Tahoka, TX

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4871708, place: Tahoka city, Texas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 866 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 25 (2.89%)
Kindergarten: 33 (3.81%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 506 (58.43%)
High school (grades 9-12): 241 (27.83%)
College or graduate school: 61 (7.04%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,785 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 380 (21.29%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 338 (18.94%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 521 (29.19%)
Some college, no degree: 279 (15.63%)
Associate degree: 44 (2.46%)
Bachelor's degree: 147 (8.24%)
Graduate or professional degree: 76 (4.26%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 59.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 12.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,167 (100%)
Never married: 445 (20.54%)
Now married, except separated: 1,327 (61.24%)
Separated: 28 (1.29%)
Total Widowed: 212 (9.78%)
Widowed Female: 164 (7.57%)
Total Divorced: 155 (7.15%)
Divorced Female: 101 (4.66%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 105 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 74 (70.48%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,994 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 159 (7.97%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 849 (100%)
--With a disability: 44 (5.18%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,429 (100%)
--With a disability: 322 (22.53%)
----Percent employed: 50.3%
--No disability: 1,107 (77.47%)
----Percent employed: 77.7%
Population 65 years and over: 417 (100%)
--With a disability: 201 (48.2%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,736 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,648 (60.23%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,084 (39.62%)
--Same county: 698 (25.51%)
--Different county: 386 (14.11%)
----Same state: 297 (10.86%)
----Different state: 89 (3.25%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 4 (0.15%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,944 (100%)
Native: 2,848 (96.74%)
--Born in United States: 2,844 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,558 (86.89%)
----Different state: 286 (9.71%)
--Born outside United States: 4 (0.14%)
Foreign born: 96 (3.26%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 25 (0.85%)
--Naturalized citizen: 45 (1.53%)
--Not a citizen: 51 (1.73%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 96 (100%)
Europe: 4 (4.17%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 92 (95.83%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,736 (100%)
English only: 1,760 (64.33%)
Language other than English: 976 (35.67%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 360 (13.16%)
--Spanish: 976 (35.67%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 360 (13.16%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 0 (0%)
----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: 2,944 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,361% (80.2%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 44 (1.49%)
English: 141 (4.79%)
French (except Basque): 23 (0.78%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 141 (4.79%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 176 (5.98%)
Italian: 0 (0%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 7 (0.24%)
Polish: 9 (0.31%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 21 (0.71%)
Scottish: 27 (0.92%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 2 (0.07%)
Swedish: 16 (0.54%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 396 (13.45%)
Welsh: 9 (0.31%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 1,349 (45.82%)

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