Palmer, TX

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4854744, place: Palmer town, Texas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 543 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 49 (9.02%)
Kindergarten: 18 (3.31%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 268 (49.36%)
High school (grades 9-12): 160 (29.47%)
College or graduate school: 48 (8.84%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 991 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 157 (15.84%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 176 (17.76%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 348 (35.12%)
Some college, no degree: 205 (20.69%)
Associate degree: 36 (3.63%)
Bachelor's degree: 38 (3.83%)
Graduate or professional degree: 31 (3.13%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 66.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,310 (100%)
Never married: 319 (24.35%)
Now married, except separated: 760 (58.02%)
Separated: 19 (1.45%)
Total Widowed: 98 (7.48%)
Widowed Female: 77 (5.88%)
Total Divorced: 114 (8.7%)
Divorced Female: 64 (4.89%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 71 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 50 (70.42%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,198 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 128 (10.68%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 525 (100%)
--With a disability: 28 (5.33%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 930 (100%)
--With a disability: 227 (24.41%)
----Percent employed: 60.4%
--No disability: 703 (75.59%)
----Percent employed: 71%
Population 65 years and over: 166 (100%)
--With a disability: 86 (51.81%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,621 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 919 (56.69%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 658 (40.59%)
--Same county: 367 (22.64%)
--Different county: 291 (17.95%)
----Same state: 250 (15.42%)
----Different state: 41 (2.53%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 44 (2.71%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,776 (100%)
Native: 1,584 (89.19%)
--Born in United States: 1,579 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,297 (73.03%)
----Different state: 282 (15.88%)
--Born outside United States: 5 (0.28%)
Foreign born: 192 (10.81%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 92 (5.18%)
--Naturalized citizen: 52 (2.93%)
--Not a citizen: 140 (7.88%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 192 (100%)
Europe: 2 (1.04%)
Asia: 3 (1.56%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 187 (97.4%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,621 (100%)
English only: 1,211 (74.71%)
Language other than English: 410 (25.29%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 195 (12.03%)
--Spanish: 403 (24.86%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 190 (11.72%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 4 (0.25%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.12%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 3 (0.19%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3 (0.19%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,776 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,523% (85.75%)
Arab: 6 (0.34%)
Czech: 20 (1.13%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 20 (1.13%)
English: 111 (6.25%)
French (except Basque): 29 (1.63%)
French Canadian: 6 (0.34%)
German: 117 (6.59%)
Greek: 2 (0.11%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 100 (5.63%)
Italian: 28 (1.58%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 9 (0.51%)
Polish: 11 (0.62%)
Portuguese: 2 (0.11%)
Russian: 2 (0.11%)
Scotch-Irish: 7 (0.39%)
Scottish: 13 (0.73%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 342 (19.26%)
Welsh: 2 (0.11%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 696 (39.19%)

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