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Austin Texas Social and demographic information
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Austin Texas Social information
Profile of Selected Social Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: Austin 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 |
|
|
|
Total
poplulation |
656,302 |
100.0 |
| enrolled
in school |
192,181 |
100.0 |
|
Native |
547,296 |
83.4 |
| Nursery
school, preschool |
11,139 |
5.8 |
|
Born in
United States |
537,336 |
81.9 |
| Kindergarten |
9,280 |
4.8 |
|
State
of residence |
360,604 |
54.9 |
| Elementary
school (grades 1-8) |
63,043 |
32.8 |
|
Different state |
176,732 |
26.9 |
| High school
(grades 9-12) |
28,096 |
14.6 |
|
Born
outside United States |
9,960 |
1.5 |
| College or
graduate school |
80,623 |
42.0 |
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Foreign born |
109,006 |
16.6 |
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Entered 1990 to March 2000 |
66,018 |
10.1 |
| EDUCATIONAL
ATTAINMENT |
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Naturalized citizen |
26,747 |
4.1 |
| Population
25 years and over |
401,137 |
100.0 |
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Not a
citizen |
82,259 |
12.5 |
| Less than 9th
grade |
33,200 |
8.3 |
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| 9th to 12th
grade, no diploma |
33,311 |
8.3 |
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REGION OF
BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN |
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| High school
graduate (includes equivalency) |
68,316 |
17.0 |
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Total
(excluding born at sea) |
109,006 |
100.0 |
| Some college,
no degree |
84,486 |
21.1 |
|
Europe |
7,474 |
6.9 |
| Associate
degree |
19,887 |
5.0 |
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Asia |
25,036 |
23.0 |
| Bachelor's
degree |
103,111 |
25.7 |
|
Africa |
2,263 |
2.1 |
| Graduate or
professional degree |
58,826 |
14.7 |
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Oceania |
298 |
0.3 |
| |
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Latin America |
72,097 |
66.1 |
| Percent high
school graduate or higher |
83.4 |
(X) |
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Northern
America |
1,838 |
1.7 |
| Percent
bachelor's degree or higher |
40.4 |
(X) |
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LANGUAGE
SPOKEN AT HOME |
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| MARITAL
STATUS |
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Population 5 years and over |
609,773 |
100.0 |
| Population
15 years and over |
530,599 |
100.0 |
|
English only |
419,884 |
68.9 |
| Never married |
208,821 |
39.4 |
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Language other
than English |
189,889 |
31.1 |
| Now married,
except separated |
232,962 |
43.9 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
84,821 |
13.9 |
| Separated |
10,769 |
2.0 |
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Spanish |
149,123 |
24.5 |
| Widowed |
19,531 |
3.7 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
71,099 |
11.7 |
| Female |
16,152 |
3.0 |
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Other
Indo-European languages |
16,534 |
2.7 |
| Divorced |
58,516 |
11.0 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
3,749 |
0.6 |
| Female |
33,746 |
6.4 |
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Asian and
Pacific Island languages |
20,955 |
3.4 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
9,027 |
1.5 |
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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 |
656,302 |
100.0 |
| under
18 years |
11,697 |
100.0 |
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Total
ancestries reported |
677,341 |
103.2 |
| Grandparent
responsible for grandchildren |
5,105 |
43.6 |
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Arab |
3,177 |
0.5 |
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Czech¹ |
7,903 |
1.2 |
| VETERAN
STATUS |
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Danish |
2,590 |
0.4 |
| Civilian
population 18 years and over |
508,303 |
100.0 |
|
Dutch |
6,591 |
1.0 |
| Civilian
veterans |
46,762 |
9.2 |
|
English |
57,443 |
8.8 |
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French (except
Basque)¹ |
17,607 |
2.7 |
| DISABILITY
STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN |
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French
Canadian¹ |
3,422 |
0.5 |
| NONINSTITUTIONALIZED
POPULATION |
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German |
84,350 |
12.9 |
| Population
5 to 20 years |
142,526 |
100.0 |
|
Greek |
1,437 |
0.2 |
| With a
disability |
11,763 |
8.3 |
|
Hungarian |
1,741 |
0.3 |
| Population
21 to 64 years |
418,130 |
100.0 |
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Irish¹ |
55,446 |
8.4 |
| With a
disability |
63,935 |
15.3 |
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Italian |
16,185 |
2.5 |
| Percent
employed |
66.5 |
(X) |
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Lithuanian |
791 |
0.1 |
| No disability |
354,195 |
84.7 |
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Norwegian |
5,544 |
0.8 |
| Percent
employed |
80.1 |
(X) |
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Polish |
9,466 |
1.4 |
| Population
65 years and over |
41,741 |
100.0 |
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Portuguese |
872 |
0.1 |
| With a
disability |
17,840 |
42.7 |
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Russian |
4,168 |
0.6 |
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Scotch-Irish |
16,024 |
2.4 |
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Scottish |
15,382 |
2.3 |
| RESIDENCE
IN 1995 |
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Slovak |
645 |
0.1 |
| Population
5 years and over |
609,773 |
100.0 |
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Subsaharan
African |
4,683 |
0.7 |
| Same house in
1995 |
219,521 |
36.0 |
|
Swedish |
7,553 |
1.2 |
| Different
house in the U.S. in 1995 |
349,522 |
57.3 |
|
Swiss |
1,633 |
0.2 |
| Same county |
180,509 |
29.6 |
|
Ukrainian |
854 |
0.1 |
| Different
county |
169,013 |
27.7 |
|
United States
or American |
28,052 |
4.3 |
| Same state |
107,425 |
17.6 |
|
Welsh |
4,261 |
0.6 |
| Different
state |
61,588 |
10.1 |
|
West Indian
(excluding Hispanic groups) |
1,241 |
0.2 |
| Elsewhere in
1995 |
40,730 |
6.7 |
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Other
ancestries |
318,280 |
48.5 |
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| Date: December
29, 2004 |
| |
| -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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