Stanton, TX

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4870040, place: Stanton city, Texas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 767 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 62 (8.08%)
Kindergarten: 37 (4.82%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 423 (55.15%)
High school (grades 9-12): 175 (22.82%)
College or graduate school: 70 (9.13%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,436 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 360 (25.07%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 224 (15.6%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 378 (26.32%)
Some college, no degree: 286 (19.92%)
Associate degree: 42 (2.92%)
Bachelor's degree: 116 (8.08%)
Graduate or professional degree: 30 (2.09%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 59.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 10.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,825 (100%)
Never married: 359 (19.67%)
Now married, except separated: 1,094 (59.95%)
Separated: 49 (2.68%)
Total Widowed: 194 (10.63%)
Widowed Female: 160 (8.77%)
Total Divorced: 129 (7.07%)
Divorced Female: 70 (3.84%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 92 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 42 (45.65%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,683 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 147 (8.73%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 761 (100%)
--With a disability: 40 (5.26%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,190 (100%)
--With a disability: 187 (15.71%)
----Percent employed: 41.7%
--No disability: 1,003 (84.29%)
----Percent employed: 73%
Population 65 years and over: 322 (100%)
--With a disability: 139 (43.17%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,333 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,495 (64.08%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 813 (34.85%)
--Same county: 399 (17.1%)
--Different county: 414 (17.75%)
----Same state: 384 (16.46%)
----Different state: 30 (1.29%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 25 (1.07%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,561 (100%)
Native: 2,412 (94.18%)
--Born in United States: 2,404 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,221 (86.72%)
----Different state: 183 (7.15%)
--Born outside United States: 8 (0.31%)
Foreign born: 149 (5.82%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 46 (1.8%)
--Naturalized citizen: 52 (2.03%)
--Not a citizen: 97 (3.79%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 149 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 12 (8.05%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 137 (91.95%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,333 (100%)
English only: 1,290 (55.29%)
Language other than English: 1,043 (44.71%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 388 (16.63%)
--Spanish: 1,029 (44.11%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 383 (16.42%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 4 (0.17%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3 (0.13%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 10 (0.43%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.09%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,561 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,036% (79.5%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 18 (0.7%)
English: 128 (5%)
French (except Basque): 15 (0.59%)
French Canadian: 12 (0.47%)
German: 97 (3.79%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 84 (3.28%)
Italian: 3 (0.12%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 9 (0.35%)
Polish: 10 (0.39%)
Portuguese: 4 (0.16%)
Russian: 2 (0.08%)
Scotch-Irish: 30 (1.17%)
Scottish: 12 (0.47%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 4 (0.16%)
Swedish: 11 (0.43%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 198 (7.73%)
Welsh: 2 (0.08%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 1 (0.04%)
Other ancestries: 1,396 (54.51%)

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