Parker, TX

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4855152, place: Parker city, Texas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 299 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 13 (4.35%)
Kindergarten: 14 (4.68%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 137 (45.82%)
High school (grades 9-12): 85 (28.43%)
College or graduate school: 50 (16.72%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 980 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 14 (1.43%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 39 (3.98%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 180 (18.37%)
Some college, no degree: 243 (24.8%)
Associate degree: 60 (6.12%)
Bachelor's degree: 296 (30.2%)
Graduate or professional degree: 148 (15.1%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 94.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 45.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,120 (100%)
Never married: 153 (13.66%)
Now married, except separated: 866 (77.32%)
Separated: 4 (0.36%)
Total Widowed: 28 (2.5%)
Widowed Female: 19 (1.7%)
Total Divorced: 69 (6.16%)
Divorced Female: 34 (3.04%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 38 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 34 (89.47%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,067 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 178 (16.68%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 278 (100%)
--With a disability: 17 (6.12%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 868 (100%)
--With a disability: 87 (10.02%)
----Percent employed: 63.2%
--No disability: 781 (89.98%)
----Percent employed: 79.5%
Population 65 years and over: 149 (100%)
--With a disability: 36 (24.16%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,295 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 709 (54.75%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 538 (41.54%)
--Same county: 311 (24.02%)
--Different county: 227 (17.53%)
----Same state: 137 (10.58%)
----Different state: 90 (6.95%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 48 (3.71%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,352 (100%)
Native: 1,257 (92.97%)
--Born in United States: 1,238 (100%)
----State of residence: 593 (43.86%)
----Different state: 645 (47.71%)
--Born outside United States: 19 (1.41%)
Foreign born: 95 (7.03%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 51 (3.77%)
--Naturalized citizen: 34 (2.51%)
--Not a citizen: 61 (4.51%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 95 (100%)
Europe: 19 (20%)
Asia: 19 (20%)
Africa: 2 (2.11%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 39 (41.05%)
Northern America: 16 (16.84%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,295 (100%)
English only: 1,169 (90.27%)
Language other than English: 126 (9.73%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 39 (3.01%)
--Spanish: 82 (6.33%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 32 (2.47%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 26 (2.01%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.15%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 12 (0.93%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5 (0.39%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,352 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,393% (103.03%)
Arab: 8 (0.59%)
Czech: 34 (2.51%)
Danish: 7 (0.52%)
Dutch: 38 (2.81%)
English: 215 (15.9%)
French (except Basque): 22 (1.63%)
French Canadian: 8 (0.59%)
German: 212 (15.68%)
Greek: 8 (0.59%)
Hungarian: 5 (0.37%)
Irish: 175 (12.94%)
Italian: 56 (4.14%)
Lithuanian: 2 (0.15%)
Norwegian: 5 (0.37%)
Polish: 29 (2.14%)
Portuguese: 6 (0.44%)
Russian: 4 (0.3%)
Scotch-Irish: 34 (2.51%)
Scottish: 38 (2.81%)
Slovak: 12 (0.89%)
Subsaharan African: 2 (0.15%)
Swedish: 15 (1.11%)
Swiss: 6 (0.44%)
Ukrainian: 19 (1.41%)
United States or American: 170 (12.57%)
Welsh: 15 (1.11%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 2 (0.15%)
Other ancestries: 246 (18.2%)

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