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Census 2000 Supplementary Survey Profile
Beaumont--Port Arthur, TX MSA
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TABLE 2. PROFILE OF SELECTED SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS
  Estimate Lower
Bound
Upper
Bound
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school
98,982
93,611
104,353
Nursery school, preschool
8,934
5,819
12,049
Kindergarten
5,450
3,320
7,580
Elementary school (grades 1-8)
47,106
43,872
50,340
High school grade (grades 9-12)
22,646
20,097
25,195
College or graduate school
14,846
10,889
18,803
 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over
238,643
236,161
241,125
Less than 9th grade
14,940
11,247
18,633
9th to 12th grade, no diploma
33,594
26,676
40,512
High school graduate (including equivalency)
87,853
78,478
97,228
Some college, no degree
48,551
41,783
55,319
Associate degree
15,424
11,350
19,498
Bachelor's degree
25,219
21,036
29,402
Graduate or professional degree
13,062
9,236
16,888
 
Percent high school graduate or higher
79.7
76.4
83.0
Percent bachelor's degree or higher
16.0
13.5
18.5
 
MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over
136,800
134,937
138,663
Never married
29,784
25,722
33,846
Now married, except separated
88,010
82,707
93,313
Separated
1,826
395
3,257
Widowed
4,707
2,930
6,484
Divorced
12,473
9,295
15,651
 
Females 15 years and over
148,429
146,505
150,353
Never married
27,466
23,070
31,862
Now married, except separated
82,353
76,797
87,909
Separated
4,141
1,643
6,639
Widowed
16,336
14,175
18,498
Divorced
18,133
14,511
21,755
 
FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had
a birth in the past 12 months
7,155
3,858
10,452
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)
2,915
701
5,129
Per 1,000 unmarried women
76
22
130
As a percent of all women with a birth
40.7
19.4
62.0
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old
76
41
111
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old
12
0
33
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old
153
77
229
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old
27
0
57
 
GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren
under 18 years in households
11,432
6,477
16,387
Responsible for grandchildren
8,559
3,855
13,263
less than 1 year
0
0
464
1 or 2 years
645
0
1,597
3 or 4 years
2,183
573
3,793
5 or more years
5,731
1,900
9,562
 
Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent who are female
62.4
50.5
74.3
Percent who are married
81.7
65.7
97.7
Percent who are in labor force
63.7
38.3
89.1
Percent who are in poverty
9.3
0.0
20.2
 
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over
267,285
266,757
267,813
Civilian veterans
40,409
34,476
46,342
 
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years
83,473
80,510
86,436
With a disability
12,416
9,225
15,607
 
Population 21 to 64 years
211,268
208,103
214,433
With a disability
41,799
36,483
47,115
Percent employed
41.6
34.8
48.4
No disability
169,469
164,207
174,731
Percent employed
74.6
71.0
78.2
 
Population 65 years and over
48,317
46,948
49,687
With a disability
22,841
19,921
25,762
 
RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over
363,892
361,577
366,207
Same house
300,137
284,264
316,010
Different house in the U.S.
63,563
47,872
79,255
Same county
33,651
23,847
43,455
Different county
29,912
15,671
44,153
Same state
10,691
6,076
15,306
Different state
19,221
6,047
32,395
Abroad
192
0
519
 
PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population
368,584
*****
*****
Native
349,443
345,051
353,835
Born in United States
347,551
343,169
351,933
State of residence
255,994
246,766
265,222
Different state
91,557
82,944
100,170
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or
born abroad to American parent(s)
1,892
717
3,067
Foreign born
19,141
14,749
23,533
Naturalized citizen
11,501
8,170
14,832
Not a citizen
7,640
4,149
11,131
Entered 1990 or later
5,684
2,905
8,463
Entered before 1990
13,457
10,256
16,658
 
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported
19,141
14,749
23,533
Europe
1,674
346
3,002
Asia
5,779
4,259
7,299
Africa
939
0
2,096
Oceania
0
0
464
Latin America
10,749
7,367
14,132
Northern America
0
0
464
 
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over
343,509
343,504
343,514
English only
306,224
300,706
311,742
Language other than English
37,285
31,767
42,803
Speak English less than "very well"
12,295
8,239
16,351
Spanish
21,537
17,369
25,705
Speak English less than "very well"
8,852
5,293
12,411
Other Indo-European languages
7,853
4,951
10,755
Speak English less than "very well"
773
0
1,567
Asian and Pacific Islander languages
6,790
4,891
8,689
Speak English less than "very well"
2,670
1,362
3,978
Other languages
1,105
0
2,341
Speak English less than "very well"
0
0
464
 
ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population
368,584
*****
*****
Arab
1,041
0
2,211
Czech
189
0
499
Danish
0
0
464
Dutch
4,571
1,944
7,198
English
27,732
22,592
32,872
French (except Basque)
41,076
32,697
49,455
French Canadian
6,664
3,945
9,383
German
28,964
23,146
34,782
Greek
183
0
488
Hungarian
3,964
0
8,221
Irish
40,621
30,592
50,650
Italian
11,507
6,569
16,445
Lithuanian
0
0
464
Norwegian
595
11
1,179
Polish
5,343
1,167
9,519
Portuguese
510
0
1,119
Russian
1,301
0
3,263
Scotch-Irish
8,472
4,070
12,874
Scottish
1,564
673
2,455
Slovak
0
0
464
Subsaharan African
2,839
839
4,839
Swedish
886
0
1,836
Swiss
0
0
464
Ukrainian
0
0
464
United States or American
36,103
26,807
45,399
Welsh
960
0
1,937
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)
374
0
846
 

The Census 2000 Supplementary Survey universe is limited to the household population and excludes the population living in institutions, college dormitories, and other group quarters. Data are based on a sample and are subject to sampling variability. The degree of uncertainty for an estimate is represented through the use of a confidence interval. The confidence interval computed here is a 90 percent confidence interval and can be interpreted roughly as providing 90 percent certainty that the true number falls between the lower and upper bounds.

School enrollment estimates from the Census 2000 Supplementary Survey will tend to be lower than similar estimates from Census 2000 and the Current Population Survey because the school enrollment estimates from the Census 2000 Supplementary Survey do not include individuals residing in group quarters, such as college dormitories.

Ancestry listed in this table refers to the total number of reports; for example, the estimate given for Russian represents the number of people who listed Russian as either their first or second ancestry. This table lists only the largest ancestry groups; see the Detailed Tables for more categories. Race and Hispanic origin groups are not included in this table because official data for those groups come from the Race and Hispanic origin questions rather than the ancestry question (see Table 1).

1. An '*' entry in the lower and upper bound columns indicates that too few sample observations were available to compute a standard error and thus the lower and upper bounds. A statistical test is not appropriate.
2. An '**' entry in the lower and upper bound columns indicates that no sample observations were available to compute a standard error and thus the lower and upper bounds. A statistical test is not appropriate.
3. An '-' entry in the estimate column indicates that no sample observations were available to compute an estimate.
4. An '-' following a median estimate means the median falls in the lowest interval of an open-ended distribution.
5. An '+' following a median estimate means the median falls in the upper interval of an open-ended distribution.
6. An '***' entry in the lower and upper bound columns indicates that the median falls in the lowest interval or upper interval of an open-ended distribution. A statistical test is not appropriate.
7. An '*****' entry in the lower and upper bound columns indicates that the estimate is controlled. A statistical test is not appropriate.
8. An 'N' entry in the estimate, lower bound, and upper bound columns indicates that data for this geographic area cannot be displayed because the number of sample cases is too small.

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