Weslaco, TX Social Statistics

Updated June 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Number

Percent

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school7,758100.0
Nursery school, preschool5517.1
Kindergarten6188.0
Elementary school (grades 1-8)3,79648.9
High school (grades 9-12)1,72122.2
College or graduate school1,07213.8
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over15,790100.0
Less than 9th grade4,74830.1
9th to 12th grade, no diploma2,21114.0
High school graduate (includes equivalency)3,51522.3
Some college, no degree2,68517.0
Associate degree4983.2
Bachelor's degree1,4519.2
Graduate or professional degree6824.3
Percent high school graduate or higher55.9(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher13.5(X)
MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over19,681100.0
Never married4,76624.2
Now married, except separated11,25957.2
Separated6363.2
Widowed1,5427.8
Female
1,2316.3
Divorced1,4787.5
Female
8834.5
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years1,038100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren31530.3
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over18,411100.0
Civilian veterans1,6068.7
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years6,974100.0
With a disability3885.6
Population 21 to 64 years13,006100.0
With a disability3,03623.3
Percent employed
48.5(X)
No disability9,97076.7
Percent employed
63.7(X)
Population 65 years and over4,012100.0
With a disability1,85446.2
RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over24,339100.0
Same house in 199515,01661.7
Different house in the U.S. in 19958,86036.4
Same county
6,65927.4
Different county
2,2019.0
Same state
1,0444.3
Different state
1,1574.8
Elsewhere in 19954631.9
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population26,802100.0
Native21,31579.5
Born in United States
21,05978.6
State of residence
16,96663.3
Different state
4,09315.3
Born outside United States
2561.0
Foreign born5,48720.5
Entered 1990 to March 2000
1,6256.1
Naturalized citizen
2,1087.9
Not a citizen
3,37912.6
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)5,487100.0
Europe420.8
Asia2123.9
Africa00.0
Oceania60.1
Latin America5,14593.8
Northern America821.5
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over24,339100.0
English only5,74823.6
Language other than English18,59176.4
Speak English less than 'very well
7,69431.6
Spanish
18,29975.2
Speak English less than "very well"
7,63131.4
Other Indo-European languages
1740.7
Speak English less than "very well"
430.2
Asian and Pacific Island languages
1180.5
Speak English less than "very well"
200.1
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population26,802100.0

Total ancestries reported

25,43294.9
Arab00.0
Czech1120.0
Danish740.3
Dutch1930.7
English7452.8
French (except Basque)12280.9
French Canadian1270.1
German1,0553.9
Greek00.0
Hungarian40.0
Irish15982.2
Italian1110.4
Lithuanian00.0
Norwegian1850.7
Polish910.3
Portuguese210.1
Russian70.0
Scotch-Irish1340.5
Scottish1510.6
Slovak00.0
Subsaharan African80.0
Swedish640.2
Swiss280.1
Ukrainian190.1
United States or American4631.7
Welsh260.1
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)00.0
Other ancestries21,18879.1
(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

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