Raymondville, TX

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4860836, place: Raymondville city, Texas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,814 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 201 (7.14%)
Kindergarten: 202 (7.18%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,439 (51.14%)
High school (grades 9-12): 733 (26.05%)
College or graduate school: 239 (8.49%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 5,565 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 2,122 (38.13%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 882 (15.85%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,301 (23.38%)
Some college, no degree: 789 (14.18%)
Associate degree: 86 (1.55%)
Bachelor's degree: 279 (5.01%)
Graduate or professional degree: 106 (1.9%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 46%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 6.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 7,343 (100%)
Never married: 2,261 (30.79%)
Now married, except separated: 3,591 (48.9%)
Separated: 256 (3.49%)
Total Widowed: 542 (7.38%)
Widowed Female: 419 (5.71%)
Total Divorced: 693 (9.44%)
Divorced Female: 324 (4.41%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 410 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 147 (35.85%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 6,794 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 544 (8.01%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,504 (100%)
--With a disability: 179 (7.15%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 4,136 (100%)
--With a disability: 817 (19.75%)
----Percent employed: 34.1%
--No disability: 3,319 (80.25%)
----Percent employed: 64.5%
Population 65 years and over: 1,259 (100%)
--With a disability: 636 (50.52%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 8,987 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 6,202 (69.01%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,665 (29.65%)
--Same county: 1,578 (17.56%)
--Different county: 1,087 (12.1%)
----Same state: 828 (9.21%)
----Different state: 259 (2.88%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 120 (1.34%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 9,706 (100%)
Native: 8,583 (88.43%)
--Born in United States: 8,508 (100%)
----State of residence: 7,754 (79.89%)
----Different state: 754 (7.77%)
--Born outside United States: 75 (0.77%)
Foreign born: 1,123 (11.57%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 180 (1.85%)
--Naturalized citizen: 648 (6.68%)
--Not a citizen: 475 (4.89%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,123 (100%)
Europe: 15 (1.34%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 1,103 (98.22%)
Northern America: 5 (0.45%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 8,987 (100%)
English only: 1,856 (20.65%)
Language other than English: 7,131 (79.35%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3,168 (35.25%)
--Spanish: 7,113 (79.15%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3,160 (35.16%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 8 (0.09%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 8 (0.09%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 5 (0.06%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 9,706 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 8,606% (88.67%)
Arab: 5 (0.05%)
Czech: 11 (0.11%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 8 (0.08%)
English: 75 (0.77%)
French (except Basque): 31 (0.32%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 113 (1.16%)
Greek: 7 (0.07%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 70 (0.72%)
Italian: 17 (0.18%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 12 (0.12%)
Polish: 18 (0.19%)
Portuguese: 3 (0.03%)
Russian: 17 (0.18%)
Scotch-Irish: 28 (0.29%)
Scottish: 0 (0%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 25 (0.26%)
Swedish: 27 (0.28%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 290 (2.99%)
Welsh: 6 (0.06%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 7,843 (80.81%)

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