Pearland, TX

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4856348, place: Pearland city, Texas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 10,733 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 724 (6.75%)
Kindergarten: 631 (5.88%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 4,965 (46.26%)
High school (grades 9-12): 2,276 (21.21%)
College or graduate school: 2,137 (19.91%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 24,354 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,015 (4.17%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,923 (7.9%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 5,537 (22.74%)
Some college, no degree: 7,081 (29.08%)
Associate degree: 1,710 (7.02%)
Bachelor's degree: 5,337 (21.91%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,751 (7.19%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 87.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 29.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 28,682 (100%)
Never married: 5,541 (19.32%)
Now married, except separated: 18,976 (66.16%)
Separated: 439 (1.53%)
Total Widowed: 1,291 (4.5%)
Widowed Female: 1,078 (3.76%)
Total Divorced: 2,435 (8.49%)
Divorced Female: 1,527 (5.32%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 629 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 215 (34.18%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 26,862 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 3,335 (12.42%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 8,961 (100%)
--With a disability: 641 (7.15%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 22,552 (100%)
--With a disability: 3,313 (14.69%)
----Percent employed: 66.8%
--No disability: 19,239 (85.31%)
----Percent employed: 81.7%
Population 65 years and over: 2,975 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,184 (39.8%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 34,684 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 18,054 (52.05%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 16,235 (46.81%)
--Same county: 5,885 (16.97%)
--Different county: 10,350 (29.84%)
----Same state: 8,584 (24.75%)
----Different state: 1,766 (5.09%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 395 (1.14%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 37,596 (100%)
Native: 35,060 (93.25%)
--Born in United States: 34,737 (100%)
----State of residence: 25,190 (67%)
----Different state: 9,547 (25.39%)
--Born outside United States: 323 (0.86%)
Foreign born: 2,536 (6.75%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 704 (1.87%)
--Naturalized citizen: 1,380 (3.67%)
--Not a citizen: 1,156 (3.07%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 2,536 (100%)
Europe: 419 (16.52%)
Asia: 763 (30.09%)
Africa: 27 (1.06%)
Oceania: 13 (0.51%)
Latin America: 1,197 (47.2%)
Northern America: 117 (4.61%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 34,684 (100%)
English only: 29,101 (83.9%)
Language other than English: 5,583 (16.1%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,804 (5.2%)
--Spanish: 4,038 (11.64%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,236 (3.56%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 544 (1.57%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 148 (0.43%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 868 (2.5%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 387 (1.12%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 37,596 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 37,200% (98.95%)
Arab: 163 (0.43%)
Czech: 794 (2.11%)
Danish: 129 (0.34%)
Dutch: 667 (1.77%)
English: 3,758 (10%)
French (except Basque): 1,544 (4.11%)
French Canadian: 364 (0.97%)
German: 5,761 (15.32%)
Greek: 91 (0.24%)
Hungarian: 207 (0.55%)
Irish: 3,776 (10.04%)
Italian: 1,250 (3.32%)
Lithuanian: 6 (0.02%)
Norwegian: 404 (1.07%)
Polish: 608 (1.62%)
Portuguese: 44 (0.12%)
Russian: 124 (0.33%)
Scotch-Irish: 776 (2.06%)
Scottish: 664 (1.77%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 116 (0.31%)
Swedish: 361 (0.96%)
Swiss: 98 (0.26%)
Ukrainian: 43 (0.11%)
United States or American: 2,790 (7.42%)
Welsh: 272 (0.72%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 70 (0.19%)
Other ancestries: 12,320 (32.77%)

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