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79079 Social
Zip Code: 79079
State: Texas
City Name: Shamrock
County: Wheeler
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Subject
Number
Percent
     
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT    
    Population 3 years and over enrolled in school 646 100.0
Nursery school, preschool 18 2.8
Kindergarten 37 5.7
Elementary school (grades 1-8) 341 52.8
High school (grades 9-12) 205 31.7
College or graduate school 45 7.0
     
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT    
    Population 25 years and over 1,958 100.0
Less than 9th grade 215 11.0
9th to 12th grade, no diploma 330 16.9
High school graduate (includes equivalency) 610 31.2
Some college, no degree 448 22.9
Associate degree 81 4.1
Bachelor's degree 185 9.4
Graduate or professional degree 89 4.5
     
Percent high school graduate or higher 72.2 (X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher 14.0 (X)
     
MARITAL STATUS    
    Population 15 years and over 2,300 100.0
Never married 389 16.9
Now married, except separated 1,499 65.2
Separated 16 0.7
Widowed 205 8.9
  Female 165 7.2
Divorced 191 8.3
  Female 96 4.2
     
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS    
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years 29 100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren 19 65.5
     
VETERAN STATUS    
Civilian population 18 years and over 2,144 100.0
Civilian veterans 289 13.5
     
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION    
Population 5 to 20 years 635 100.0
With a disability 78 12.3
     
Population 21 to 64 years 1,412 100.0
With a disability 503 35.6
  Percent employed 74.6 (X)
No disability 909 64.4
  Percent employed 77.1 (X)
     
Population 65 years and over 590 100.0
With a disability 285 48.3
     
RESIDENCE IN 1995    
Population 5 years and over 2,685 100.0
Same house in 1995 1,563 58.2
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 1,114 41.5
  Same county 445 16.6
  Different county 669 24.9
    Same state 484 18.0
    Different state 185 6.9
Elsewhere in 1995 8 0.3
     
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH    
Total population 2,813 100.0
Native 2,756 98.0
  Born in United States 2,751 97.8
    State of residence 2,081 74.0
    Different state 670 23.8
  Born outside United States 5 0.2
Foreign born 57 2.0
    Entered 1990 to March 2000 22 0.8
  Naturalized citizen 19 0.7
  Not a citizen 38 1.4
     
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN    
Total (excluding born at sea) 57 100.0
Europe 0 0.0
Asia 10 17.5
Africa 0 0.0
Oceania 6 10.5
Latin America 37 64.9
Northern America 4 7.0
     
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME    
Population 5 years and over 2,685 100.0
English only 2,470 92.0
Language other than English 215 8.0
    Speak English less than "very well" 83 3.1
Spanish 201 7.5
    Speak English less than "very well" 83 3.1
Other Indo-European languages 4 0.1
    Speak English less than "very well" 0 0.0
Asian and Pacific Island languages 10 0.4
    Speak English less than "very well" 0 0.0
     
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)    
Total population 2,813 100.0
Total ancestries reported 2,459 87.4
Arab 0 0.0
Czech1 0 0.0
Danish 0 0.0
Dutch 61 2.2
English 286 10.2
French (except Basque)1 36 1.3
French Canadian1 0 0.0
German 279 9.9
Greek 0 0.0
Hungarian 0 0.0
Irish1 466 16.6
Italian 11 0.4
Lithuanian 0 0.0
Norwegian 2 0.1
Polish 18 0.6
Portuguese 0 0.0
Russian 0 0.0
Scotch-Irish 35 1.2
Scottish 25 0.9
Slovak 0 0.0
Subsaharan African 0 0.0
Swedish 0 0.0
Swiss 8 0.3
Ukrainian 0 0.0
United States or American 455 16.2
Welsh 10 0.4
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) 0 0.0
Other ancestries 767 27.3


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