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DP-2. Profile of Selected Social Characteristics: 2000 Data Set: Census 2000 Summary File 3 (SF 3) - Sample Data Geographic Area: El Paso County, Texas |
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NOTE: Data based on a sample except in P3, P4, H3, and H4. For information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, definitions, and count corrections see http://factfinder.census.gov/home/en/datanotes/expsf3.htm.
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Percent |
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SCHOOL ENROLLMENT |
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Population 3 years and over enrolled in school |
226,320 |
100.0 |
Nursery school, preschool |
12,099 |
5.3 |
Kindergarten |
13,573 |
6.0 |
Elementary school (grades 1-8) |
101,048 |
44.6 |
High school (grades 9-12) |
52,802 |
23.3 |
College or graduate school |
46,798 |
20.7 |
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EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT |
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Population 25 years and over |
391,540 |
100.0 |
Less than 9th grade |
83,821 |
21.4 |
9th to 12th grade, no diploma |
50,187 |
12.8 |
High school graduate (includes equivalency) |
88,256 |
22.5 |
Some college, no degree |
84,712 |
21.6 |
Associate degree |
19,538 |
5.0 |
Bachelor's degree |
43,262 |
11.0 |
Graduate or professional degree |
21,764 |
5.6 |
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Percent high school graduate or higher |
65.8 |
(X) |
Percent bachelor's degree or higher |
16.6 |
(X) |
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MARITAL STATUS |
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Population 15 years and over |
498,393 |
100.0 |
Never married |
133,811 |
26.8 |
Now married, except separated |
275,527 |
55.3 |
Separated |
15,528 |
3.1 |
Widowed |
28,367 |
5.7 |
Female |
23,257 |
4.7 |
Divorced |
45,160 |
9.1 |
Female |
28,596 |
5.7 |
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GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS |
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Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years |
30,065 |
100.0 |
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren |
12,150 |
40.4 |
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VETERAN STATUS |
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Civilian population 18 years and over |
453,912 |
100.0 |
Civilian veterans |
52,878 |
11.6 |
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DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION |
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Population 5 to 20 years |
189,036 |
100.0 |
With a disability |
13,876 |
7.3 |
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Population 21 to 64 years |
350,492 |
100.0 |
With a disability |
77,460 |
22.1 |
Percent employed |
51.6 |
(X) |
No disability |
273,032 |
77.9 |
Percent employed |
64.8 |
(X) |
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Population 65 years and over |
65,002 |
100.0 |
With a disability |
31,209 |
48.0 |
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RESIDENCE IN 1995 |
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Population 5 years and over |
621,288 |
100.0 |
Same house in 1995 |
342,929 |
55.2 |
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 |
246,891 |
39.7 |
Same county |
188,907 |
30.4 |
Different county |
57,984 |
9.3 |
Same state |
14,885 |
2.4 |
Different state |
43,099 |
6.9 |
Elsewhere in 1995 |
31,468 |
5.1 |
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NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH |
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Total population |
679,622 |
100.0 |
Native |
493,454 |
72.6 |
Born in United States |
480,220 |
70.7 |
State of residence |
365,110 |
53.7 |
Different state |
115,110 |
16.9 |
Born outside United States |
13,234 |
1.9 |
Foreign born |
186,168 |
27.4 |
Entered 1990 to March 2000 |
56,929 |
8.4 |
Naturalized citizen |
77,821 |
11.5 |
Not a citizen |
108,347 |
15.9 |
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REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN |
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Total (excluding born at sea) |
186,168 |
100.0 |
Europe |
6,073 |
3.3 |
Asia |
5,944 |
3.2 |
Africa |
435 |
0.2 |
Oceania |
96 |
0.1 |
Latin America |
172,999 |
92.9 |
Northern America |
621 |
0.3 |
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LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME |
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Population 5 years and over |
621,288 |
100.0 |
English only |
165,907 |
26.7 |
Language other than English |
455,381 |
73.3 |
Speak English less than 'very well |
203,275 |
32.7 |
Spanish |
442,233 |
71.2 |
Speak English less than "very well" |
198,851 |
32.0 |
Other Indo-European languages |
7,347 |
1.2 |
Speak English less than "very well" |
1,867 |
0.3 |
Asian and Pacific Island languages |
4,645 |
0.7 |
Speak English less than "very well" |
2,209 |
0.4 |
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ANCESTRY (single or multiple) |
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Total population |
679,622 |
100.0 |
Total ancestries reported |
658,895 |
97.0 |
Arab |
2,221 |
0.3 |
Czech1 |
786 |
0.1 |
Danish |
791 |
0.1 |
Dutch |
2,240 |
0.3 |
English |
17,065 |
2.5 |
French (except Basque)1 |
6,073 |
0.9 |
French Canadian1 |
1,291 |
0.2 |
German |
28,274 |
4.2 |
Greek |
479 |
0.1 |
Hungarian |
608 |
0.1 |
Irish1 |
18,439 |
2.7 |
Italian |
7,259 |
1.1 |
Lithuanian |
259 |
0.0 |
Norwegian |
2,098 |
0.3 |
Polish |
3,235 |
0.5 |
Portuguese |
312 |
0.0 |
Russian |
1,422 |
0.2 |
Scotch-Irish |
4,160 |
0.6 |
Scottish |
3,710 |
0.5 |
Slovak |
252 |
0.0 |
Subsaharan African |
1,422 |
0.2 |
Swedish |
1,585 |
0.2 |
Swiss |
299 |
0.0 |
Ukrainian |
202 |
0.0 |
United States or American |
17,362 |
2.6 |
Welsh |
1,258 |
0.2 |
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) |
639 |
0.1 |
Other ancestries |
535,154 |
78.7 |
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Percent |
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(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. Ancestry Code List (PDF 35KB) Place of Birth Code List (PDF 74KB) Language Code List (PDF 17KB) Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000 Summary File 3, Matrices P18, P19, P21, P22, P24, P36, P37, P39, P42, PCT8, PCT16, PCT17, and PCT19 |
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