The Colony, TX Social Statistics

Updated June 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Number

Percent

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school8,548100.0
Nursery school, preschool6117.1
Kindergarten5746.7
Elementary school (grades 1-8)4,18949.0
High school (grades 9-12)1,84421.6
College or graduate school1,33015.6
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over15,828100.0
Less than 9th grade3512.2
9th to 12th grade, no diploma1,1307.1
High school graduate (includes equivalency)3,88424.5
Some college, no degree5,18132.7
Associate degree1,4869.4
Bachelor's degree3,00719.0
Graduate or professional degree7895.0
Percent high school graduate or higher90.6(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher24.0(X)
MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over19,283100.0
Never married4,18921.7
Now married, except separated12,77966.3
Separated1720.9
Widowed3922.0
Female
3111.6
Divorced1,7519.1
Female
1,0455.4
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years634100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren21233.4
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over17,729100.0
Civilian veterans2,18712.3
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years7,565100.0
With a disability4896.5
Population 21 to 64 years16,152100.0
With a disability2,57415.9
Percent employed
77.2(X)
No disability13,57884.1
Percent employed
83.5(X)
Population 65 years and over754100.0
With a disability36448.3
RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over24,471100.0
Same house in 199512,42950.8
Different house in the U.S. in 199511,72547.9
Same county
4,86819.9
Different county
6,85728.0
Same state
4,37817.9
Different state
2,47910.1
Elsewhere in 19953171.3
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population26,661100.0
Native24,92693.5
Born in United States
24,60692.3
State of residence
13,23749.6
Different state
11,36942.6
Born outside United States
3201.2
Foreign born1,7356.5
Entered 1990 to March 2000
3441.3
Naturalized citizen
9613.6
Not a citizen
7742.9
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)1,735100.0
Europe26015.0
Asia44225.5
Africa955.5
Oceania80.5
Latin America84248.5
Northern America885.1
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over24,471100.0
English only21,21986.7
Language other than English3,25213.3
Speak English less than 'very well
1,0224.2
Spanish
2,3819.7
Speak English less than "very well"
7132.9
Other Indo-European languages
3191.3
Speak English less than "very well"
790.3
Asian and Pacific Island languages
4281.7
Speak English less than "very well"
1920.8
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population26,661100.0

Total ancestries reported

27,012101.3
Arab1220.5
Czech12230.8
Danish2040.8
Dutch5672.1
English2,74210.3
French (except Basque)17652.9
French Canadian11450.5
German5,08219.1
Greek1050.4
Hungarian360.1
Irish13,01211.3
Italian9003.4
Lithuanian00.0
Norwegian2430.9
Polish5031.9
Portuguese100.0
Russian1550.6
Scotch-Irish6262.3
Scottish5672.1
Slovak550.2
Subsaharan African1130.4
Swedish1790.7
Swiss510.2
Ukrainian1020.4
United States or American2,2318.4
Welsh2380.9
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)430.2
Other ancestries7,99330.0
(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. Census Bureau, Census 2000 Summary File 3, Matrices P18, P19, P21, P22, P24, P36, P37, P39, P42, PCT8, PCT16, PCT17, and PCT19

Sources +