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DP-2. Profile of Selected Social Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: Waller County
[Data based on a sample. For information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, and definitions, see text]
Subject Number Percent Subject Number Percent
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT       NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH    
     Population 3 years and over            Total poplulation 32,663 100.0
      enrolled in school 11,274 100.0   Native 29,591 90.6
Nursery school, preschool 562 5.0       Born in United States 29,435 90.1
Kindergarten 504 4.5           State of residence 23,633 72.4
Elementary school (grades 1-8) 3,815 33.8           Different state 5,802 17.8
High school (grades 9-12) 2,126 18.9       Born outside United States 156 0.5
College or graduate school 4,267 37.8   Foreign born 3,072 9.4
                Entered 1990 to March 2000 1,475 4.5
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT           Naturalized citizen 668 2.0
  Population 25 years and over 18,395 100.0       Not a citizen 2,404 7.4
Less than 9th grade 2,035 11.1        
9th to 12th grade, no diploma 2,773 15.1   REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN    
High school graduate (includes equivalency) 5,781 31.4     Total (excluding born at sea) 3,072 100.0
Some college, no degree 4,109 22.3   Europe 87 2.8
Associate degree 615 3.3   Asia 66 2.1
Bachelor's degree 2,024 11.0   Africa 56 1.8
Graduate or professional degree 1,058 5.8   Oceania 0 0.0
        Latin America 2,830 92.1
Percent high school graduate or higher 73.9 (X)   Northern America 33 1.1
Percent bachelor's degree or higher 16.8 (X)        
        LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME    
MARITAL STATUS                 Population 5 years and over 30,397 100.0
          Population 15 years and over 25,771 100.0   English only 24,884 81.9
Never married 7,731 30.0   Language other than English 5,513 18.1
Now married, except separated 13,848 53.7           Speak English less than '"very well"' 2,764 9.1
Separated 541 2.1   Spanish 4,994 16.4
Widowed 1,635 6.3           Speak English less than '"very well"' 2,644 8.7
 Female 1,250 4.9   Other Indo-European languages 364 1.2
Divorced 2,016 7.8           Speak English less than '"very well"' 91 0.3
 Female 1,192 4.6   Asian and Pacific Island languages 74 0.2
                Speak English less than '"very well"' 14 0.0
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS            
          Grandparent living in household       ANCESTRY (single and multiple)    
           with one or more own grandchildren                 Total population 32,663 100.0
           under 18 years 793 100.0     Total ancestries reported 28,925 88.6
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren 355 44.8   Arab 9 0.0
        Czech¹ 503 1.5
VETERAN STATUS       Danish 21 0.1
          Civilian population 18 years and over 24,300 100.0   Dutch 262 0.8
Civilian veterans 2,625 10.8   English 1,555 4.8
        French (except Basque)¹ 710 2.2
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN       French Canadian¹ 87 0.3
 NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION       German 3,826 11.7
     Population 5 to 20 years 9,367 100.0   Greek 57 0.2
With a disability 734 7.8   Hungarian 53 0.2
     Population 21 to 64 years 17,646 100.0   Irish¹ 2,594 7.9
With a disability 3,888 22.0   Italian 481 1.5
 Percent employed 58.4 (X)   Lithuanian 3 0.0
No disability 13,758 78.0   Norwegian 85 0.3
 Percent employed 69.9 (X)   Polish 465 1.4
     Population 65 years and over 2,997 100.0   Portuguese 5 0.0
With a disability 1,292 43.1   Russian 20 0.1
        Scotch-Irish 506 1.5
        Scottish 340 1.0
RESIDENCE IN 1995       Slovak 35 0.1
  Population 5 years and over 30,397 100.0   Subsaharan African 260 0.8
Same house in 1995 14,716 48.4   Swedish 220 0.7
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 15,075 49.6   Swiss 40 0.1
 Same county 4,203 13.8   Ukrainian 31 0.1
 Different county 10,872 35.8   United States or American 1,873 5.7
  Same state 9,709 31.9   Welsh 82 0.3
  Different state 1,163 3.8   West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) 109 0.3
Elsewhere in 1995 606 2.0   Other ancestries 14,693 45.0
 
Date: July 7, 2006
 
-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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