Rising Star, TX

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4862252, place: Rising Star town, Texas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 197 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 0 (0%)
Kindergarten: 4 (2.03%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 105 (53.3%)
High school (grades 9-12): 69 (35.03%)
College or graduate school: 19 (9.64%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 578 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 76 (13.15%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 113 (19.55%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 194 (33.56%)
Some college, no degree: 98 (16.96%)
Associate degree: 21 (3.63%)
Bachelor's degree: 50 (8.65%)
Graduate or professional degree: 26 (4.5%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 67.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 13.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 683 (100%)
Never married: 134 (19.62%)
Now married, except separated: 379 (55.49%)
Separated: 20 (2.93%)
Total Widowed: 81 (11.86%)
Widowed Female: 68 (9.96%)
Total Divorced: 69 (10.1%)
Divorced Female: 30 (4.39%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 26 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 15 (57.69%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 647 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 108 (16.69%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 195 (100%)
--With a disability: 18 (9.23%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 412 (100%)
--With a disability: 154 (37.38%)
----Percent employed: 50%
--No disability: 258 (62.62%)
----Percent employed: 80.6%
Population 65 years and over: 156 (100%)
--With a disability: 78 (50%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 801 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 356 (44.44%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 443 (55.31%)
--Same county: 140 (17.48%)
--Different county: 303 (37.83%)
----Same state: 279 (34.83%)
----Different state: 24 (3%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 2 (0.25%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 839 (100%)
Native: 817 (97.38%)
--Born in United States: 801 (100%)
----State of residence: 664 (79.14%)
----Different state: 137 (16.33%)
--Born outside United States: 16 (1.91%)
Foreign born: 22 (2.62%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 10 (1.19%)
--Naturalized citizen: 5 (0.6%)
--Not a citizen: 17 (2.03%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 22 (100%)
Europe: 2 (9.09%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 1 (4.55%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 19 (86.36%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 801 (100%)
English only: 744 (92.88%)
Language other than English: 57 (7.12%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 29 (3.62%)
--Spanish: 45 (5.62%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 29 (3.62%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 12 (1.5%)
----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: 839 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 609% (72.59%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 2 (0.24%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 23 (2.74%)
English: 81 (9.65%)
French (except Basque): 35 (4.17%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 75 (8.94%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 114 (13.59%)
Italian: 13 (1.55%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 2 (0.24%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 10 (1.19%)
Scottish: 0 (0%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 102 (12.16%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 4 (0.48%)
Other ancestries: 148 (17.64%)

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