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79027 Social
Zip Code: 79027
State: Texas
City Name: Dimmitt
County: Castro
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State Geography: Texas Geography


79027 Overview 79027 Demographic 79027 Economic 79027 Housing 79027 Social
Subject
Number
Percent
     
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT    
    Population 3 years and over enrolled in school 1,543 100.0
Nursery school, preschool 113 7.3
Kindergarten 104 6.7
Elementary school (grades 1-8) 790 51.2
High school (grades 9-12) 453 29.4
College or graduate school 83 5.4
     
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT    
    Population 25 years and over 3,174 100.0
Less than 9th grade 649 20.4
9th to 12th grade, no diploma 486 15.3
High school graduate (includes equivalency) 904 28.5
Some college, no degree 564 17.8
Associate degree 109 3.4
Bachelor's degree 341 10.7
Graduate or professional degree 121 3.8
     
Percent high school graduate or higher 64.2 (X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher 14.6 (X)
     
MARITAL STATUS    
    Population 15 years and over 3,970 100.0
Never married 810 20.4
Now married, except separated 2,341 59.0
Separated 88 2.2
Widowed 354 8.9
  Female 298 7.5
Divorced 377 9.5
  Female 198 5.0
     
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS    
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years 244 100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren 161 66.0
     
VETERAN STATUS    
Civilian population 18 years and over 3,640 100.0
Civilian veterans 337 9.3
     
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION    
Population 5 to 20 years 1,526 100.0
With a disability 88 5.8
     
Population 21 to 64 years 2,701 100.0
With a disability 530 19.6
  Percent employed 58.7 (X)
No disability 2,171 80.4
  Percent employed 70.9 (X)
     
Population 65 years and over 622 100.0
With a disability 300 48.2
     
RESIDENCE IN 1995    
Population 5 years and over 4,914 100.0
Same house in 1995 2,935 59.7
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 1,953 39.7
  Same county 1,267 25.8
  Different county 686 14.0
    Same state 591 12.0
    Different state 95 1.9
Elsewhere in 1995 26 0.5
     
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH    
Total population 5,346 100.0
Native 4,755 88.9
  Born in United States 4,726 88.4
    State of residence 4,187 78.3
    Different state 539 10.1
  Born outside United States 29 0.5
Foreign born 591 11.1
    Entered 1990 to March 2000 145 2.7
  Naturalized citizen 225 4.2
  Not a citizen 366 6.8
     
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN    
Total (excluding born at sea) 591 100.0
Europe 11 1.9
Asia 0 0.0
Africa 0 0.0
Oceania 0 0.0
Latin America 580 98.1
Northern America 0 0.0
     
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME    
Population 5 years and over 4,914 100.0
English only 2,650 53.9
Language other than English 2,264 46.1
    Speak English less than "very well" 861 17.5
Spanish 2,254 45.9
    Speak English less than "very well" 861 17.5
Other Indo-European languages 10 0.2
    Speak English less than "very well" 0 0.0
Asian and Pacific Island languages 0 0.0
    Speak English less than "very well" 0 0.0
     
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)    
Total population 5,346 100.0
Total ancestries reported 4,438 83.0
Arab 0 0.0
Czech1 31 0.6
Danish 8 0.1
Dutch 19 0.4
English 194 3.6
French (except Basque)1 24 0.4
French Canadian1 5 0.1
German 271 5.1
Greek 0 0.0
Hungarian 0 0.0
Irish1 245 4.6
Italian 27 0.5
Lithuanian 0 0.0
Norwegian 9 0.2
Polish 7 0.1
Portuguese 0 0.0
Russian 0 0.0
Scotch-Irish 83 1.6
Scottish 18 0.3
Slovak 0 0.0
Subsaharan African 12 0.2
Swedish 12 0.2
Swiss 0 0.0
Ukrainian 0 0.0
United States or American 557 10.4
Welsh 4 0.1
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) 2 0.0
Other ancestries 2,910 54.4


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