelor's degree: 23 (3.07%)
Graduate or professional degree: 14 (1.87%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 66.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 4.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 905 (100%)
Never married: 154 (17.02%)
Now married, except separated: 539 (59.56%)
Separated: 23 (2.54%)
Total Widowed: 55 (6.08%)
Widowed Female: 44 (4.86%)
Total Divorced: 134 (14.81%)
Divorced Female: 59 (6.52%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 30 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 27 (90%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 839 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 117 (13.95%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 308 (100%)
--With a disability: 13 (4.22%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 667 (100%)
--With a disability: 176 (26.39%)
----Percent employed: 56.8%
--No disability: 491 (73.61%)
----Percent employed: 77.6%
Population 65 years and over: 127 (100%)
--With a disability: 81 (63.78%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,102 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 616 (55.9%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 481 (43.65%)
--Same county: 373 (33.85%)
--Different county: 108 (9.8%)
----Same state: 75 (6.81%)
----Different state: 33 (2.99%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 5 (0.45%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,200 (100%)
Native: 1,145 (95.42%)
--Born in United States: 1,136 (100%)
----State of residence: 826 (68.83%)
----Different state: 310 (25.83%)
--Born outside United States: 9 (0.75%)
Foreign born: 55 (4.58%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 4 (0.33%)
--Naturalized citizen: 30 (2.5%)
--Not a citizen: 25 (2.08%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 55 (100%)
Europe: 10 (18.18%)
Asia: 5 (9.09%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 40 (72.73%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,102 (100%)
English only: 944 (85.66%)
Language other than English: 158 (14.34%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 42 (3.81%)
--Spanish: 140 (12.7%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 39 (3.54%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 16 (1.45%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1 (0.09%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 2 (0.18%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.18%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,200 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,064% (88.67%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 12 (1%)
Danish: 4 (0.33%)
Dutch: 14 (1.17%)
English: 83 (6.92%)
French (except Basque): 19 (1.58%)
French Canadian: 16 (1.33%)
German: 143 (11.92%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 2 (0.17%)
Irish: 145 (12.08%)
Italian: 15 (1.25%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 2 (0.17%)
Polish: 15 (1.25%)
Portuguese: 2 (0.17%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 13 (1.08%)
Scottish: 6 (0.5%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 1 (0.08%)
Swedish: 4 (0.33%)
Swiss: 2 (0.17%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 150 (12.5%)
Welsh: 5 (0.42%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 1 (0.08%)
Other ancestries: 410 (34.17%)

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