Midland County, TX Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Midland county texas dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	34,805	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	2,067	5.9
Kindergarten	1,785	5.1
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	16,847	48.4
High school (grades 9-12)	8,282	23.8
College or graduate school	5,824	16.7

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	71,008	100.0
Less than 9th grade	6,551	9.2
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	8,224	11.6
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	16,295	22.9
Some college, no degree	17,964	25.3
Associate degree	4,348	6.1
Bachelor's degree	13,076	18.4
Graduate or professional degree	4,550	6.4

Percent high school graduate or higher	79.2	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	24.8	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	87,251	100.0
Never married	18,654	21.4
Now married, except separated	52,661	60.4
Separated	1,795	2.1
Widowed	5,274	6.0
Female	4,399	5.0
Divorced	8,867	10.2
Female	5,413	6.2

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	2,527	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	1,451	57.4

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	80,926	100.0
Civilian veterans	9,629	11.9

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	31,377	100.0
With a disability	2,004	6.4

Population 21 to 64 years	62,032	100.0
With a disability	10,437	16.8
Percent employed	57.5	(X)
No disability	51,595	83.2
Percent employed	76.7	(X)

Population 65 years and over	12,750	100.0
With a disability	5,018	39.4

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	107,417	100.0
Same house in 1995	58,009	54.0
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	47,913	44.6
Same county	27,483	25.6
Different county	20,430	19.0
Same state	14,752	13.7
Different state	5,678	5.3
Elsewhere in 1995	1,495	1.4

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	116,009	100.0
Native	107,222	92.4
Born in United States	106,542	91.8
State of residence	81,406	70.2
Different state	25,136	21.7
Born outside United States	680	0.6
Foreign born	8,787	7.6
Entered 1990 to March 2000	2,435	2.1
Naturalized citizen	3,514	3.0
Not a citizen	5,273	4.5

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	8,787	100.0
Europe	396	4.5
Asia	929	10.6
Africa	58	0.7
Oceania	24	0.3
Latin America	7,234	82.3
Northern America	146	1.7

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	107,417	100.0
English only	79,716	74.2
Language other than English	27,701	25.8
Speak English less than 'very well	10,136	9.4
Spanish	26,018	24.2
Speak English less than "very well"	9,617	9.0
Other Indo-European languages	1,153	1.1
Speak English less than "very well"	326	0.3
Asian and Pacific Island languages	453	0.4
Speak English less than "very well"	182	0.2

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	116,009	100.0
Total ancestries reported	102,984	88.8
Arab	191	0.2
Czech¹	400	0.3
Danish	361	0.3
Dutch	1,397	1.2
English	10,054	8.7
French (except Basque)¹	2,474	2.1
French Canadian¹	337	0.3
German	11,866	10.2
Greek	69	0.1
Hungarian	109	0.1
Irish¹	9,074	7.8
Italian	1,646	1.4
Lithuanian	71	0.1
Norwegian	717	0.6
Polish	686	0.6
Portuguese	8	0.0
Russian	153	0.1
Scotch-Irish	2,160	1.9
Scottish	2,091	1.8
Slovak	14	0.0
Subsaharan African	319	0.3
Swedish	634	0.5
Swiss	129	0.1
Ukrainian	102	0.1
United States or American	10,217	8.8
Welsh	623	0.5
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	214	0.2
Other ancestries	46,868	40.4

(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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