Howard County, TX Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Howard county texas dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics






Subject

Number

Percent

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school8,543100.0
Nursery school, preschool3824.5
Kindergarten4725.5
Elementary school (grades 1-8)3,90845.7
High school (grades 9-12)2,07924.3
College or graduate school1,70219.9
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over22,544100.0
Less than 9th grade3,17914.1
9th to 12th grade, no diploma3,44215.3
High school graduate (includes equivalency)7,07431.4
Some college, no degree4,97222.1
Associate degree1,3716.1
Bachelor's degree1,7547.8
Graduate or professional degree7523.3
Percent high school graduate or higher70.6(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher11.1(X)
MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over26,965100.0
Never married4,90618.2
Now married, except separated16,22560.2
Separated7122.6
Widowed2,5169.3
Female
1,7696.6
Divorced2,6069.7
Female
1,3535.0
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years768100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren46660.7
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over25,488100.0
Civilian veterans3,32513.0
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years7,471100.0
With a disability4776.4
Population 21 to 64 years15,062100.0
With a disability3,50723.3
Percent employed
53.2(X)
No disability11,55576.7
Percent employed
75.3(X)
Population 65 years and over4,685100.0
With a disability2,18046.5
RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over31,645100.0
Same house in 199516,84853.2
Different house in the U.S. in 199514,06844.5
Same county
6,17419.5
Different county
7,89424.9
Same state
5,86618.5
Different state
2,0286.4
Elsewhere in 19957292.3
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population33,627100.0
Native31,61294.0
Born in United States
31,39193.4
State of residence
24,98074.3
Different state
6,41119.1
Born outside United States
2210.7
Foreign born2,0156.0
Entered 1990 to March 2000
6712.0
Naturalized citizen
5491.6
Not a citizen
1,4664.4
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)2,015100.0
Europe331.6
Asia1256.2
Africa180.9
Oceania80.4
Latin America1,81790.2
Northern America140.7
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over31,645100.0
English only21,80068.9
Language other than English9,84531.1
Speak English less than 'very well
3,46811.0
Spanish
9,52030.1
Speak English less than "very well"
3,35110.6
Other Indo-European languages
1700.5
Speak English less than "very well"
430.1
Asian and Pacific Island languages
1340.4
Speak English less than "very well"
740.2
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population33,627100.0

Total ancestries reported

26,40878.5
Arab200.1
Czech1300.1
Danish510.2
Dutch2530.8
English2,0136.0
French (except Basque)14041.2
French Canadian1610.2
German2,3226.9
Greek110.0
Hungarian110.0
Irish12,1626.4
Italian2580.8
Lithuanian00.0
Norwegian860.3
Polish970.3
Portuguese90.0
Russian290.1
Scotch-Irish4881.5
Scottish3371.0
Slovak170.1
Subsaharan African710.2
Swedish960.3
Swiss50.0
Ukrainian150.0
United States or American4,31612.8
Welsh710.2
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)750.2
Other ancestries13,10039.0
(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


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