Tomball, TX

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4873316, place: Tomball city, Texas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,618 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 181 (6.91%)
Kindergarten: 154 (5.88%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,074 (41.02%)
High school (grades 9-12): 679 (25.94%)
College or graduate school: 530 (20.24%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 5,816 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 478 (8.22%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 968 (16.64%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,559 (26.81%)
Some college, no degree: 1,297 (22.3%)
Associate degree: 266 (4.57%)
Bachelor's degree: 954 (16.4%)
Graduate or professional degree: 294 (5.06%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 75.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 21.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 7,214 (100%)
Never married: 1,669 (23.14%)
Now married, except separated: 3,637 (50.42%)
Separated: 226 (3.13%)
Total Widowed: 763 (10.58%)
Widowed Female: 638 (8.84%)
Total Divorced: 919 (12.74%)
Divorced Female: 587 (8.14%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 166 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 68 (40.96%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 6,821 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 793 (11.63%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,052 (100%)
--With a disability: 167 (8.14%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 4,998 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,233 (24.67%)
----Percent employed: 74%
--No disability: 3,765 (75.33%)
----Percent employed: 83%
Population 65 years and over: 1,088 (100%)
--With a disability: 538 (49.45%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 8,527 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,932 (34.38%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 5,315 (62.33%)
--Same county: 2,970 (34.83%)
--Different county: 2,345 (27.5%)
----Same state: 1,703 (19.97%)
----Different state: 642 (7.53%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 280 (3.28%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 9,132 (100%)
Native: 8,416 (92.16%)
--Born in United States: 8,380 (100%)
----State of residence: 5,741 (62.87%)
----Different state: 2,639 (28.9%)
--Born outside United States: 36 (0.39%)
Foreign born: 716 (7.84%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 340 (3.72%)
--Naturalized citizen: 102 (1.12%)
--Not a citizen: 614 (6.72%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 716 (100%)
Europe: 58 (8.1%)
Asia: 49 (6.84%)
Africa: 21 (2.93%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 579 (80.87%)
Northern America: 9 (1.26%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 8,527 (100%)
English only: 7,374 (86.48%)
Language other than English: 1,153 (13.52%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 605 (7.1%)
--Spanish: 890 (10.44%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 551 (6.46%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 208 (2.44%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 21 (0.25%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 39 (0.46%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 24 (0.28%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 9,132 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 8,437% (92.39%)
Arab: 31 (0.34%)
Czech: 96 (1.05%)
Danish: 55 (0.6%)
Dutch: 97 (1.06%)
English: 852 (9.33%)
French (except Basque): 529 (5.79%)
French Canadian: 105 (1.15%)
German: 1,581 (17.31%)
Greek: 25 (0.27%)
Hungarian: 16 (0.18%)
Irish: 1,050 (11.5%)
Italian: 280 (3.07%)
Lithuanian: 13 (0.14%)
Norwegian: 22 (0.24%)
Polish: 232 (2.54%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 265 (2.9%)
Scottish: 141 (1.54%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 46 (0.5%)
Swedish: 54 (0.59%)
Swiss: 93 (1.02%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 844 (9.24%)
Welsh: 53 (0.58%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 14 (0.15%)
Other ancestries: 1,943 (21.28%)

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