General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4871492, place: Sweeny city, Texas)SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,030 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 55 (5.34%)
Kindergarten: 63 (6.12%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 501 (48.64%)
High school (grades 9-12): 299 (29.03%)
College or graduate school: 112 (10.87%)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTPopulation 25 years and over: 2,268 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 151 (6.66%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 345 (15.21%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 522 (23.02%)
Some college, no degree: 801 (35.32%)
Associate degree: 151 (6.66%)
Bachelor's degree: 242 (10.67%)
Graduate or professional degree: 56 (2.47%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 78.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 13.1%
MARITIAL STATUSPopulation 15 years and over: 2,720 (100%)
Never married: 493 (18.13%)
Now married, except separated: 1,741 (64.01%)
Separated: 51 (1.88%)
Total Widowed: 226 (8.31%)
Widowed Female: 185 (6.8%)
Total Divorced: 209 (7.68%)
Divorced Female: 98 (3.6%)
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERSGrandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 47 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 31 (65.96%)
VETERAN STATUSCivilian population 18 years and over: 2,487 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 426 (17.13%)
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATIONPopulation 5 to 20 years: 958 (100%)
--With a disability: 71 (7.41%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,711 (100%)
--With a disability: 459 (26.83%)
----Percent employed: 56.4%
--No disability: 1,252 (73.17%)
----Percent employed: 70%
Population 65 years and over: 590 (100%)
--With a disability: 258 (43.73%)
RESIDENCE IN 1995Population 5 years and over: 3,342 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,556 (46.56%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,763 (52.75%)
--Same county: 1,136 (33.99%)
--Different county: 627 (18.76%)
----Same state: 448 (13.41%)
----Different state: 179 (5.36%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 23 (0.69%)
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTHTotal population: 3,571 (100%)
Native: 3,435 (96.19%)
--Born in United States: 3,408 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,754 (77.12%)
----Different state: 654 (18.31%)
--Born outside United States: 27 (0.76%)
Foreign born: 136 (3.81%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 47 (1.32%)
--Naturalized citizen: 43 (1.2%)
--Not a citizen: 93 (2.6%)
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORNTotal (excluding born at sea): 136 (100%)
Europe: 13 (9.56%)
Asia: 9 (6.62%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 114 (83.82%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOMEPopulation 5 years and over: 3,342 (100%)
English only: 2,913 (87.16%)
Language other than English: 429 (12.84%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 177 (5.3%)
--Spanish: 386 (11.55%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 177 (5.3%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 34 (1.02%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 9 (0.27%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)Total population: 3,571 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 3,272% (91.63%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 98 (2.74%)
Danish: 22 (0.62%)
Dutch: 44 (1.23%)
English: 272 (7.62%)
French (except Basque): 99 (2.77%)
French Canadian: 16 (0.45%)
German: 483 (13.53%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 369 (10.33%)
Italian: 52 (1.46%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 7 (0.2%)
Polish: 11 (0.31%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 28 (0.78%)
Scottish: 21 (0.59%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 6 (0.17%)
Swedish: 30 (0.84%)
Swiss: 15 (0.42%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 382 (10.7%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 15 (0.42%)
Other ancestries: 1,302 (36.46%)
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