U.S. Beacon March 29, 2024

West Odessa, TX

Texas

Latitude: 31.841978     Longitude: -102.482744
Population 17,799 (2000)



General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4877728, place: West Odessa CDP, Texas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 5,384 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 311 (5.78%)
Kindergarten: 229 (4.25%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 2,962 (55.01%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,226 (22.77%)
College or graduate school: 656 (12.18%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 10,229 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 2,150 (21.02%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,940 (18.97%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,978 (29.11%)
Some college, no degree: 2,258 (22.07%)
Associate degree: 425 (4.15%)
Bachelor's degree: 344 (3.36%)
Graduate or professional degree: 134 (1.31%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 60%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 4.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 12,946 (100%)
Never married: 2,598 (20.07%)
Now married, except separated: 8,135 (62.84%)
Separated: 273 (2.11%)
Total Widowed: 554 (4.28%)
Widowed Female: 436 (3.37%)
Total Divorced: 1,386 (10.71%)
Divorced Female: 683 (5.28%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 758 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 341 (44.99%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 11,928 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,311 (10.99%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 5,303 (100%)
--With a disability: 518 (9.77%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 9,734 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,319 (23.82%)
----Percent employed: 53%
--No disability: 7,415 (76.18%)
----Percent employed: 67.7%
Population 65 years and over: 1,331 (100%)
--With a disability: 660 (49.59%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 16,375 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 10,325 (63.05%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 5,933 (36.23%)
--Same county: 4,508 (27.53%)
--Different county: 1,425 (8.7%)
----Same state: 1,165 (7.11%)
----Different state: 260 (1.59%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 117 (0.71%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 17,799 (100%)
Native: 15,211 (85.46%)
--Born in United States: 15,093 (100%)
----State of residence: 12,060 (67.76%)
----Different state: 3,033 (17.04%)
--Born outside United States: 118 (0.66%)
Foreign born: 2,588 (14.54%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 486 (2.73%)
--Naturalized citizen: 1,124 (6.31%)
--Not a citizen: 1,464 (8.23%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 2,588 (100%)
Europe: 11 (0.43%)
Asia: 20 (0.77%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 2,557 (98.8%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 16,375 (100%)
English only: 9,270 (56.61%)
Language other than English: 7,105 (43.39%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2,835 (17.31%)
--Spanish: 7,000 (42.75%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2,799 (17.09%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 47 (0.29%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 28 (0.17%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 20 (0.12%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 17,799 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 14,676% (82.45%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 49 (0.28%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 218 (1.22%)
English: 827 (4.65%)
French (except Basque): 226 (1.27%)
French Canadian: 8 (0.04%)
German: 977 (5.49%)
Greek: 8 (0.04%)
Hungarian: 17 (0.1%)
Irish: 1,041 (5.85%)
Italian: 50 (0.28%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 36 (0.2%)
Polish: 45 (0.25%)
Portuguese: 19 (0.11%)
Russian: 20 (0.11%)
Scotch-Irish: 161 (0.9%)
Scottish: 123 (0.69%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 26 (0.15%)
Swiss: 7 (0.04%)
Ukrainian: 8 (0.04%)
United States or American: 1,842 (10.35%)
Welsh: 16 (0.09%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 40 (0.22%)
Other ancestries: 8,912 (50.07%)

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