Port Aransas, TX

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4858808, place: Port Aransas city, Texas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 724 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 35 (4.83%)
Kindergarten: 33 (4.56%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 294 (40.61%)
High school (grades 9-12): 222 (30.66%)
College or graduate school: 140 (19.34%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,538 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 64 (2.52%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 255 (10.05%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 659 (25.97%)
Some college, no degree: 691 (27.23%)
Associate degree: 162 (6.38%)
Bachelor's degree: 438 (17.26%)
Graduate or professional degree: 269 (10.6%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 87.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 27.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,889 (100%)
Never married: 510 (17.65%)
Now married, except separated: 1,752 (60.64%)
Separated: 49 (1.7%)
Total Widowed: 121 (4.19%)
Widowed Female: 92 (3.18%)
Total Divorced: 457 (15.82%)
Divorced Female: 199 (6.89%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 42 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 33 (78.57%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,726 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 635 (23.29%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 606 (100%)
--With a disability: 58 (9.57%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,111 (100%)
--With a disability: 379 (17.95%)
----Percent employed: 51.7%
--No disability: 1,732 (82.05%)
----Percent employed: 74.2%
Population 65 years and over: 518 (100%)
--With a disability: 178 (34.36%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 3,241 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,398 (43.13%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,817 (56.06%)
--Same county: 723 (22.31%)
--Different county: 1,094 (33.76%)
----Same state: 623 (19.22%)
----Different state: 471 (14.53%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 26 (0.8%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 3,367 (100%)
Native: 3,239 (96.2%)
--Born in United States: 3,216 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,709 (50.76%)
----Different state: 1,507 (44.76%)
--Born outside United States: 23 (0.68%)
Foreign born: 128 (3.8%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 40 (1.19%)
--Naturalized citizen: 75 (2.23%)
--Not a citizen: 53 (1.57%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 128 (100%)
Europe: 47 (36.72%)
Asia: 26 (20.31%)
Africa: 4 (3.13%)
Oceania: 8 (6.25%)
Latin America: 36 (28.13%)
Northern America: 7 (5.47%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 3,241 (100%)
English only: 2,949 (90.99%)
Language other than English: 292 (9.01%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 70 (2.16%)
--Spanish: 201 (6.2%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 46 (1.42%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 81 (2.5%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 16 (0.49%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 10 (0.31%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 8 (0.25%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 3,367 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 3,566% (105.91%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 38 (1.13%)
Danish: 15 (0.45%)
Dutch: 71 (2.11%)
English: 562 (16.69%)
French (except Basque): 151 (4.48%)
French Canadian: 31 (0.92%)
German: 633 (18.8%)
Greek: 8 (0.24%)
Hungarian: 13 (0.39%)
Irish: 446 (13.25%)
Italian: 124 (3.68%)
Lithuanian: 2 (0.06%)
Norwegian: 67 (1.99%)
Polish: 38 (1.13%)
Portuguese: 2 (0.06%)
Russian: 3 (0.09%)
Scotch-Irish: 147 (4.37%)
Scottish: 74 (2.2%)
Slovak: 5 (0.15%)
Subsaharan African: 4 (0.12%)
Swedish: 63 (1.87%)
Swiss: 26 (0.77%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 343 (10.19%)
Welsh: 39 (1.16%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 5 (0.15%)
Other ancestries: 656 (19.48%)

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