Sour Lake, TX

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4868828, place: Sour Lake city, Texas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 388 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 28 (7.22%)
Kindergarten: 21 (5.41%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 206 (53.09%)
High school (grades 9-12): 108 (27.84%)
College or graduate school: 25 (6.44%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,086 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 59 (5.43%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 161 (14.83%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 445 (40.98%)
Some college, no degree: 210 (19.34%)
Associate degree: 61 (5.62%)
Bachelor's degree: 96 (8.84%)
Graduate or professional degree: 54 (4.97%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 79.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 13.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,298 (100%)
Never married: 226 (17.41%)
Now married, except separated: 764 (58.86%)
Separated: 21 (1.62%)
Total Widowed: 134 (10.32%)
Widowed Female: 102 (7.86%)
Total Divorced: 153 (11.79%)
Divorced Female: 81 (6.24%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 34 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 23 (67.65%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,204 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 183 (15.2%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 417 (100%)
--With a disability: 33 (7.91%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 862 (100%)
--With a disability: 156 (18.1%)
----Percent employed: 50%
--No disability: 706 (81.9%)
----Percent employed: 68.8%
Population 65 years and over: 270 (100%)
--With a disability: 147 (54.44%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,549 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 881 (56.88%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 664 (42.87%)
--Same county: 335 (21.63%)
--Different county: 329 (21.24%)
----Same state: 277 (17.88%)
----Different state: 52 (3.36%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 4 (0.26%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,646 (100%)
Native: 1,634 (99.27%)
--Born in United States: 1,630 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,313 (79.77%)
----Different state: 317 (19.26%)
--Born outside United States: 4 (0.24%)
Foreign born: 12 (0.73%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 6 (0.36%)
--Naturalized citizen: 5 (0.3%)
--Not a citizen: 7 (0.43%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 12 (100%)
Europe: 3 (25%)
Asia: 9 (75%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,549 (100%)
English only: 1,514 (97.74%)
Language other than English: 35 (2.26%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3 (0.19%)
--Spanish: 15 (0.97%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3 (0.19%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 20 (1.29%)
----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: 1,646 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,377% (83.66%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 5 (0.3%)
Danish: 12 (0.73%)
Dutch: 23 (1.4%)
English: 144 (8.75%)
French (except Basque): 221 (13.43%)
French Canadian: 48 (2.92%)
German: 155 (9.42%)
Greek: 9 (0.55%)
Hungarian: 9 (0.55%)
Irish: 177 (10.75%)
Italian: 24 (1.46%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 5 (0.3%)
Polish: 6 (0.36%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 38 (2.31%)
Scottish: 19 (1.15%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 6 (0.36%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 250 (15.19%)
Welsh: 3 (0.18%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 223 (13.55%)

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