Comal County, TX Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Comal county texas dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

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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