West Orange, TX

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4877752, place: West Orange city, Texas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 975 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 71 (7.28%)
Kindergarten: 66 (6.77%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 476 (48.82%)
High school (grades 9-12): 207 (21.23%)
College or graduate school: 155 (15.9%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,760 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 227 (8.22%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 483 (17.5%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,026 (37.17%)
Some college, no degree: 631 (22.86%)
Associate degree: 134 (4.86%)
Bachelor's degree: 201 (7.28%)
Graduate or professional degree: 58 (2.1%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 74.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 9.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 3,289 (100%)
Never married: 598 (18.18%)
Now married, except separated: 1,847 (56.16%)
Separated: 92 (2.8%)
Total Widowed: 332 (10.09%)
Widowed Female: 268 (8.15%)
Total Divorced: 420 (12.77%)
Divorced Female: 229 (6.96%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 101 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 52 (51.49%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 3,111 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 506 (16.26%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 913 (100%)
--With a disability: 62 (6.79%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,261 (100%)
--With a disability: 451 (19.95%)
----Percent employed: 53.2%
--No disability: 1,810 (80.05%)
----Percent employed: 69.7%
Population 65 years and over: 717 (100%)
--With a disability: 391 (54.53%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 3,895 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,220 (57%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,635 (41.98%)
--Same county: 972 (24.96%)
--Different county: 663 (17.02%)
----Same state: 362 (9.29%)
----Different state: 301 (7.73%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 40 (1.03%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 4,189 (100%)
Native: 4,040 (96.44%)
--Born in United States: 4,026 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,785 (66.48%)
----Different state: 1,241 (29.63%)
--Born outside United States: 14 (0.33%)
Foreign born: 149 (3.56%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 55 (1.31%)
--Naturalized citizen: 46 (1.1%)
--Not a citizen: 103 (2.46%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 149 (100%)
Europe: 12 (8.05%)
Asia: 25 (16.78%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 112 (75.17%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 3,895 (100%)
English only: 3,497 (89.78%)
Language other than English: 398 (10.22%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 140 (3.59%)
--Spanish: 226 (5.8%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 87 (2.23%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 133 (3.41%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 22 (0.56%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 33 (0.85%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 25 (0.64%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 4,189 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 3,312% (79.06%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 22 (0.53%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 88 (2.1%)
English: 193 (4.61%)
French (except Basque): 426 (10.17%)
French Canadian: 223 (5.32%)
German: 352 (8.4%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 446 (10.65%)
Italian: 90 (2.15%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 84 (2.01%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 61 (1.46%)
Scottish: 79 (1.89%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 22 (0.53%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 537 (12.82%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 689 (16.45%)

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