Westway, TX

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4878016, place: Westway CDP, Texas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,539 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 100 (6.5%)
Kindergarten: 49 (3.18%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 829 (53.87%)
High school (grades 9-12): 447 (29.04%)
College or graduate school: 114 (7.41%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,769 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 831 (46.98%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 340 (19.22%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 376 (21.25%)
Some college, no degree: 152 (8.59%)
Associate degree: 60 (3.39%)
Bachelor's degree: 10 (0.57%)
Graduate or professional degree: 0 (0%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 33.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 0.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,588 (100%)
Never married: 802 (30.99%)
Now married, except separated: 1,470 (56.8%)
Separated: 95 (3.67%)
Total Widowed: 80 (3.09%)
Widowed Female: 43 (1.66%)
Total Divorced: 141 (5.45%)
Divorced Female: 119 (4.6%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 190 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 67 (35.26%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,296 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 96 (4.18%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,504 (100%)
--With a disability: 117 (7.78%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,832 (100%)
--With a disability: 501 (27.35%)
----Percent employed: 75.6%
--No disability: 1,331 (72.65%)
----Percent employed: 52.7%
Population 65 years and over: 153 (100%)
--With a disability: 75 (49.02%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 3,489 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,369 (67.9%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 947 (27.14%)
--Same county: 858 (24.59%)
--Different county: 89 (2.55%)
----Same state: 13 (0.37%)
----Different state: 76 (2.18%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 173 (4.96%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 3,878 (100%)
Native: 2,032 (52.4%)
--Born in United States: 2,022 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,680 (43.32%)
----Different state: 342 (8.82%)
--Born outside United States: 10 (0.26%)
Foreign born: 1,846 (47.6%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 434 (11.19%)
--Naturalized citizen: 432 (11.14%)
--Not a citizen: 1,414 (36.46%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,846 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 1,846 (100%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 3,489 (100%)
English only: 156 (4.47%)
Language other than English: 3,333 (95.53%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,504 (43.11%)
--Spanish: 3,333 (95.53%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,504 (43.11%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 0 (0%)
----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: 3,878 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 3,743% (96.52%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 0 (0%)
English: 19 (0.49%)
French (except Basque): 0 (0%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 35 (0.9%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 30 (0.77%)
Italian: 0 (0%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 0 (0%)
Scottish: 0 (0%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 11 (0.28%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 3,648 (94.07%)

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