El Paso County, TX Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

El paso county texas dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics






Subject

Number

Percent

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school226,320100.0
Nursery school, preschool12,0995.3
Kindergarten13,5736.0
Elementary school (grades 1-8)101,04844.6
High school (grades 9-12)52,80223.3
College or graduate school46,79820.7
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over391,540100.0
Less than 9th grade83,82121.4
9th to 12th grade, no diploma50,18712.8
High school graduate (includes equivalency)88,25622.5
Some college, no degree84,71221.6
Associate degree19,5385.0
Bachelor's degree43,26211.0
Graduate or professional degree21,7645.6
Percent high school graduate or higher65.8(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher16.6(X)
MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over498,393100.0
Never married133,81126.8
Now married, except separated275,52755.3
Separated15,5283.1
Widowed28,3675.7
Female
23,2574.7
Divorced45,1609.1
Female
28,5965.7
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years30,065100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren12,15040.4
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over453,912100.0
Civilian veterans52,87811.6
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years189,036100.0
With a disability13,8767.3
Population 21 to 64 years350,492100.0
With a disability77,46022.1
Percent employed
51.6(X)
No disability273,03277.9
Percent employed
64.8(X)
Population 65 years and over65,002100.0
With a disability31,20948.0
RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over621,288100.0
Same house in 1995342,92955.2
Different house in the U.S. in 1995246,89139.7
Same county
188,90730.4
Different county
57,9849.3
Same state
14,8852.4
Different state
43,0996.9
Elsewhere in 199531,4685.1
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population679,622100.0
Native493,45472.6
Born in United States
480,22070.7
State of residence
365,11053.7
Different state
115,11016.9
Born outside United States
13,2341.9
Foreign born186,16827.4
Entered 1990 to March 2000
56,9298.4
Naturalized citizen
77,82111.5
Not a citizen
108,34715.9
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)186,168100.0
Europe6,0733.3
Asia5,9443.2
Africa4350.2
Oceania960.1
Latin America172,99992.9
Northern America6210.3
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over621,288100.0
English only165,90726.7
Language other than English455,38173.3
Speak English less than 'very well
203,27532.7
Spanish
442,23371.2
Speak English less than "very well"
198,85132.0
Other Indo-European languages
7,3471.2
Speak English less than "very well"
1,8670.3
Asian and Pacific Island languages
4,6450.7
Speak English less than "very well"
2,2090.4
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population679,622100.0

Total ancestries reported

658,89597.0
Arab2,2210.3
Czech17860.1
Danish7910.1
Dutch2,2400.3
English17,0652.5
French (except Basque)16,0730.9
French Canadian11,2910.2
German28,2744.2
Greek4790.1
Hungarian6080.1
Irish118,4392.7
Italian7,2591.1
Lithuanian2590.0
Norwegian2,0980.3
Polish3,2350.5
Portuguese3120.0
Russian1,4220.2
Scotch-Irish4,1600.6
Scottish3,7100.5
Slovak2520.0
Subsaharan African1,4220.2
Swedish1,5850.2
Swiss2990.0
Ukrainian2020.0
United States or American17,3622.6
Welsh1,2580.2
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)6390.1
Other ancestries535,15478.7
(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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