Briscoe County, TX Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Briscoe county texas dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics





Subject

Number

Percent
     
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school 436 100.0
Nursery school, preschool 19 4.4
Kindergarten 25 5.7
Elementary school (grades 1-8) 241 55.3
High school (grades 9-12) 125 28.7
College or graduate school 26 6.0
     
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over 1,181 100.0
Less than 9th grade 134 11.3
9th to 12th grade, no diploma 164 13.9
High school graduate (includes equivalency) 359 30.4
Some college, no degree 288 24.4
Associate degree 29 2.5
Bachelor's degree 165 14.0
Graduate or professional degree 42 3.6
     
Percent high school graduate or higher 74.8 (X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher 17.5 (X)
     
MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over 1,401 100.0
Never married 260 18.6
Now married, except separated 900 64.2
Separated 29 2.1
Widowed 138 9.9
Female
 122 8.7
Divorced 74 5.3
Female
 35 2.5
     
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years 56 100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren 42 75.0
     
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over 1,302 100.0
Civilian veterans 178 13.7
     
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years 439 100.0
With a disability 26 5.9
     
Population 21 to 64 years 904 100.0
With a disability 179 19.8
Percent employed
 53.1 (X)
No disability 725 80.2
Percent employed
 81.5 (X)
     
Population 65 years and over 337 100.0
With a disability 182 54.0
     
RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over 1,680 100.0
Same house in 1995 1,105 65.8
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 575 34.2
Same county
 220 13.1
Different county
 355 21.1
Same state
 318 18.9
Different state
 37 2.2
Elsewhere in 1995 0 0.0
     
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population 1,790 100.0
Native 1,702 95.1
Born in United States
 1,702 95.1
State of residence
 1,524 85.1
Different state
 178 9.9
Born outside United States
 0 0.0
Foreign born 88 4.9
Entered 1990 to March 2000
 46 2.6
Naturalized citizen
 30 1.7
Not a citizen
 58 3.2
     
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea) 88 100.0
Europe 0 0.0
Asia 0 0.0
Africa 0 0.0
Oceania 0 0.0
Latin America 88 100.0
Northern America 0 0.0
     
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over 1,680 100.0
English only 1,402 83.5
Language other than English 278 16.5
Speak English less than 'very well
 126 7.5
Spanish
 276 16.4
Speak English less than "very well"
 126 7.5
Other Indo-European languages
 0 0.0
Speak English less than "very well"
 0 0.0
Asian and Pacific Island languages
 0 0.0
Speak English less than "very well"
 0 0.0
     
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population 1,790 100.0

Total ancestries reported

 1,464 81.8
Arab 0 0.0
Czech1 0 0.0
Danish 0 0.0
Dutch 30 1.7
English 117 6.5
French (except Basque)1 10 0.6
French Canadian1 2 0.1
German 139 7.8
Greek 0 0.0
Hungarian 0 0.0
Irish1 169 9.4
Italian 15 0.8
Lithuanian 0 0.0
Norwegian 6 0.3
Polish 0 0.0
Portuguese 0 0.0
Russian 5 0.3
Scotch-Irish 23 1.3
Scottish 37 2.1
Slovak 0 0.0
Subsaharan African 0 0.0
Swedish 0 0.0
Swiss 0 0.0
Ukrainian 0 0.0
United States or American 332 18.5
Welsh 7 0.4
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) 9 0.5
Other ancestries 563 31.5
(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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