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Houston Texas Social and demographic information
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Houston Texas Social information
Profile of Selected Social Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: Houston city
| Subject |
Number |
Percent |
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Subject |
Number |
Percent |
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| SCHOOL
ENROLLMENT |
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NATIVITY
AND PLACE OF BIRTH |
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| Population
3 years and over |
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|
|
Total
poplulation |
1,954,848 |
100.0 |
| enrolled
in school |
536,832 |
100.0 |
|
Native |
1,438,743 |
73.6 |
| Nursery
school, preschool |
34,079 |
6.3 |
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Born in
United States |
1,420,226 |
72.7 |
| Kindergarten |
34,862 |
6.5 |
|
State
of residence |
1,044,324 |
53.4 |
| Elementary
school (grades 1-8) |
242,518 |
45.2 |
|
Different state |
375,902 |
19.2 |
| High school
(grades 9-12) |
110,148 |
20.5 |
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Born
outside United States |
18,517 |
0.9 |
| College or
graduate school |
115,225 |
21.5 |
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Foreign born |
516,105 |
26.4 |
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Entered 1990 to March 2000 |
269,438 |
13.8 |
| EDUCATIONAL
ATTAINMENT |
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Naturalized citizen |
136,472 |
7.0 |
| Population
25 years and over |
1,201,154 |
100.0 |
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Not a
citizen |
379,633 |
19.4 |
| Less than 9th
grade |
177,777 |
14.8 |
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| 9th to 12th
grade, no diploma |
177,668 |
14.8 |
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REGION OF
BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN |
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| High school
graduate (includes equivalency) |
245,299 |
20.4 |
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Total
(excluding born at sea) |
516,105 |
100.0 |
| Some college,
no degree |
228,985 |
19.1 |
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Europe |
23,294 |
4.5 |
| Associate
degree |
47,386 |
3.9 |
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Asia |
92,366 |
17.9 |
| Bachelor's
degree |
207,787 |
17.3 |
|
Africa |
16,988 |
3.3 |
| Graduate or
professional degree |
116,252 |
9.7 |
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Oceania |
930 |
0.2 |
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Latin America |
378,279 |
73.3 |
| Percent high
school graduate or higher |
70.4 |
(X) |
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Northern
America |
4,248 |
0.8 |
| Percent
bachelor's degree or higher |
27.0 |
(X) |
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LANGUAGE
SPOKEN AT HOME |
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| MARITAL
STATUS |
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Population 5 years and over |
1,794,753 |
100.0 |
| Population
15 years and over |
1,498,970 |
100.0 |
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English only |
1,053,207 |
58.7 |
| Never married |
482,846 |
32.2 |
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Language other
than English |
741,546 |
41.3 |
| Now married,
except separated |
731,754 |
48.8 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
395,054 |
22.0 |
| Separated |
53,831 |
3.6 |
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Spanish |
597,000 |
33.3 |
| Widowed |
81,354 |
5.4 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
334,461 |
18.6 |
| Female |
66,124 |
4.4 |
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Other
Indo-European languages |
54,020 |
3.0 |
| Divorced |
149,185 |
10.0 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
15,945 |
0.9 |
| Female |
87,352 |
5.8 |
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Asian and
Pacific Island languages |
70,718 |
3.9 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
39,795 |
2.2 |
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GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS |
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| Grandparent
living in household |
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ANCESTRY
(single and multiple) |
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| with
one or more own grandchildren |
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Total
population |
1,954,848 |
100.0 |
| under
18 years |
57,190 |
100.0 |
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Total
ancestries reported |
1,856,301 |
95.0 |
| Grandparent
responsible for grandchildren |
25,347 |
44.3 |
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Arab |
11,322 |
0.6 |
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Czech¹ |
11,693 |
0.6 |
| VETERAN
STATUS |
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Danish |
2,804 |
0.1 |
| Civilian
population 18 years and over |
1,418,965 |
100.0 |
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Dutch |
9,822 |
0.5 |
| Civilian
veterans |
116,575 |
8.2 |
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English |
98,067 |
5.0 |
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French (except
Basque)¹ |
36,983 |
1.9 |
| DISABILITY
STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN |
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French
Canadian¹ |
6,301 |
0.3 |
| NONINSTITUTIONALIZED
POPULATION |
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German |
118,564 |
6.1 |
| Population
5 to 20 years |
460,482 |
100.0 |
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Greek |
3,980 |
0.2 |
| With a
disability |
39,722 |
8.6 |
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Hungarian |
3,161 |
0.2 |
| Population
21 to 64 years |
1,156,749 |
100.0 |
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Irish¹ |
83,888 |
4.3 |
| With a
disability |
254,762 |
22.0 |
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Italian |
31,899 |
1.6 |
| Percent
employed |
56.2 |
(X) |
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Lithuanian |
1,202 |
0.1 |
| No disability |
901,987 |
78.0 |
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Norwegian |
7,367 |
0.4 |
| Percent
employed |
71.0 |
(X) |
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Polish |
19,297 |
1.0 |
| Population
65 years and over |
158,152 |
100.0 |
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Portuguese |
1,466 |
0.1 |
| With a
disability |
70,001 |
44.3 |
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Russian |
8,423 |
0.4 |
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Scotch-Irish |
21,553 |
1.1 |
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Scottish |
20,171 |
1.0 |
| RESIDENCE
IN 1995 |
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Slovak |
922 |
0.0 |
| Population
5 years and over |
1,794,753 |
100.0 |
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Subsaharan
African |
27,841 |
1.4 |
| Same house in
1995 |
841,761 |
46.9 |
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Swedish |
8,798 |
0.5 |
| Different
house in the U.S. in 1995 |
821,361 |
45.8 |
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Swiss |
2,226 |
0.1 |
| Same county |
613,709 |
34.2 |
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Ukrainian |
1,693 |
0.1 |
| Different
county |
207,652 |
11.6 |
|
United States
or American |
71,531 |
3.7 |
| Same state |
108,271 |
6.0 |
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Welsh |
5,325 |
0.3 |
| Different
state |
99,381 |
5.5 |
|
West Indian
(excluding Hispanic groups) |
6,543 |
0.3 |
| Elsewhere in
1995 |
131,631 |
7.3 |
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Other
ancestries |
1,233,459 |
63.1 |
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| Date: January
2, 2005 |
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| -Represent
zero or rounds to zero. (X) Not applicable. |
| ¹ The data
represent a combination of two ancestries shown separately in Summary
File 3. Czech includes Czechoslovakian. French includes Alsatian. French
Canadian includes Acadian/Cajun. Irish includes Celtic. |
| Source: U.S.
Bureau of the Census, Census 2000. |
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