Sherman, TX Social Statistics

Updated June 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Number

Percent

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school9,013100.0
Nursery school, preschool5896.5
Kindergarten4244.7
Elementary school (grades 1-8)3,80042.2
High school (grades 9-12)1,75919.5
College or graduate school2,44127.1
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over21,798100.0
Less than 9th grade1,7778.2
9th to 12th grade, no diploma2,91213.4
High school graduate (includes equivalency)5,80326.6
Some college, no degree5,30624.3
Associate degree1,6227.4
Bachelor's degree2,74512.6
Graduate or professional degree1,6337.5
Percent high school graduate or higher78.5(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher20.1(X)
MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over27,828100.0
Never married7,06925.4
Now married, except separated14,37451.7
Separated6012.2
Widowed2,3738.5
Female
1,9887.1
Divorced3,41112.3
Female
2,0317.3
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years712100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren46965.9
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over26,439100.0
Civilian veterans3,74614.2
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years7,938100.0
With a disability85110.7
Population 21 to 64 years18,661100.0
With a disability4,25022.8
Percent employed
56.6(X)
No disability14,41177.2
Percent employed
77.8(X)
Population 65 years and over4,860100.0
With a disability2,27346.8
RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over32,461100.0
Same house in 199514,51644.7
Different house in the U.S. in 199517,11352.7
Same county
9,52729.3
Different county
7,58623.4
Same state
4,80014.8
Different state
2,7868.6
Elsewhere in 19958322.6
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population34,957100.0
Native32,15292.0
Born in United States
31,87091.2
State of residence
21,94862.8
Different state
9,92228.4
Born outside United States
2820.8
Foreign born2,8058.0
Entered 1990 to March 2000
1,8485.3
Naturalized citizen
5251.5
Not a citizen
2,2806.5
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)2,805100.0
Europe1806.4
Asia35112.5
Africa311.1
Oceania00.0
Latin America2,20478.6
Northern America391.4
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over32,461100.0
English only28,46587.7
Language other than English3,99612.3
Speak English less than 'very well
2,0696.4
Spanish
3,40610.5
Speak English less than "very well"
1,9175.9
Other Indo-European languages
2940.9
Speak English less than "very well"
850.3
Asian and Pacific Island languages
2140.7
Speak English less than "very well"
400.1
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population34,957100.0

Total ancestries reported

29,11583.3
Arab640.2
Czech11790.5
Danish490.1
Dutch4971.4
English3,2319.2
French (except Basque)17182.1
French Canadian11170.3
German3,2849.4
Greek190.1
Hungarian460.1
Irish12,9428.4
Italian5811.7
Lithuanian70.0
Norwegian2040.6
Polish1940.6
Portuguese150.0
Russian1010.3
Scotch-Irish7092.0
Scottish5161.5
Slovak70.0
Subsaharan African1120.3
Swedish1760.5
Swiss520.1
Ukrainian90.0
United States or American3,83211.0
Welsh2070.6
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)390.1
Other ancestries11,20832.1
(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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