General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4876816, place: Waxahachie city, Texas)SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school: 6,140 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 364 (5.93%)
Kindergarten: 278 (4.53%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 2,582 (42.05%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,309 (21.32%)
College or graduate school: 1,607 (26.17%)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTPopulation 25 years and over: 12,979 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,323 (10.19%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,696 (13.07%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 3,811 (29.36%)
Some college, no degree: 3,144 (24.22%)
Associate degree: 620 (4.78%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,678 (12.93%)
Graduate or professional degree: 707 (5.45%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 76.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 18.4%
MARITIAL STATUSPopulation 15 years and over: 16,617 (100%)
Never married: 3,780 (22.75%)
Now married, except separated: 9,545 (57.44%)
Separated: 441 (2.65%)
Total Widowed: 1,067 (6.42%)
Widowed Female: 888 (5.34%)
Total Divorced: 1,784 (10.74%)
Divorced Female: 1,032 (6.21%)
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERSGrandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 611 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 322 (52.7%)
VETERAN STATUSCivilian population 18 years and over: 15,695 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,623 (10.34%)
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATIONPopulation 5 to 20 years: 5,316 (100%)
--With a disability: 389 (7.32%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 11,578 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,401 (20.74%)
----Percent employed: 69.5%
--No disability: 9,177 (79.26%)
----Percent employed: 76%
Population 65 years and over: 2,418 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,143 (47.27%)
RESIDENCE IN 1995Population 5 years and over: 19,748 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 9,628 (48.75%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 9,709 (49.16%)
--Same county: 4,860 (24.61%)
--Different county: 4,849 (24.55%)
----Same state: 3,347 (16.95%)
----Different state: 1,502 (7.61%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 411 (2.08%)
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTHTotal population: 21,368 (100%)
Native: 19,898 (93.12%)
--Born in United States: 19,710 (100%)
----State of residence: 15,306 (71.63%)
----Different state: 4,404 (20.61%)
--Born outside United States: 188 (0.88%)
Foreign born: 1,470 (6.88%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 831 (3.89%)
--Naturalized citizen: 339 (1.59%)
--Not a citizen: 1,131 (5.29%)
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORNTotal (excluding born at sea): 1,470 (100%)
Europe: 83 (5.65%)
Asia: 79 (5.37%)
Africa: 47 (3.2%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 1,239 (84.29%)
Northern America: 22 (1.5%)
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOMEPopulation 5 years and over: 19,748 (100%)
English only: 16,302 (82.55%)
Language other than English: 3,446 (17.45%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,641 (8.31%)
--Spanish: 3,196 (16.18%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,547 (7.83%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 170 (0.86%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 58 (0.29%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 65 (0.33%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 36 (0.18%)
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)Total population: 21,368 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 18,442% (86.31%)
Arab: 24 (0.11%)
Czech: 166 (0.78%)
Danish: 57 (0.27%)
Dutch: 200 (0.94%)
English: 1,589 (7.44%)
French (except Basque): 419 (1.96%)
French Canadian: 84 (0.39%)
German: 1,988 (9.3%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 1,911 (8.94%)
Italian: 377 (1.76%)
Lithuanian: 5 (0.02%)
Norwegian: 90 (0.42%)
Polish: 130 (0.61%)
Portuguese: 5 (0.02%)
Russian: 8 (0.04%)
Scotch-Irish: 501 (2.34%)
Scottish: 268 (1.25%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 149 (0.7%)
Swedish: 168 (0.79%)
Swiss: 56 (0.26%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 1,911 (8.94%)
Welsh: 104 (0.49%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 10 (0.05%)
Other ancestries: 8,222 (38.48%)
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