Vega, TX

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4875188, place: Vega city, Texas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 225 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 10 (4.44%)
Kindergarten: 18 (8%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 112 (49.78%)
High school (grades 9-12): 54 (24%)
College or graduate school: 31 (13.78%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 611 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 59 (9.66%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 98 (16.04%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 168 (27.5%)
Some college, no degree: 157 (25.7%)
Associate degree: 28 (4.58%)
Bachelor's degree: 83 (13.58%)
Graduate or professional degree: 18 (2.95%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 74.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 16.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 713 (100%)
Never married: 87 (12.2%)
Now married, except separated: 483 (67.74%)
Separated: 13 (1.82%)
Total Widowed: 61 (8.56%)
Widowed Female: 54 (7.57%)
Total Divorced: 69 (9.68%)
Divorced Female: 34 (4.77%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 9 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 6 (66.67%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 683 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 92 (13.47%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 211 (100%)
--With a disability: 20 (9.48%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 491 (100%)
--With a disability: 118 (24.03%)
----Percent employed: 66.9%
--No disability: 373 (75.97%)
----Percent employed: 85.3%
Population 65 years and over: 154 (100%)
--With a disability: 70 (45.45%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 861 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 462 (53.66%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 389 (45.18%)
--Same county: 152 (17.65%)
--Different county: 237 (27.53%)
----Same state: 197 (22.88%)
----Different state: 40 (4.65%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 10 (1.16%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 936 (100%)
Native: 893 (95.41%)
--Born in United States: 888 (100%)
----State of residence: 671 (71.69%)
----Different state: 217 (23.18%)
--Born outside United States: 5 (0.53%)
Foreign born: 43 (4.59%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 3 (0.32%)
--Naturalized citizen: 19 (2.03%)
--Not a citizen: 24 (2.56%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 43 (100%)
Europe: 4 (9.3%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 35 (81.4%)
Northern America: 4 (9.3%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 861 (100%)
English only: 762 (88.5%)
Language other than English: 99 (11.5%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 43 (4.99%)
--Spanish: 94 (10.92%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 43 (4.99%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 5 (0.58%)
----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: 936 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 791% (84.51%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 5 (0.53%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 24 (2.56%)
English: 69 (7.37%)
French (except Basque): 7 (0.75%)
French Canadian: 7 (0.75%)
German: 117 (12.5%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 106 (11.32%)
Italian: 5 (0.53%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 6 (0.64%)
Polish: 2 (0.21%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 22 (2.35%)
Scottish: 14 (1.5%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 8 (0.85%)
Swiss: 2 (0.21%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 142 (15.17%)
Welsh: 3 (0.32%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 4 (0.43%)
Other ancestries: 248 (26.5%)

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