Tira, TX

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4873124, place: Tira town, Texas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 55 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 3 (5.45%)
Kindergarten: 2 (3.64%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 29 (52.73%)
High school (grades 9-12): 18 (32.73%)
College or graduate school: 3 (5.45%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 202 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 24 (11.88%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 23 (11.39%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 74 (36.63%)
Some college, no degree: 45 (22.28%)
Associate degree: 0 (0%)
Bachelor's degree: 22 (10.89%)
Graduate or professional degree: 14 (6.93%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 76.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 17.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 233 (100%)
Never married: 39 (16.74%)
Now married, except separated: 166 (71.24%)
Separated: 0 (0%)
Total Widowed: 23 (9.87%)
Widowed Female: 16 (6.87%)
Total Divorced: 5 (2.15%)
Divorced Female: 3 (1.29%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 16 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 7 (43.75%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 215 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 38 (17.67%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 58 (100%)
--With a disability: 6 (10.34%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 151 (100%)
--With a disability: 26 (17.22%)
----Percent employed: 34.6%
--No disability: 125 (82.78%)
----Percent employed: 84%
Population 65 years and over: 59 (100%)
--With a disability: 26 (44.07%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 268 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 171 (63.81%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 97 (36.19%)
--Same county: 74 (27.61%)
--Different county: 23 (8.58%)
----Same state: 23 (8.58%)
----Different state: 0 (0%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 277 (100%)
Native: 277 (100%)
--Born in United States: 277 (100%)
----State of residence: 229 (82.67%)
----Different state: 48 (17.33%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 0 (0%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 0 (0%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 0
Europe: 0
Asia: 0
Africa: 0
Oceania: 0
Latin America: 0
Northern America: 0

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 268 (100%)
English only: 264 (98.51%)
Language other than English: 4 (1.49%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Spanish: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 4 (1.49%)
----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: 277 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 212% (76.53%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 2 (0.72%)
English: 12 (4.33%)
French (except Basque): 13 (4.69%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 25 (9.03%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 41 (14.8%)
Italian: 2 (0.72%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 11 (3.97%)
Scottish: 0 (0%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 4 (1.44%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 39 (14.08%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 63 (22.74%)

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