Caldwell County, TX Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Caldwell county texas dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	8,294	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	588	7.1
Kindergarten	494	6.0
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	4,251	51.3
High school (grades 9-12)	2,013	24.3
College or graduate school	948	11.4

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	20,337	100.0
Less than 9th grade	2,478	12.2
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	3,358	16.5
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	7,075	34.8
Some college, no degree	4,108	20.2
Associate degree	621	3.1
Bachelor's degree	2,029	10.0
Graduate or professional degree	668	3.3

Percent high school graduate or higher	71.3	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	13.3	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	24,618	100.0
Never married	5,942	24.1
Now married, except separated	13,870	56.3
Separated	587	2.4
Widowed	1,617	6.6
Female	1,257	5.1
Divorced	2,602	10.6
Female	1,381	5.6

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	975	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	452	46.4

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	23,031	100.0
Civilian veterans	3,034	13.2

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	7,812	100.0
With a disability	516	6.6

Population 21 to 64 years	16,629	100.0
With a disability	3,886	23.4
Percent employed	59.3	(X)
No disability	12,743	76.6
Percent employed	75.5	(X)

Population 65 years and over	3,648	100.0
With a disability	1,669	45.8

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	29,786	100.0
Same house in 1995	16,447	55.2
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	13,067	43.9
Same county	5,086	17.1
Different county	7,981	26.8
Same state	7,264	24.4
Different state	717	2.4
Elsewhere in 1995	272	0.9

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	32,194	100.0
Native	30,541	94.9
Born in United States	30,351	94.3
State of residence	26,056	80.9
Different state	4,295	13.3
Born outside United States	190	0.6
Foreign born	1,653	5.1
Entered 1990 to March 2000	675	2.1
Naturalized citizen	628	2.0
Not a citizen	1,025	3.2

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	1,653	100.0
Europe	45	2.7
Asia	167	10.1
Africa	13	0.8
Oceania	2	0.1
Latin America	1,406	85.1
Northern America	20	1.2

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	29,786	100.0
English only	20,176	67.7
Language other than English	9,610	32.3
Speak English less than 'very well	3,029	10.2
Spanish	9,244	31.0
Speak English less than "very well"	2,888	9.7
Other Indo-European languages	170	0.6
Speak English less than "very well"	17	0.1
Asian and Pacific Island languages	187	0.6
Speak English less than "very well"	124	0.4

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	32,194	100.0
Total ancestries reported	29,412	91.4
Arab	54	0.2
Czech¹	273	0.8
Danish	17	0.1
Dutch	142	0.4
English	2,020	6.3
French (except Basque)¹	503	1.6
French Canadian¹	123	0.4
German	3,946	12.3
Greek	56	0.2
Hungarian	47	0.1
Irish¹	2,257	7.0
Italian	274	0.9
Lithuanian	1	0.0
Norwegian	125	0.4
Polish	260	0.8
Portuguese	19	0.1
Russian	29	0.1
Scotch-Irish	720	2.2
Scottish	378	1.2
Slovak	1	0.0
Subsaharan African	111	0.3
Swedish	219	0.7
Swiss	13	0.0
Ukrainian	7	0.0
United States or American	1,815	5.6
Welsh	136	0.4
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	25	0.1
Other ancestries	15,841	49.2

(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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