South Padre Island, TX

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4869140, place: South Padre Island town, Texas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 476 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 44 (9.24%)
Kindergarten: 13 (2.73%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 143 (30.04%)
High school (grades 9-12): 81 (17.02%)
College or graduate school: 195 (40.97%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,975 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 43 (2.18%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 107 (5.42%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 396 (20.05%)
Some college, no degree: 562 (28.46%)
Associate degree: 165 (8.35%)
Bachelor's degree: 373 (18.89%)
Graduate or professional degree: 329 (16.66%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 92.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 35.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,191 (100%)
Never married: 501 (22.87%)
Now married, except separated: 1,226 (55.96%)
Separated: 36 (1.64%)
Total Widowed: 101 (4.61%)
Widowed Female: 86 (3.93%)
Total Divorced: 327 (14.92%)
Divorced Female: 146 (6.66%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 13 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 8 (61.54%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,117 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 462 (21.82%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 269 (100%)
--With a disability: 19 (7.06%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,675 (100%)
--With a disability: 234 (13.97%)
----Percent employed: 59.4%
--No disability: 1,441 (86.03%)
----Percent employed: 69.3%
Population 65 years and over: 400 (100%)
--With a disability: 136 (34%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,357 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 725 (30.76%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,477 (62.66%)
--Same county: 719 (30.5%)
--Different county: 758 (32.16%)
----Same state: 331 (14.04%)
----Different state: 427 (18.12%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 155 (6.58%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,455 (100%)
Native: 2,122 (86.44%)
--Born in United States: 2,112 (100%)
----State of residence: 891 (36.29%)
----Different state: 1,221 (49.74%)
--Born outside United States: 10 (0.41%)
Foreign born: 333 (13.56%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 91 (3.71%)
--Naturalized citizen: 96 (3.91%)
--Not a citizen: 237 (9.65%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 333 (100%)
Europe: 36 (10.81%)
Asia: 39 (11.71%)
Africa: 4 (1.2%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 215 (64.56%)
Northern America: 39 (11.71%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,357 (100%)
English only: 1,598 (67.8%)
Language other than English: 759 (32.2%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 258 (10.95%)
--Spanish: 686 (29.1%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 237 (10.06%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 50 (2.12%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 13 (0.55%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,455 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,570% (104.68%)
Arab: 20 (0.81%)
Czech: 4 (0.16%)
Danish: 16 (0.65%)
Dutch: 31 (1.26%)
English: 401 (16.33%)
French (except Basque): 116 (4.73%)
French Canadian: 19 (0.77%)
German: 280 (11.41%)
Greek: 13 (0.53%)
Hungarian: 4 (0.16%)
Irish: 306 (12.46%)
Italian: 97 (3.95%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 32 (1.3%)
Polish: 30 (1.22%)
Portuguese: 4 (0.16%)
Russian: 16 (0.65%)
Scotch-Irish: 48 (1.96%)
Scottish: 90 (3.67%)
Slovak: 5 (0.2%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 34 (1.38%)
Swiss: 16 (0.65%)
Ukrainian: 4 (0.16%)
United States or American: 140 (5.7%)
Welsh: 27 (1.1%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 2 (0.08%)
Other ancestries: 815 (33.2%)

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