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79109 Social
Zip Code: 79109
State: Texas
City Name: Amarillo
County: Randall
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State Geography: Texas Geography


79109 Overview 79109 Demographic 79109 Economic 79109 Housing 79109 Social
Subject
Number
Percent
     
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT    
    Population 3 years and over enrolled in school 12,223 100.0
Nursery school, preschool 827 6.8
Kindergarten 569 4.7
Elementary school (grades 1-8) 4,785 39.1
High school (grades 9-12) 2,364 19.3
College or graduate school 3,678 30.1
     
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT    
    Population 25 years and over 29,989 100.0
Less than 9th grade 579 1.9
9th to 12th grade, no diploma 2,059 6.9
High school graduate (includes equivalency) 6,330 21.1
Some college, no degree 9,166 30.6
Associate degree 2,224 7.4
Bachelor's degree 6,556 21.9
Graduate or professional degree 3,075 10.3
     
Percent high school graduate or higher 91.2 (X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher 32.1 (X)
     
MARITAL STATUS    
    Population 15 years and over 37,018 100.0
Never married 8,155 22.0
Now married, except separated 21,516 58.1
Separated 673 1.8
Widowed 2,360 6.4
  Female 1,981 5.4
Divorced 4,314 11.7
  Female 2,450 6.6
     
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS    
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years 665 100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren 341 51.3
     
VETERAN STATUS    
Civilian population 18 years and over 34,983 100.0
Civilian veterans 5,015 14.3
     
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION    
Population 5 to 20 years 10,079 100.0
With a disability 660 6.5
     
Population 21 to 64 years 26,606 100.0
With a disability 3,778 14.2
  Percent employed 64.8 (X)
No disability 22,828 85.8
  Percent employed 84.0 (X)
     
Population 65 years and over 5,980 100.0
With a disability 2,269 37.9
     
RESIDENCE IN 1995    
Population 5 years and over 42,882 100.0
Same house in 1995 21,029 49.0
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 21,446 50.0
  Same county 9,228 21.5
  Different county 12,218 28.5
    Same state 9,440 22.0
    Different state 2,778 6.5
Elsewhere in 1995 407 0.9
     
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH    
Total population 45,994 100.0
Native 44,723 97.2
  Born in United States 44,474 96.7
    State of residence 30,807 67.0
    Different state 13,667 29.7
  Born outside United States 249 0.5
Foreign born 1,271 2.8
    Entered 1990 to March 2000 530 1.2
  Naturalized citizen 465 1.0
  Not a citizen 806 1.8
     
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN    
Total (excluding born at sea) 1,271 100.0
Europe 338 26.6
Asia 377 29.7
Africa 0 0.0
Oceania 0 0.0
Latin America 495 38.9
Northern America 61 4.8
     
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME    
Population 5 years and over 42,882 100.0
English only 39,529 92.2
Language other than English 3,353 7.8
    Speak English less than "very well" 1,013 2.4
Spanish 2,572 6.0
    Speak English less than "very well" 619 1.4
Other Indo-European languages 425 1.0
    Speak English less than "very well" 198 0.5
Asian and Pacific Island languages 342 0.8
    Speak English less than "very well" 196 0.5
     
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)    
Total population 45,994 100.0
Total ancestries reported 41,751 90.8
Arab 74 0.2
Czech1 245 0.5
Danish 162 0.4
Dutch 782 1.7
English 5,868 12.8
French (except Basque)1 1,198 2.6
French Canadian1 147 0.3
German 6,533 14.2
Greek 95 0.2
Hungarian 58 0.1
Irish1 5,035 10.9
Italian 762 1.7
Lithuanian 30 0.1
Norwegian 400 0.9
Polish 336 0.7
Portuguese 6 0.0
Russian 127 0.3
Scotch-Irish 1,513 3.3
Scottish 1,122 2.4
Slovak 29 0.1
Subsaharan African 6 0.0
Swedish 402 0.9
Swiss 81 0.2
Ukrainian 18 0.0
United States or American 5,990 13.0
Welsh 319 0.7
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) 26 0.1
Other ancestries 10,387 22.6


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