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Amarillo Texas Social and demographic information
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Amarillo Texas Social information
Profile of Selected Social Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: Amarillo 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 |
173,526 |
100.0 |
| enrolled
in school |
48,115 |
100.0 |
|
Native |
160,896 |
92.7 |
| Nursery
school, preschool |
3,569 |
7.4 |
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Born in
United States |
159,939 |
92.2 |
| Kindergarten |
2,910 |
6.0 |
|
State
of residence |
113,783 |
65.6 |
| Elementary
school (grades 1-8) |
21,673 |
45.0 |
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Different state |
46,156 |
26.6 |
| High school
(grades 9-12) |
9,971 |
20.7 |
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Born
outside United States |
957 |
0.6 |
| College or
graduate school |
9,992 |
20.8 |
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Foreign born |
12,630 |
7.3 |
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Entered 1990 to March 2000 |
5,343 |
3.1 |
| EDUCATIONAL
ATTAINMENT |
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Naturalized citizen |
4,610 |
2.7 |
| Population
25 years and over |
107,811 |
100.0 |
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Not a
citizen |
8,020 |
4.6 |
| Less than 9th
grade |
8,095 |
7.5 |
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| 9th to 12th
grade, no diploma |
14,231 |
13.2 |
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REGION OF
BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN |
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| High school
graduate (includes equivalency) |
27,578 |
25.6 |
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Total
(excluding born at sea) |
12,630 |
100.0 |
| Some college,
no degree |
28,760 |
26.7 |
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Europe |
877 |
6.9 |
| Associate
degree |
7,033 |
6.5 |
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Asia |
2,940 |
23.3 |
| Bachelor's
degree |
14,791 |
13.7 |
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Africa |
13 |
0.1 |
| Graduate or
professional degree |
7,323 |
6.8 |
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Oceania |
18 |
0.1 |
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Latin America |
8,541 |
67.6 |
| Percent high
school graduate or higher |
79.3 |
(X) |
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Northern
America |
241 |
1.9 |
| Percent
bachelor's degree or higher |
20.5 |
(X) |
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LANGUAGE
SPOKEN AT HOME |
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| MARITAL
STATUS |
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Population 5 years and over |
159,666 |
100.0 |
| Population
15 years and over |
132,993 |
100.0 |
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English only |
129,476 |
81.1 |
| Never married |
29,876 |
22.5 |
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Language other
than English |
30,190 |
18.9 |
| Now married,
except separated |
74,826 |
56.3 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
11,694 |
7.3 |
| Separated |
3,339 |
2.5 |
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Spanish |
25,555 |
16.0 |
| Widowed |
9,292 |
7.0 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
9,398 |
5.9 |
| Female |
7,718 |
5.8 |
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Other
Indo-European languages |
1,516 |
0.9 |
| Divorced |
15,660 |
11.8 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
543 |
0.3 |
| Female |
9,172 |
6.9 |
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Asian and
Pacific Island languages |
2,857 |
1.8 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
1,659 |
1.0 |
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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 |
173,526 |
100.0 |
| under
18 years |
3,745 |
100.0 |
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Total
ancestries reported |
154,440 |
89.0 |
| Grandparent
responsible for grandchildren |
2,015 |
53.8 |
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Arab |
368 |
0.2 |
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Czech¹ |
605 |
0.3 |
| VETERAN
STATUS |
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Danish |
423 |
0.2 |
| Civilian
population 18 years and over |
125,157 |
100.0 |
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Dutch |
2,655 |
1.5 |
| Civilian
veterans |
16,151 |
12.9 |
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English |
15,309 |
8.8 |
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French (except
Basque)¹ |
3,758 |
2.2 |
| DISABILITY
STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN |
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French
Canadian¹ |
442 |
0.3 |
| NONINSTITUTIONALIZED
POPULATION |
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German |
19,672 |
11.3 |
| Population
5 to 20 years |
42,233 |
100.0 |
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Greek |
184 |
0.1 |
| With a
disability |
3,432 |
8.1 |
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Hungarian |
121 |
0.1 |
| Population
21 to 64 years |
95,123 |
100.0 |
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Irish¹ |
15,023 |
8.7 |
| With a
disability |
18,701 |
19.7 |
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Italian |
2,187 |
1.3 |
| Percent
employed |
58.1 |
(X) |
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Lithuanian |
64 |
0.0 |
| No disability |
76,422 |
80.3 |
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Norwegian |
1,130 |
0.7 |
| Percent
employed |
78.6 |
(X) |
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Polish |
984 |
0.6 |
| Population
65 years and over |
20,573 |
100.0 |
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Portuguese |
114 |
0.1 |
| With a
disability |
9,129 |
44.4 |
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Russian |
217 |
0.1 |
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Scotch-Irish |
3,643 |
2.1 |
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Scottish |
2,931 |
1.7 |
| RESIDENCE
IN 1995 |
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Slovak |
40 |
0.0 |
| Population
5 years and over |
159,666 |
100.0 |
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Subsaharan
African |
582 |
0.3 |
| Same house in
1995 |
78,707 |
49.3 |
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Swedish |
993 |
0.6 |
| Different
house in the U.S. in 1995 |
78,178 |
49.0 |
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Swiss |
196 |
0.1 |
| Same county |
37,917 |
23.7 |
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Ukrainian |
55 |
0.0 |
| Different
county |
40,261 |
25.2 |
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United States
or American |
18,352 |
10.6 |
| Same state |
29,198 |
18.3 |
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Welsh |
829 |
0.5 |
| Different
state |
11,063 |
6.9 |
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West Indian
(excluding Hispanic groups) |
267 |
0.2 |
| Elsewhere in
1995 |
2,781 |
1.7 |
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Other
ancestries |
63,296 |
36.5 |
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| Date: December
29, 2004 |
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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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