Port Arthur, TX

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4858820, place: Port Arthur city, Texas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 15,682 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 1,298 (8.28%)
Kindergarten: 993 (6.33%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 7,394 (47.15%)
High school (grades 9-12): 3,969 (25.31%)
College or graduate school: 2,028 (12.93%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 35,576 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 5,113 (14.37%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 5,651 (15.88%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 12,335 (34.67%)
Some college, no degree: 7,621 (21.42%)
Associate degree: 1,541 (4.33%)
Bachelor's degree: 2,438 (6.85%)
Graduate or professional degree: 877 (2.47%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 69.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 9.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 44,137 (100%)
Never married: 12,285 (27.83%)
Now married, except separated: 20,985 (47.55%)
Separated: 1,535 (3.48%)
Total Widowed: 4,060 (9.2%)
Widowed Female: 3,372 (7.64%)
Total Divorced: 5,272 (11.94%)
Divorced Female: 2,958 (6.7%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 1,955 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 1,054 (53.91%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 41,175 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 5,275 (12.81%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 14,788 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,245 (8.42%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 29,274 (100%)
--With a disability: 7,455 (25.47%)
----Percent employed: 44.5%
--No disability: 21,819 (74.53%)
----Percent employed: 64.5%
Population 65 years and over: 8,705 (100%)
--With a disability: 3,933 (45.18%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 53,336 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 31,647 (59.34%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 20,480 (38.4%)
--Same county: 14,843 (27.83%)
--Different county: 5,637 (10.57%)
----Same state: 3,268 (6.13%)
----Different state: 2,369 (4.44%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 1,209 (2.27%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 57,756 (100%)
Native: 50,588 (87.59%)
--Born in United States: 50,352 (100%)
----State of residence: 37,179 (64.37%)
----Different state: 13,173 (22.81%)
--Born outside United States: 236 (0.41%)
Foreign born: 7,168 (12.41%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 3,286 (5.69%)
--Naturalized citizen: 2,319 (4.02%)
--Not a citizen: 4,849 (8.4%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 7,168 (100%)
Europe: 122 (1.7%)
Asia: 2,096 (29.24%)
Africa: 16 (0.22%)
Oceania: 26 (0.36%)
Latin America: 4,882 (68.11%)
Northern America: 26 (0.36%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 53,336 (100%)
English only: 40,937 (76.75%)
Language other than English: 12,399 (23.25%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6,776 (12.7%)
--Spanish: 8,023 (15.04%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4,567 (8.56%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 1,421 (2.66%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 400 (0.75%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 2,888 (5.41%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,757 (3.29%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 57,756 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 52,398% (90.72%)
Arab: 49 (0.08%)
Czech: 68 (0.12%)
Danish: 19 (0.03%)
Dutch: 246 (0.43%)
English: 1,833 (3.17%)
French (except Basque): 3,416 (5.91%)
French Canadian: 1,473 (2.55%)
German: 2,432 (4.21%)
Greek: 83 (0.14%)
Hungarian: 10 (0.02%)
Irish: 2,325 (4.03%)
Italian: 1,032 (1.79%)
Lithuanian: 13 (0.02%)
Norwegian: 112 (0.19%)
Polish: 163 (0.28%)
Portuguese: 35 (0.06%)
Russian: 28 (0.05%)
Scotch-Irish: 528 (0.91%)
Scottish: 304 (0.53%)
Slovak: 4 (0.01%)
Subsaharan African: 339 (0.59%)
Swedish: 146 (0.25%)
Swiss: 2 (0%)
Ukrainian: 4 (0.01%)
United States or American: 2,275 (3.94%)
Welsh: 92 (0.16%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 109 (0.19%)
Other ancestries: 35,258 (61.05%)

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