Comal County, TX Social Statistics
Updated August 5, 2020 |
Infoplease Staff
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Comal county texas dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics
| Number | Percent |
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT | ||
---|---|---|
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school | 19,006 | 100.0 |
Nursery school, preschool | 1,226 | 6.5 |
Kindergarten | 1,048 | 5.5 |
Elementary school (grades 1-8) | 9,412 | 49.5 |
High school (grades 9-12) | 4,879 | 25.7 |
College or graduate school | 2,441 | 12.8 |
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT | ||
Population 25 years and over | 52,549 | 100.0 |
Less than 9th grade | 3,764 | 7.2 |
9th to 12th grade, no diploma | 4,719 | 9.0 |
High school graduate (includes equivalency) | 14,948 | 28.4 |
Some college, no degree | 12,672 | 24.1 |
Associate degree | 2,694 | 5.1 |
Bachelor's degree | 9,180 | 17.5 |
Graduate or professional degree | 4,572 | 8.7 |
Percent high school graduate or higher | 83.9 | (X) |
Percent bachelor's degree or higher | 26.2 | (X) |
MARITAL STATUS | ||
Population 15 years and over | 61,687 | 100.0 |
Never married | 11,795 | 19.1 |
Now married, except separated | 39,015 | 63.2 |
Separated | 863 | 1.4 |
Widowed | 4,182 | 6.8 |
Female | 3,398 | 5.5 |
Divorced | 5,832 | 9.5 |
Female | 3,157 | 5.1 |
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS | ||
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years | 1,533 | 100.0 |
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren | 650 | 42.4 |
VETERAN STATUS | ||
Civilian population 18 years and over | 57,801 | 100.0 |
Civilian veterans | 9,977 | 17.3 |
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION | ||
Population 5 to 20 years | 17,808 | 100.0 |
With a disability | 1,414 | 7.9 |
Population 21 to 64 years | 43,341 | 100.0 |
With a disability | 7,209 | 16.6 |
Percent employed | 61.3 | (X) |
No disability | 36,132 | 83.4 |
Percent employed | 77.1 | (X) |
Population 65 years and over | 10,903 | 100.0 |
With a disability | 4,314 | 39.6 |
RESIDENCE IN 1995 | ||
Population 5 years and over | 73,182 | 100.0 |
Same house in 1995 | 37,654 | 51.5 |
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 | 34,354 | 46.9 |
Same county | 12,535 | 17.1 |
Different county | 21,819 | 29.8 |
Same state | 16,906 | 23.1 |
Different state | 4,913 | 6.7 |
Elsewhere in 1995 | 1,174 | 1.6 |
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH | ||
Total population | 78,021 | 100.0 |
Native | 74,300 | 95.2 |
Born in United States | 73,113 | 93.7 |
State of residence | 52,259 | 67.0 |
Different state | 20,854 | 26.7 |
Born outside United States | 1,187 | 1.5 |
Foreign born | 3,721 | 4.8 |
Entered 1990 to March 2000 | 1,271 | 1.6 |
Naturalized citizen | 1,540 | 2.0 |
Not a citizen | 2,181 | 2.8 |
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN | ||
Total (excluding born at sea) | 3,721 | 100.0 |
Europe | 728 | 19.6 |
Asia | 314 | 8.4 |
Africa | 55 | 1.5 |
Oceania | 36 | 1.0 |
Latin America | 2,506 | 67.3 |
Northern America | 82 | 2.2 |
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME | ||
Population 5 years and over | 73,182 | 100.0 |
English only | 58,857 | 80.4 |
Language other than English | 14,325 | 19.6 |
Speak English less than 'very well | 4,596 | 6.3 |
Spanish | 11,986 | 16.4 |
Speak English less than "very well" | 4,077 | 5.6 |
Other Indo-European languages | 1,990 | 2.7 |
Speak English less than "very well" | 377 | 0.5 |
Asian and Pacific Island languages | 324 | 0.4 |
Speak English less than "very well" | 134 | 0.2 |
ANCESTRY (single or multiple) | ||
Total population | 78,021 | 100.0 |
Total ancestries reported | 77,381 | 99.2 |
Arab | 147 | 0.2 |
Czech1 | 1,130 | 1.4 |
Danish | 231 | 0.3 |
Dutch | 867 | 1.1 |
English | 7,354 | 9.4 |
French (except Basque)1 | 2,246 | 2.9 |
French Canadian1 | 523 | 0.7 |
German | 19,309 | 24.7 |
Greek | 128 | 0.2 |
Hungarian | 346 | 0.4 |
Irish1 | 7,767 | 10.0 |
Italian | 1,486 | 1.9 |
Lithuanian | 64 | 0.1 |
Norwegian | 699 | 0.9 |
Polish | 1,822 | 2.3 |
Portuguese | 75 | 0.1 |
Russian | 74 | 0.1 |
Scotch-Irish | 2,010 | 2.6 |
Scottish | 1,421 | 1.8 |
Slovak | 58 | 0.1 |
Subsaharan African | 94 | 0.1 |
Swedish | 824 | 1.1 |
Swiss | 136 | 0.2 |
Ukrainian | 51 | 0.1 |
United States or American | 5,710 | 7.3 |
Welsh | 408 | 0.5 |
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) | 47 | 0.1 |
Other ancestries | 22,354 | 28.7 |
(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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