Hale County, TX Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Hale county texas dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	10,891	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	698	6.4
Kindergarten	665	6.1
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	5,155	47.3
High school (grades 9-12)	2,643	24.3
College or graduate school	1,730	15.9

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	21,498	100.0
Less than 9th grade	3,640	16.9
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	3,693	17.2
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	6,175	28.7
Some college, no degree	4,048	18.8
Associate degree	857	4.0
Bachelor's degree	2,093	9.7
Graduate or professional degree	992	4.6

Percent high school graduate or higher	65.9	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	14.4	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	27,381	100.0
Never married	5,900	21.5
Now married, except separated	16,620	60.7
Separated	667	2.4
Widowed	2,038	7.4
Female	1,586	5.8
Divorced	2,156	7.9
Female	1,255	4.6

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	1,064	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	565	53.1

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	25,535	100.0
Civilian veterans	2,318	9.1

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	9,763	100.0
With a disability	683	7.0

Population 21 to 64 years	17,544	100.0
With a disability	3,757	21.4
Percent employed	57.9	(X)
No disability	13,787	78.6
Percent employed	76.2	(X)

Population 65 years and over	4,288	100.0
With a disability	1,743	40.6

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	33,605	100.0
Same house in 1995	17,126	51.0
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	16,005	47.6
Same county	9,504	28.3
Different county	6,501	19.3
Same state	5,331	15.9
Different state	1,170	3.5
Elsewhere in 1995	474	1.4

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	36,602	100.0
Native	33,598	91.8
Born in United States	33,461	91.4
State of residence	28,778	78.6
Different state	4,683	12.8
Born outside United States	137	0.4
Foreign born	3,004	8.2
Entered 1990 to March 2000	1,071	2.9
Naturalized citizen	1,050	2.9
Not a citizen	1,954	5.3

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	3,004	100.0
Europe	35	1.2
Asia	198	6.6
Africa	13	0.4
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	2,729	90.8
Northern America	29	1.0

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	33,605	100.0
English only	20,390	60.7
Language other than English	13,215	39.3
Speak English less than 'very well	4,712	14.0
Spanish	12,895	38.4
Speak English less than "very well"	4,626	13.8
Other Indo-European languages	173	0.5
Speak English less than "very well"	48	0.1
Asian and Pacific Island languages	143	0.4
Speak English less than "very well"	38	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	36,602	100.0
Total ancestries reported	30,282	82.7
Arab	6	0.0
Czech¹	81	0.2
Danish	76	0.2
Dutch	243	0.7
English	2,003	5.5
French (except Basque)¹	415	1.1
French Canadian¹	67	0.2
German	1,958	5.3
Greek	12	0.0
Hungarian	0	0.0
Irish¹	1,771	4.8
Italian	230	0.6
Lithuanian	0	0.0
Norwegian	72	0.2
Polish	86	0.2
Portuguese	7	0.0
Russian	73	0.2
Scotch-Irish	467	1.3
Scottish	283	0.8
Slovak	0	0.0
Subsaharan African	46	0.1
Swedish	92	0.3
Swiss	7	0.0
Ukrainian	0	0.0
United States or American	3,115	8.5
Welsh	100	0.3
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	38	0.1
Other ancestries	19,034	52.0

(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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