Uvalde County, TX Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Uvalde county texas dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	7,779	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	538	6.9
Kindergarten	429	5.5
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	3,981	51.2
High school (grades 9-12)	1,732	22.3
College or graduate school	1,099	14.1

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	15,280	100.0
Less than 9th grade	3,898	25.5
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	2,281	14.9
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	3,419	22.4
Some college, no degree	2,905	19.0
Associate degree	668	4.4
Bachelor's degree	1,484	9.7
Graduate or professional degree	625	4.1

Percent high school graduate or higher	59.6	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	13.8	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	19,095	100.0
Never married	4,162	21.8
Now married, except separated	11,452	60.0
Separated	583	3.1
Widowed	1,472	7.7
Female	1,136	5.9
Divorced	1,426	7.5
Female	819	4.3

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	906	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	416	45.9

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	17,781	100.0
Civilian veterans	1,932	10.9

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	7,194	100.0
With a disability	560	7.8

Population 21 to 64 years	12,836	100.0
With a disability	3,112	24.2
Percent employed	55.4	(X)
No disability	9,724	75.8
Percent employed	71.9	(X)

Population 65 years and over	3,405	100.0
With a disability	1,694	49.8

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	23,799	100.0
Same house in 1995	14,079	59.2
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	9,358	39.3
Same county	5,305	22.3
Different county	4,053	17.0
Same state	3,276	13.8
Different state	777	3.3
Elsewhere in 1995	362	1.5

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	25,926	100.0
Native	23,021	88.8
Born in United States	22,866	88.2
State of residence	20,157	77.7
Different state	2,709	10.4
Born outside United States	155	0.6
Foreign born	2,905	11.2
Entered 1990 to March 2000	762	2.9
Naturalized citizen	1,179	4.5
Not a citizen	1,726	6.7

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	2,905	100.0
Europe	40	1.4
Asia	119	4.1
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	8	0.3
Latin America	2,736	94.2
Northern America	2	0.1

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	23,799	100.0
English only	9,511	40.0
Language other than English	14,288	60.0
Speak English less than 'very well	5,644	23.7
Spanish	14,067	59.1
Speak English less than "very well"	5,600	23.5
Other Indo-European languages	134	0.6
Speak English less than "very well"	13	0.1
Asian and Pacific Island languages	87	0.4
Speak English less than "very well"	31	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	25,926	100.0
Total ancestries reported	23,886	92.1
Arab	8	0.0
Czech¹	60	0.2
Danish	28	0.1
Dutch	145	0.6
English	1,258	4.9
French (except Basque)¹	340	1.3
French Canadian¹	38	0.1
German	1,756	6.8
Greek	43	0.2
Hungarian	3	0.0
Irish¹	1,209	4.7
Italian	130	0.5
Lithuanian	22	0.1
Norwegian	113	0.4
Polish	100	0.4
Portuguese	31	0.1
Russian	9	0.0
Scotch-Irish	394	1.5
Scottish	240	0.9
Slovak	2	0.0
Subsaharan African	0	0.0
Swedish	60	0.2
Swiss	17	0.1
Ukrainian	2	0.0
United States or American	1,251	4.8
Welsh	31	0.1
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	6	0.0
Other ancestries	16,590	64.0

(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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