Wells, TX

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4877176, place: Wells town, Texas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 146 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 8 (5.48%)
Kindergarten: 15 (10.27%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 70 (47.95%)
High school (grades 9-12): 38 (26.03%)
College or graduate school: 15 (10.27%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 471 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 68 (14.44%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 138 (29.3%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 164 (34.82%)
Some college, no degree: 61 (12.95%)
Associate degree: 15 (3.18%)
Bachelor's degree: 17 (3.61%)
Graduate or professional degree: 8 (1.7%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 56.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 5.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 569 (100%)
Never married: 105 (18.45%)
Now married, except separated: 313 (55.01%)
Separated: 21 (3.69%)
Total Widowed: 91 (15.99%)
Widowed Female: 84 (14.76%)
Total Divorced: 39 (6.85%)
Divorced Female: 22 (3.87%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 19 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 5 (26.32%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 534 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 59 (11.05%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 145 (100%)
--With a disability: 12 (8.28%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 340 (100%)
--With a disability: 103 (30.29%)
----Percent employed: 43.7%
--No disability: 237 (69.71%)
----Percent employed: 69.2%
Population 65 years and over: 105 (100%)
--With a disability: 76 (72.38%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 657 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 401 (61.04%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 240 (36.53%)
--Same county: 117 (17.81%)
--Different county: 123 (18.72%)
----Same state: 108 (16.44%)
----Different state: 15 (2.28%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 16 (2.44%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 718 (100%)
Native: 691 (96.24%)
--Born in United States: 687 (100%)
----State of residence: 602 (83.84%)
----Different state: 85 (11.84%)
--Born outside United States: 4 (0.56%)
Foreign born: 27 (3.76%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 20 (2.79%)
--Naturalized citizen: 5 (0.7%)
--Not a citizen: 22 (3.06%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 27 (100%)
Europe: 3 (11.11%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 24 (88.89%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 657 (100%)
English only: 619 (94.22%)
Language other than English: 38 (5.78%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 20 (3.04%)
--Spanish: 36 (5.48%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 20 (3.04%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 2 (0.3%)
----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: 718 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 495% (68.94%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 10 (1.39%)
English: 54 (7.52%)
French (except Basque): 14 (1.95%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 21 (2.92%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 73 (10.17%)
Italian: 7 (0.97%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 3 (0.42%)
Scottish: 0 (0%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 1 (0.14%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 107 (14.9%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 205 (28.55%)

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