Wharton County, TX Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Wharton county texas dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	11,527	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	763	6.6
Kindergarten	615	5.3
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	5,634	48.9
High school (grades 9-12)	3,098	26.9
College or graduate school	1,417	12.3

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	25,567	100.0
Less than 9th grade	3,968	15.5
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	3,766	14.7
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	7,482	29.3
Some college, no degree	5,155	20.2
Associate degree	1,529	6.0
Bachelor's degree	2,490	9.7
Graduate or professional degree	1,177	4.6

Percent high school graduate or higher	69.8	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	14.3	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	31,704	100.0
Never married	7,646	24.1
Now married, except separated	18,213	57.4
Separated	580	1.8
Widowed	2,562	8.1
Female	2,108	6.6
Divorced	2,703	8.5
Female	1,514	4.8

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	1,174	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	720	61.3

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	29,370	100.0
Civilian veterans	3,205	10.9

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	11,082	100.0
With a disability	709	6.4

Population 21 to 64 years	21,543	100.0
With a disability	4,284	19.9
Percent employed	54.6	(X)
No disability	17,259	80.1
Percent employed	75.3	(X)

Population 65 years and over	5,416	100.0
With a disability	2,484	45.9

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	38,401	100.0
Same house in 1995	23,829	62.1
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	13,868	36.1
Same county	9,269	24.1
Different county	4,599	12.0
Same state	3,745	9.8
Different state	854	2.2
Elsewhere in 1995	704	1.8

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	41,188	100.0
Native	38,464	93.4
Born in United States	38,311	93.0
State of residence	35,131	85.3
Different state	3,180	7.7
Born outside United States	153	0.4
Foreign born	2,724	6.6
Entered 1990 to March 2000	1,225	3.0
Naturalized citizen	694	1.7
Not a citizen	2,030	4.9

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	2,724	100.0
Europe	58	2.1
Asia	123	4.5
Africa	46	1.7
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	2,464	90.5
Northern America	33	1.2

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	38,401	100.0
English only	28,162	73.3
Language other than English	10,239	26.7
Speak English less than 'very well	3,472	9.0
Spanish	9,145	23.8
Speak English less than "very well"	3,264	8.5
Other Indo-European languages	989	2.6
Speak English less than "very well"	191	0.5
Asian and Pacific Island languages	74	0.2
Speak English less than "very well"	17	0.0

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	41,188	100.0
Total ancestries reported	39,525	96.0
Arab	29	0.1
Czech¹	5,846	14.2
Danish	512	1.2
Dutch	164	0.4
English	1,711	4.2
French (except Basque)¹	616	1.5
French Canadian¹	154	0.4
German	5,150	12.5
Greek	33	0.1
Hungarian	7	0.0
Irish¹	2,365	5.7
Italian	241	0.6
Lithuanian	0	0.0
Norwegian	84	0.2
Polish	518	1.3
Portuguese	53	0.1
Russian	61	0.1
Scotch-Irish	360	0.9
Scottish	194	0.5
Slovak	5	0.0
Subsaharan African	268	0.7
Swedish	228	0.6
Swiss	28	0.1
Ukrainian	4	0.0
United States or American	2,362	5.7
Welsh	52	0.1
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	0	0.0
Other ancestries	18,480	44.9

(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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