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Dallas Texas Social and demographic information
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Dallas Texas Social information
Profile of Selected Social Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: Dallas 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 |
1,188,204 |
100.0 |
| enrolled
in school |
295,622 |
100.0 |
|
Native |
897,768 |
75.6 |
| Nursery
school, preschool |
20,702 |
7.0 |
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Born in
United States |
888,458 |
74.8 |
| Kindergarten |
19,573 |
6.6 |
|
State
of residence |
639,103 |
53.8 |
| Elementary
school (grades 1-8) |
138,082 |
46.7 |
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Different state |
249,355 |
21.0 |
| High school
(grades 9-12) |
60,899 |
20.6 |
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Born
outside United States |
9,310 |
0.8 |
| College or
graduate school |
56,366 |
19.1 |
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Foreign born |
290,436 |
24.4 |
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Entered 1990 to March 2000 |
174,351 |
14.7 |
| EDUCATIONAL
ATTAINMENT |
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Naturalized citizen |
55,607 |
4.7 |
| Population
25 years and over |
734,162 |
100.0 |
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Not a
citizen |
234,829 |
19.8 |
| Less than 9th
grade |
110,317 |
15.0 |
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| 9th to 12th
grade, no diploma |
107,102 |
14.6 |
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REGION OF
BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN |
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| High school
graduate (includes equivalency) |
144,323 |
19.7 |
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Total
(excluding born at sea) |
290,436 |
100.0 |
| Some college,
no degree |
138,820 |
18.9 |
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Europe |
11,139 |
3.8 |
| Associate
degree |
30,596 |
4.2 |
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Asia |
30,459 |
10.5 |
| Bachelor's
degree |
132,675 |
18.1 |
|
Africa |
10,853 |
3.7 |
| Graduate or
professional degree |
70,329 |
9.6 |
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Oceania |
440 |
0.2 |
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Latin America |
235,448 |
81.1 |
| Percent high
school graduate or higher |
70.4 |
(X) |
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Northern
America |
2,097 |
0.7 |
| Percent
bachelor's degree or higher |
27.7 |
(X) |
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LANGUAGE
SPOKEN AT HOME |
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| MARITAL
STATUS |
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Population 5 years and over |
1,089,650 |
100.0 |
| Population
15 years and over |
919,625 |
100.0 |
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English only |
685,534 |
62.9 |
| Never married |
316,683 |
34.4 |
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Language other
than English |
404,116 |
37.1 |
| Now married,
except separated |
420,865 |
45.8 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
237,490 |
21.8 |
| Separated |
32,596 |
3.5 |
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Spanish |
348,225 |
32.0 |
| Widowed |
49,964 |
5.4 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
214,230 |
19.7 |
| Female |
40,827 |
4.4 |
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Other
Indo-European languages |
22,597 |
2.1 |
| Divorced |
99,517 |
10.8 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
7,291 |
0.7 |
| Female |
58,519 |
6.4 |
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Asian and
Pacific Island languages |
22,252 |
2.0 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
12,279 |
1.1 |
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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 |
1,188,204 |
100.0 |
| under
18 years |
32,640 |
100.0 |
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Total
ancestries reported |
1,114,403 |
93.8 |
| Grandparent
responsible for grandchildren |
15,019 |
46.0 |
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Arab |
4,137 |
0.3 |
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Czech¹ |
4,883 |
0.4 |
| VETERAN
STATUS |
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Danish |
2,205 |
0.2 |
| Civilian
population 18 years and over |
873,546 |
100.0 |
|
Dutch |
7,159 |
0.6 |
| Civilian
veterans |
71,444 |
8.2 |
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English |
68,355 |
5.8 |
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French (except
Basque)¹ |
18,197 |
1.5 |
| DISABILITY
STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN |
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French
Canadian¹ |
2,748 |
0.2 |
| NONINSTITUTIONALIZED
POPULATION |
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German |
73,062 |
6.1 |
| Population
5 to 20 years |
267,692 |
100.0 |
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Greek |
2,119 |
0.2 |
| With a
disability |
26,523 |
9.9 |
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Hungarian |
1,703 |
0.1 |
| Population
21 to 64 years |
709,607 |
100.0 |
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Irish¹ |
59,013 |
5.0 |
| With a
disability |
164,746 |
23.2 |
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Italian |
16,058 |
1.4 |
| Percent
employed |
58.3 |
(X) |
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Lithuanian |
867 |
0.1 |
| No disability |
544,861 |
76.8 |
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Norwegian |
5,596 |
0.5 |
| Percent
employed |
73.6 |
(X) |
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Polish |
9,642 |
0.8 |
| Population
65 years and over |
96,777 |
100.0 |
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Portuguese |
600 |
0.1 |
| With a
disability |
42,367 |
43.8 |
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Russian |
6,152 |
0.5 |
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Scotch-Irish |
16,308 |
1.4 |
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Scottish |
14,482 |
1.2 |
| RESIDENCE
IN 1995 |
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Slovak |
437 |
0.0 |
| Population
5 years and over |
1,089,650 |
100.0 |
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Subsaharan
African |
18,242 |
1.5 |
| Same house in
1995 |
471,067 |
43.2 |
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Swedish |
6,748 |
0.6 |
| Different
house in the U.S. in 1995 |
527,198 |
48.4 |
|
Swiss |
1,803 |
0.2 |
| Same county |
355,404 |
32.6 |
|
Ukrainian |
923 |
0.1 |
| Different
county |
171,794 |
15.8 |
|
United States
or American |
48,183 |
4.1 |
| Same state |
96,287 |
8.8 |
|
Welsh |
4,060 |
0.3 |
| Different
state |
75,507 |
6.9 |
|
West Indian
(excluding Hispanic groups) |
1,837 |
0.2 |
| Elsewhere in
1995 |
91,385 |
8.4 |
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Other
ancestries |
718,884 |
60.5 |
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| Date: December
30, 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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