Taylor, TX

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4871948, place: Taylor city, Texas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 3,545 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 214 (6.04%)
Kindergarten: 187 (5.28%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,876 (52.92%)
High school (grades 9-12): 846 (23.86%)
College or graduate school: 422 (11.9%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 8,588 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,300 (15.14%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,440 (16.77%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,745 (31.96%)
Some college, no degree: 1,603 (18.67%)
Associate degree: 362 (4.22%)
Bachelor's degree: 760 (8.85%)
Graduate or professional degree: 378 (4.4%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 68.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 13.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 10,345 (100%)
Never married: 2,541 (24.56%)
Now married, except separated: 5,659 (54.7%)
Separated: 214 (2.07%)
Total Widowed: 835 (8.07%)
Widowed Female: 687 (6.64%)
Total Divorced: 1,096 (10.59%)
Divorced Female: 590 (5.7%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 424 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 203 (47.88%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 9,706 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,357 (13.98%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 3,332 (100%)
--With a disability: 144 (4.32%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 6,898 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,212 (17.57%)
----Percent employed: 54.9%
--No disability: 5,686 (82.43%)
----Percent employed: 78.1%
Population 65 years and over: 1,710 (100%)
--With a disability: 795 (46.49%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 12,536 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 7,179 (57.27%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 5,014 (40%)
--Same county: 2,839 (22.65%)
--Different county: 2,175 (17.35%)
----Same state: 1,710 (13.64%)
----Different state: 465 (3.71%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 343 (2.74%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 13,553 (100%)
Native: 12,566 (92.72%)
--Born in United States: 12,501 (100%)
----State of residence: 10,718 (79.08%)
----Different state: 1,783 (13.16%)
--Born outside United States: 65 (0.48%)
Foreign born: 987 (7.28%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 529 (3.9%)
--Naturalized citizen: 264 (1.95%)
--Not a citizen: 723 (5.33%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 987 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 113 (11.45%)
Africa: 9 (0.91%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 852 (86.32%)
Northern America: 13 (1.32%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 12,536 (100%)
English only: 8,586 (68.49%)
Language other than English: 3,950 (31.51%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,422 (11.34%)
--Spanish: 3,516 (28.05%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,357 (10.82%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 347 (2.77%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 48 (0.38%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 78 (0.62%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 17 (0.14%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 13,553 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 12,907% (95.23%)
Arab: 27 (0.2%)
Czech: 1,323 (9.76%)
Danish: 44 (0.32%)
Dutch: 72 (0.53%)
English: 652 (4.81%)
French (except Basque): 140 (1.03%)
French Canadian: 9 (0.07%)
German: 2,053 (15.15%)
Greek: 4 (0.03%)
Hungarian: 8 (0.06%)
Irish: 815 (6.01%)
Italian: 114 (0.84%)
Lithuanian: 11 (0.08%)
Norwegian: 131 (0.97%)
Polish: 89 (0.66%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 11 (0.08%)
Scotch-Irish: 203 (1.5%)
Scottish: 142 (1.05%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 37 (0.27%)
Swedish: 213 (1.57%)
Swiss: 17 (0.13%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 355 (2.62%)
Welsh: 35 (0.26%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 7 (0.05%)
Other ancestries: 6,395 (47.19%)

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