Petrolia, TX

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4857044, place: Petrolia city, Texas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 223 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 19 (8.52%)
Kindergarten: 14 (6.28%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 95 (42.6%)
High school (grades 9-12): 64 (28.7%)
College or graduate school: 31 (13.9%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 508 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 38 (7.48%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 101 (19.88%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 221 (43.5%)
Some college, no degree: 92 (18.11%)
Associate degree: 16 (3.15%)
Bachelor's degree: 34 (6.69%)
Graduate or professional degree: 6 (1.18%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 72.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 7.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 617 (100%)
Never married: 104 (16.86%)
Now married, except separated: 334 (54.13%)
Separated: 14 (2.27%)
Total Widowed: 57 (9.24%)
Widowed Female: 53 (8.59%)
Total Divorced: 108 (17.5%)
Divorced Female: 63 (10.21%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 53 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 33 (62.26%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 579 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 93 (16.06%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 202 (100%)
--With a disability: 19 (9.41%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 427 (100%)
--With a disability: 129 (30.21%)
----Percent employed: 58.9%
--No disability: 298 (69.79%)
----Percent employed: 71.8%
Population 65 years and over: 122 (100%)
--With a disability: 72 (59.02%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 751 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 459 (61.12%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 291 (38.75%)
--Same county: 109 (14.51%)
--Different county: 182 (24.23%)
----Same state: 147 (19.57%)
----Different state: 35 (4.66%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 1 (0.13%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 802 (100%)
Native: 799 (99.63%)
--Born in United States: 796 (100%)
----State of residence: 657 (81.92%)
----Different state: 139 (17.33%)
--Born outside United States: 3 (0.37%)
Foreign born: 3 (0.37%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 1 (0.12%)
--Not a citizen: 2 (0.25%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 3 (100%)
Europe: 1 (33.33%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 2 (66.67%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 751 (100%)
English only: 727 (96.8%)
Language other than English: 24 (3.2%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7 (0.93%)
--Spanish: 17 (2.26%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7 (0.93%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 5 (0.67%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 802 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 691% (86.16%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 3 (0.37%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 19 (2.37%)
English: 76 (9.48%)
French (except Basque): 12 (1.5%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 68 (8.48%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 73 (9.1%)
Italian: 5 (0.62%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 6 (0.75%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 25 (3.12%)
Scottish: 16 (2%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 133 (16.58%)
Welsh: 3 (0.37%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 4 (0.5%)
Other ancestries: 248 (30.92%)

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