Refugio, TX

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4861436, place: Refugio town, Texas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 788 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 45 (5.71%)
Kindergarten: 22 (2.79%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 447 (56.73%)
High school (grades 9-12): 221 (28.05%)
College or graduate school: 53 (6.73%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,883 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 301 (15.99%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 323 (17.15%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 572 (30.38%)
Some college, no degree: 372 (19.76%)
Associate degree: 86 (4.57%)
Bachelor's degree: 143 (7.59%)
Graduate or professional degree: 86 (4.57%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 66.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 12.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,270 (100%)
Never married: 553 (24.36%)
Now married, except separated: 1,200 (52.86%)
Separated: 57 (2.51%)
Total Widowed: 235 (10.35%)
Widowed Female: 204 (8.99%)
Total Divorced: 225 (9.91%)
Divorced Female: 120 (5.29%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 82 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 44 (53.66%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,108 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 273 (12.95%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 764 (100%)
--With a disability: 61 (7.98%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,438 (100%)
--With a disability: 434 (30.18%)
----Percent employed: 57.1%
--No disability: 1,004 (69.82%)
----Percent employed: 77.9%
Population 65 years and over: 483 (100%)
--With a disability: 225 (46.58%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,753 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,687 (61.28%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,054 (38.29%)
--Same county: 710 (25.79%)
--Different county: 344 (12.5%)
----Same state: 291 (10.57%)
----Different state: 53 (1.93%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 12 (0.44%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,935 (100%)
Native: 2,872 (97.85%)
--Born in United States: 2,869 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,658 (90.56%)
----Different state: 211 (7.19%)
--Born outside United States: 3 (0.1%)
Foreign born: 63 (2.15%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 20 (0.68%)
--Naturalized citizen: 7 (0.24%)
--Not a citizen: 56 (1.91%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 63 (100%)
Europe: 8 (12.7%)
Asia: 14 (22.22%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 41 (65.08%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,753 (100%)
English only: 1,971 (71.59%)
Language other than English: 782 (28.41%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 244 (8.86%)
--Spanish: 760 (27.61%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 240 (8.72%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 22 (0.8%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (0.15%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,935 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,665% (90.8%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 8 (0.27%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 14 (0.48%)
English: 138 (4.7%)
French (except Basque): 81 (2.76%)
French Canadian: 7 (0.24%)
German: 282 (9.61%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 172 (5.86%)
Italian: 59 (2.01%)
Lithuanian: 10 (0.34%)
Norwegian: 4 (0.14%)
Polish: 20 (0.68%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 32 (1.09%)
Scottish: 35 (1.19%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 26 (0.89%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 131 (4.46%)
Welsh: 4 (0.14%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 1,642 (55.95%)

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