Palestine, TX

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4854708, place: Palestine city, Texas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 4,431 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 239 (5.39%)
Kindergarten: 249 (5.62%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 2,381 (53.74%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,108 (25.01%)
College or graduate school: 454 (10.25%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 10,865 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,151 (10.59%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,594 (14.67%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 3,384 (31.15%)
Some college, no degree: 2,634 (24.24%)
Associate degree: 507 (4.67%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,025 (9.43%)
Graduate or professional degree: 570 (5.25%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 74.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 14.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 13,474 (100%)
Never married: 3,036 (22.53%)
Now married, except separated: 6,999 (51.94%)
Separated: 415 (3.08%)
Total Widowed: 1,392 (10.33%)
Widowed Female: 1,224 (9.08%)
Total Divorced: 1,632 (12.11%)
Divorced Female: 1,058 (7.85%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 368 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 193 (52.45%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 12,596 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,709 (13.57%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 4,386 (100%)
--With a disability: 224 (5.11%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 8,952 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,366 (26.43%)
----Percent employed: 53.4%
--No disability: 6,586 (73.57%)
----Percent employed: 75.5%
Population 65 years and over: 2,505 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,333 (53.21%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 16,297 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 8,889 (54.54%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 7,199 (44.17%)
--Same county: 4,196 (25.75%)
--Different county: 3,003 (18.43%)
----Same state: 2,226 (13.66%)
----Different state: 777 (4.77%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 209 (1.28%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 17,783 (100%)
Native: 16,442 (92.46%)
--Born in United States: 16,308 (100%)
----State of residence: 13,600 (76.48%)
----Different state: 2,708 (15.23%)
--Born outside United States: 134 (0.75%)
Foreign born: 1,341 (7.54%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 629 (3.54%)
--Naturalized citizen: 408 (2.29%)
--Not a citizen: 933 (5.25%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,341 (100%)
Europe: 39 (2.91%)
Asia: 212 (15.81%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 18 (1.34%)
Latin America: 1,072 (79.94%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 16,297 (100%)
English only: 13,944 (85.56%)
Language other than English: 2,353 (14.44%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,071 (6.57%)
--Spanish: 2,101 (12.89%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 941 (5.77%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 118 (0.72%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 63 (0.39%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 126 (0.77%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 67 (0.41%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 17,783 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 15,677% (88.16%)
Arab: 16 (0.09%)
Czech: 6 (0.03%)
Danish: 33 (0.19%)
Dutch: 136 (0.76%)
English: 1,198 (6.74%)
French (except Basque): 263 (1.48%)
French Canadian: 122 (0.69%)
German: 1,115 (6.27%)
Greek: 56 (0.31%)
Hungarian: 24 (0.13%)
Irish: 1,102 (6.2%)
Italian: 85 (0.48%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 50 (0.28%)
Polish: 101 (0.57%)
Portuguese: 14 (0.08%)
Russian: 10 (0.06%)
Scotch-Irish: 370 (2.08%)
Scottish: 252 (1.42%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 256 (1.44%)
Swedish: 15 (0.08%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 2,388 (13.43%)
Welsh: 44 (0.25%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 33 (0.19%)
Other ancestries: 7,988 (44.92%)

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