Thornton, TX

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4872788, place: Thornton town, Texas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 144 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 0 (0%)
Kindergarten: 5 (3.47%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 72 (50%)
High school (grades 9-12): 46 (31.94%)
College or graduate school: 21 (14.58%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 355 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 36 (10.14%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 67 (18.87%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 131 (36.9%)
Some college, no degree: 83 (23.38%)
Associate degree: 22 (6.2%)
Bachelor's degree: 11 (3.1%)
Graduate or professional degree: 5 (1.41%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 71%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 4.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 423 (100%)
Never married: 82 (19.39%)
Now married, except separated: 222 (52.48%)
Separated: 16 (3.78%)
Total Widowed: 45 (10.64%)
Widowed Female: 37 (8.75%)
Total Divorced: 58 (13.71%)
Divorced Female: 24 (5.67%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 14 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 14 (100%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 382 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 68 (17.8%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 137 (100%)
--With a disability: 9 (6.57%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 299 (100%)
--With a disability: 80 (26.76%)
----Percent employed: 45%
--No disability: 219 (73.24%)
----Percent employed: 62.6%
Population 65 years and over: 72 (100%)
--With a disability: 37 (51.39%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 508 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 324 (63.78%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 183 (36.02%)
--Same county: 122 (24.02%)
--Different county: 61 (12.01%)
----Same state: 46 (9.06%)
----Different state: 15 (2.95%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 1 (0.2%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 532 (100%)
Native: 524 (98.5%)
--Born in United States: 524 (100%)
----State of residence: 436 (81.95%)
----Different state: 88 (16.54%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 8 (1.5%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 1 (0.19%)
--Naturalized citizen: 5 (0.94%)
--Not a citizen: 3 (0.56%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 8 (100%)
Europe: 3 (37.5%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 5 (62.5%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 508 (100%)
English only: 471 (92.72%)
Language other than English: 37 (7.28%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 14 (2.76%)
--Spanish: 35 (6.89%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 14 (2.76%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 2 (0.39%)
----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: 532 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 476% (89.47%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 9 (1.69%)
Danish: 3 (0.56%)
Dutch: 2 (0.38%)
English: 23 (4.32%)
French (except Basque): 34 (6.39%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 77 (14.47%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 64 (12.03%)
Italian: 3 (0.56%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 10 (1.88%)
Scottish: 11 (2.07%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 2 (0.38%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 60 (11.28%)
Welsh: 8 (1.5%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 2 (0.38%)
Other ancestries: 168 (31.58%)

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