Primera, TX

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4859540, place: Primera town, Texas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 903 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 48 (5.32%)
Kindergarten: 77 (8.53%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 490 (54.26%)
High school (grades 9-12): 204 (22.59%)
College or graduate school: 84 (9.3%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,357 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 455 (33.53%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 208 (15.33%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 362 (26.68%)
Some college, no degree: 227 (16.73%)
Associate degree: 49 (3.61%)
Bachelor's degree: 47 (3.46%)
Graduate or professional degree: 9 (0.66%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 51.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 4.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,780 (100%)
Never married: 462 (25.96%)
Now married, except separated: 1,099 (61.74%)
Separated: 46 (2.58%)
Total Widowed: 80 (4.49%)
Widowed Female: 73 (4.1%)
Total Divorced: 93 (5.22%)
Divorced Female: 61 (3.43%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 108 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 64 (59.26%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,635 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 127 (7.77%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 839 (100%)
--With a disability: 83 (9.89%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,330 (100%)
--With a disability: 428 (32.18%)
----Percent employed: 67.1%
--No disability: 902 (67.82%)
----Percent employed: 58.5%
Population 65 years and over: 196 (100%)
--With a disability: 103 (52.55%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,365 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,481 (62.62%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 849 (35.9%)
--Same county: 650 (27.48%)
--Different county: 199 (8.41%)
----Same state: 133 (5.62%)
----Different state: 66 (2.79%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 35 (1.48%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,577 (100%)
Native: 2,115 (82.07%)
--Born in United States: 2,103 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,915 (74.31%)
----Different state: 188 (7.3%)
--Born outside United States: 12 (0.47%)
Foreign born: 462 (17.93%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 113 (4.38%)
--Naturalized citizen: 166 (6.44%)
--Not a citizen: 296 (11.49%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 462 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 3 (0.65%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 457 (98.92%)
Northern America: 2 (0.43%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,365 (100%)
English only: 399 (16.87%)
Language other than English: 1,966 (83.13%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 839 (35.48%)
--Spanish: 1,961 (82.92%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 839 (35.48%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 2 (0.08%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 3 (0.13%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,577 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,353% (91.31%)
Arab: 2 (0.08%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 4 (0.16%)
Dutch: 9 (0.35%)
English: 17 (0.66%)
French (except Basque): 16 (0.62%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 67 (2.6%)
Greek: 13 (0.5%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 59 (2.29%)
Italian: 2 (0.08%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 4 (0.16%)
Polish: 7 (0.27%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 12 (0.47%)
Scottish: 11 (0.43%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 2 (0.08%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 51 (1.98%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 2,077 (80.6%)

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