Whitney, TX

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4878664, place: Whitney town, Texas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 462 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 33 (7.14%)
Kindergarten: 32 (6.93%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 214 (46.32%)
High school (grades 9-12): 133 (28.79%)
College or graduate school: 50 (10.82%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,236 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 123 (9.95%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 332 (26.86%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 386 (31.23%)
Some college, no degree: 224 (18.12%)
Associate degree: 71 (5.74%)
Bachelor's degree: 65 (5.26%)
Graduate or professional degree: 35 (2.83%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 63.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 8.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,478 (100%)
Never married: 255 (17.25%)
Now married, except separated: 798 (53.99%)
Separated: 43 (2.91%)
Total Widowed: 190 (12.86%)
Widowed Female: 165 (11.16%)
Total Divorced: 192 (12.99%)
Divorced Female: 115 (7.78%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 38 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 28 (73.68%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,382 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 194 (14.04%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 446 (100%)
--With a disability: 42 (9.42%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 856 (100%)
--With a disability: 255 (29.79%)
----Percent employed: 51.4%
--No disability: 601 (70.21%)
----Percent employed: 72.9%
Population 65 years and over: 314 (100%)
--With a disability: 153 (48.73%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,767 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 783 (44.31%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 968 (54.78%)
--Same county: 544 (30.79%)
--Different county: 424 (24%)
----Same state: 311 (17.6%)
----Different state: 113 (6.4%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 16 (0.91%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,864 (100%)
Native: 1,791 (96.08%)
--Born in United States: 1,785 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,402 (75.21%)
----Different state: 383 (20.55%)
--Born outside United States: 6 (0.32%)
Foreign born: 73 (3.92%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 39 (2.09%)
--Naturalized citizen: 20 (1.07%)
--Not a citizen: 53 (2.84%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 73 (100%)
Europe: 5 (6.85%)
Asia: 5 (6.85%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 2 (2.74%)
Latin America: 61 (83.56%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,767 (100%)
English only: 1,593 (90.15%)
Language other than English: 174 (9.85%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 73 (4.13%)
--Spanish: 159 (9%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 67 (3.79%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 7 (0.4%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1 (0.06%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 8 (0.45%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5 (0.28%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,864 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,334% (71.57%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 10 (0.54%)
Danish: 8 (0.43%)
Dutch: 16 (0.86%)
English: 116 (6.22%)
French (except Basque): 25 (1.34%)
French Canadian: 6 (0.32%)
German: 98 (5.26%)
Greek: 2 (0.11%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 139 (7.46%)
Italian: 21 (1.13%)
Lithuanian: 3 (0.16%)
Norwegian: 10 (0.54%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 7 (0.38%)
Scotch-Irish: 12 (0.64%)
Scottish: 21 (1.13%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 21 (1.13%)
Swedish: 4 (0.21%)
Swiss: 2 (0.11%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 430 (23.07%)
Welsh: 2 (0.11%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 2 (0.11%)
Other ancestries: 379 (20.33%)

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