Panhandle, TX

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4854960, place: Panhandle town, Texas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 685 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 28 (4.09%)
Kindergarten: 35 (5.11%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 399 (58.25%)
High school (grades 9-12): 143 (20.88%)
College or graduate school: 80 (11.68%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,683 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 101 (6%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 169 (10.04%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 513 (30.48%)
Some college, no degree: 492 (29.23%)
Associate degree: 86 (5.11%)
Bachelor's degree: 237 (14.08%)
Graduate or professional degree: 85 (5.05%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 84%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 19.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,930 (100%)
Never married: 283 (14.66%)
Now married, except separated: 1,210 (62.69%)
Separated: 18 (0.93%)
Total Widowed: 230 (11.92%)
Widowed Female: 178 (9.22%)
Total Divorced: 189 (9.79%)
Divorced Female: 117 (6.06%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 36 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 14 (38.89%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,816 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 284 (15.64%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 662 (100%)
--With a disability: 38 (5.74%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,255 (100%)
--With a disability: 151 (12.03%)
----Percent employed: 66.2%
--No disability: 1,104 (87.97%)
----Percent employed: 81.2%
Population 65 years and over: 411 (100%)
--With a disability: 198 (48.18%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,404 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,569 (65.27%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 822 (34.19%)
--Same county: 368 (15.31%)
--Different county: 454 (18.89%)
----Same state: 329 (13.69%)
----Different state: 125 (5.2%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 13 (0.54%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,560 (100%)
Native: 2,466 (96.33%)
--Born in United States: 2,457 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,788 (69.84%)
----Different state: 669 (26.13%)
--Born outside United States: 9 (0.35%)
Foreign born: 94 (3.67%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 41 (1.6%)
--Naturalized citizen: 41 (1.6%)
--Not a citizen: 53 (2.07%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 94 (100%)
Europe: 10 (10.64%)
Asia: 8 (8.51%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 76 (80.85%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,404 (100%)
English only: 2,191 (91.14%)
Language other than English: 213 (8.86%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 76 (3.16%)
--Spanish: 201 (8.36%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 76 (3.16%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 12 (0.5%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,560 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,251% (87.93%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 4 (0.16%)
Danish: 4 (0.16%)
Dutch: 65 (2.54%)
English: 248 (9.69%)
French (except Basque): 61 (2.38%)
French Canadian: 4 (0.16%)
German: 346 (13.52%)
Greek: 13 (0.51%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 358 (13.98%)
Italian: 38 (1.48%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 9 (0.35%)
Polish: 67 (2.62%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 89 (3.48%)
Scottish: 56 (2.19%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 15 (0.59%)
Swiss: 4 (0.16%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 347 (13.55%)
Welsh: 8 (0.31%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 6 (0.23%)
Other ancestries: 509 (19.88%)

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