Wills Point, TX

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4879564, place: Wills Point city, Texas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 856 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 72 (8.41%)
Kindergarten: 51 (5.96%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 456 (53.27%)
High school (grades 9-12): 197 (23.01%)
College or graduate school: 80 (9.35%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,191 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 205 (9.36%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 472 (21.54%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 687 (31.36%)
Some college, no degree: 487 (22.23%)
Associate degree: 63 (2.88%)
Bachelor's degree: 158 (7.21%)
Graduate or professional degree: 119 (5.43%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 69.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 12.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,629 (100%)
Never married: 466 (17.73%)
Now married, except separated: 1,403 (53.37%)
Separated: 57 (2.17%)
Total Widowed: 321 (12.21%)
Widowed Female: 298 (11.34%)
Total Divorced: 382 (14.53%)
Divorced Female: 217 (8.25%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 67 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 35 (52.24%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,447 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 283 (11.57%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 826 (100%)
--With a disability: 88 (10.65%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,653 (100%)
--With a disability: 359 (21.72%)
----Percent employed: 62.7%
--No disability: 1,294 (78.28%)
----Percent employed: 76.5%
Population 65 years and over: 543 (100%)
--With a disability: 271 (49.91%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 3,156 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,630 (51.65%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,513 (47.94%)
--Same county: 659 (20.88%)
--Different county: 854 (27.06%)
----Same state: 761 (24.11%)
----Different state: 93 (2.95%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 13 (0.41%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 3,386 (100%)
Native: 3,235 (95.54%)
--Born in United States: 3,229 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,718 (80.27%)
----Different state: 511 (15.09%)
--Born outside United States: 6 (0.18%)
Foreign born: 151 (4.46%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 83 (2.45%)
--Naturalized citizen: 41 (1.21%)
--Not a citizen: 110 (3.25%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 151 (100%)
Europe: 5 (3.31%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 146 (96.69%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 3,156 (100%)
English only: 2,878 (91.19%)
Language other than English: 278 (8.81%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 139 (4.4%)
--Spanish: 265 (8.4%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 139 (4.4%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 13 (0.41%)
----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: 3,386 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,780% (82.1%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 17 (0.5%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 61 (1.8%)
English: 357 (10.54%)
French (except Basque): 84 (2.48%)
French Canadian: 6 (0.18%)
German: 171 (5.05%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 292 (8.62%)
Italian: 47 (1.39%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 14 (0.41%)
Portuguese: 4 (0.12%)
Russian: 5 (0.15%)
Scotch-Irish: 53 (1.57%)
Scottish: 72 (2.13%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 3 (0.09%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 585 (17.28%)
Welsh: 19 (0.56%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 990 (29.24%)

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