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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: Newton 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 |
3,518 |
100.0 |
Nursery school, preschool |
221 |
6.3 |
Kindergarten |
160 |
4.5 |
Elementary school (grades 1-8) |
1,847 |
52.5 |
High school (grades 9-12) |
1,076 |
30.6 |
College or graduate school |
214 |
6.1 |
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EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT |
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Population 25 years and over |
9,738 |
100.0 |
Less than 9th grade |
1,010 |
10.4 |
9th to 12th grade, no diploma |
2,035 |
20.9 |
High school graduate (includes equivalency) |
4,426 |
45.5 |
Some college, no degree |
1,468 |
15.1 |
Associate degree |
262 |
2.7 |
Bachelor's degree |
363 |
3.7 |
Graduate or professional degree |
174 |
1.8 |
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Percent high school graduate or higher |
68.7 |
(X) |
Percent bachelor's degree or higher |
5.5 |
(X) |
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MARITAL STATUS |
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Population 15 years and over |
11,891 |
100.0 |
Never married |
2,316 |
19.5 |
Now married, except separated |
7,147 |
60.1 |
Separated |
279 |
2.3 |
Widowed |
908 |
7.6 |
Female |
732 |
6.2 |
Divorced |
1,241 |
10.4 |
Female |
600 |
5.0 |
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GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS |
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Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years |
401 |
100.0 |
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren |
274 |
68.3 |
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VETERAN STATUS |
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Civilian population 18 years and over |
11,119 |
100.0 |
Civilian veterans |
1,441 |
13.0 |
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DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION |
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Population 5 to 20 years |
3,562 |
100.0 |
With a disability |
304 |
8.5 |
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Population 21 to 64 years |
7,874 |
100.0 |
With a disability |
2,001 |
25.4 |
Percent employed |
41.0 |
(X) |
No disability |
5,873 |
74.6 |
Percent employed |
65.5 |
(X) |
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Population 65 years and over |
2,067 |
100.0 |
With a disability |
1,208 |
58.4 |
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RESIDENCE IN 1995 |
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Population 5 years and over |
14,089 |
100.0 |
Same house in 1995 |
9,467 |
67.2 |
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 |
4,476 |
31.8 |
Same county |
1,889 |
13.4 |
Different county |
2,587 |
18.4 |
Same state |
2,203 |
15.6 |
Different state |
384 |
2.7 |
Elsewhere in 1995 |
146 |
1.0 |
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NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH |
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Total population |
15,072 |
100.0 |
Native |
14,940 |
99.1 |
Born in United States |
14,899 |
98.9 |
State of residence |
11,718 |
77.7 |
Different state |
3,181 |
21.1 |
Born outside United States |
41 |
0.3 |
Foreign born |
132 |
0.9 |
Entered 1990 to March 2000 |
38 |
0.3 |
Naturalized citizen |
64 |
0.4 |
Not a citizen |
68 |
0.5 |
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REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN |
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Total (excluding born at sea) |
132 |
100.0 |
Europe |
18 |
13.6 |
Asia |
32 |
24.2 |
Africa |
5 |
3.8 |
Oceania |
0 |
0.0 |
Latin America |
72 |
54.5 |
Northern America |
5 |
3.8 |
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LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME |
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Population 5 years and over |
14,089 |
100.0 |
English only |
13,578 |
96.4 |
Language other than English |
511 |
3.6 |
Speak English less than 'very well |
149 |
1.1 |
Spanish |
364 |
2.6 |
Speak English less than "very well" |
105 |
0.7 |
Other Indo-European languages |
122 |
0.9 |
Speak English less than "very well" |
19 |
0.1 |
Asian and Pacific Island languages |
25 |
0.2 |
Speak English less than "very well" |
25 |
0.2 |
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ANCESTRY (single or multiple) |
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Total population |
15,072 |
100.0 |
Total ancestries reported |
11,910 |
79.0 |
Arab |
0 |
0.0 |
Czech1 |
36 |
0.2 |
Danish |
29 |
0.2 |
Dutch |
157 |
1.0 |
English |
912 |
6.1 |
French (except Basque)1 |
719 |
4.8 |
French Canadian1 |
202 |
1.3 |
German |
674 |
4.5 |
Greek |
0 |
0.0 |
Hungarian |
0 |
0.0 |
Irish1 |
1,162 |
7.7 |
Italian |
105 |
0.7 |
Lithuanian |
48 |
0.3 |
Norwegian |
18 |
0.1 |
Polish |
55 |
0.4 |
Portuguese |
0 |
0.0 |
Russian |
6 |
0.0 |
Scotch-Irish |
200 |
1.3 |
Scottish |
132 |
0.9 |
Slovak |
0 |
0.0 |
Subsaharan African |
50 |
0.3 |
Swedish |
36 |
0.2 |
Swiss |
0 |
0.0 |
Ukrainian |
6 |
0.0 |
United States or American |
3,330 |
22.1 |
Welsh |
13 |
0.1 |
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) |
20 |
0.1 |
Other ancestries |
4,000 |
26.5 |
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Number |
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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