Port Isabel, TX

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4858892, place: Port Isabel city, Texas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,519 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 173 (11.39%)
Kindergarten: 95 (6.25%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 741 (48.78%)
High school (grades 9-12): 314 (20.67%)
College or graduate school: 196 (12.9%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,908 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 707 (24.31%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 482 (16.57%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 609 (20.94%)
Some college, no degree: 576 (19.81%)
Associate degree: 177 (6.09%)
Bachelor's degree: 250 (8.6%)
Graduate or professional degree: 107 (3.68%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 59.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 12.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 3,564 (100%)
Never married: 875 (24.55%)
Now married, except separated: 1,870 (52.47%)
Separated: 228 (6.4%)
Total Widowed: 288 (8.08%)
Widowed Female: 257 (7.21%)
Total Divorced: 303 (8.5%)
Divorced Female: 128 (3.59%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 126 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 34 (26.98%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 3,364 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 416 (12.37%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,301 (100%)
--With a disability: 89 (6.84%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,581 (100%)
--With a disability: 438 (16.97%)
----Percent employed: 61.4%
--No disability: 2,143 (83.03%)
----Percent employed: 67.2%
Population 65 years and over: 561 (100%)
--With a disability: 278 (49.55%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 4,454 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,540 (57.03%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,623 (36.44%)
--Same county: 1,045 (23.46%)
--Different county: 578 (12.98%)
----Same state: 352 (7.9%)
----Different state: 226 (5.07%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 291 (6.53%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 4,868 (100%)
Native: 3,693 (75.86%)
--Born in United States: 3,559 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,751 (56.51%)
----Different state: 808 (16.6%)
--Born outside United States: 134 (2.75%)
Foreign born: 1,175 (24.14%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 361 (7.42%)
--Naturalized citizen: 329 (6.76%)
--Not a citizen: 846 (17.38%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,175 (100%)
Europe: 15 (1.28%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 1,138 (96.85%)
Northern America: 22 (1.87%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 4,454 (100%)
English only: 1,277 (28.67%)
Language other than English: 3,177 (71.33%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,289 (28.94%)
--Spanish: 3,177 (71.33%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,289 (28.94%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 0 (0%)
----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: 4,868 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 4,569% (93.86%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 13 (0.27%)
Dutch: 14 (0.29%)
English: 193 (3.96%)
French (except Basque): 83 (1.71%)
French Canadian: 16 (0.33%)
German: 283 (5.81%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 11 (0.23%)
Irish: 143 (2.94%)
Italian: 36 (0.74%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 57 (1.17%)
Polish: 51 (1.05%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 53 (1.09%)
Scottish: 17 (0.35%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 36 (0.74%)
Swiss: 13 (0.27%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 96 (1.97%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 20 (0.41%)
Other ancestries: 3,434 (70.54%)

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