Wilbarger County, TX Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Wilbarger county texas dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	3,816	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	270	7.1
Kindergarten	156	4.1
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	1,832	48.0
High school (grades 9-12)	893	23.4
College or graduate school	665	17.4

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	9,313	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,155	12.4
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	1,435	15.4
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	2,749	29.5
Some college, no degree	1,845	19.8
Associate degree	536	5.8
Bachelor's degree	1,143	12.3
Graduate or professional degree	450	4.8

Percent high school graduate or higher	72.2	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	17.1	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	11,487	100.0
Never married	2,099	18.3
Now married, except separated	7,031	61.2
Separated	223	1.9
Widowed	1,165	10.1
Female	1,031	9.0
Divorced	969	8.4
Female	473	4.1

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	341	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	246	72.1

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	10,564	100.0
Civilian veterans	1,247	11.8

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	3,418	100.0
With a disability	181	5.3

Population 21 to 64 years	7,119	100.0
With a disability	1,396	19.6
Percent employed	57.3	(X)
No disability	5,723	80.4
Percent employed	82.7	(X)

Population 65 years and over	2,320	100.0
With a disability	1,176	50.7

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	13,673	100.0
Same house in 1995	7,396	54.1
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	6,203	45.4
Same county	3,663	26.8
Different county	2,540	18.6
Same state	1,850	13.5
Different state	690	5.0
Elsewhere in 1995	74	0.5

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	14,676	100.0
Native	14,054	95.8
Born in United States	13,947	95.0
State of residence	11,231	76.5
Different state	2,716	18.5
Born outside United States	107	0.7
Foreign born	622	4.2
Entered 1990 to March 2000	170	1.2
Naturalized citizen	227	1.5
Not a citizen	395	2.7

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	622	100.0
Europe	21	3.4
Asia	121	19.5
Africa	35	5.6
Oceania	5	0.8
Latin America	440	70.7
Northern America	0	0.0

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	13,673	100.0
English only	11,385	83.3
Language other than English	2,288	16.7
Speak English less than 'very well	796	5.8
Spanish	2,005	14.7
Speak English less than "very well"	697	5.1
Other Indo-European languages	173	1.3
Speak English less than "very well"	45	0.3
Asian and Pacific Island languages	103	0.8
Speak English less than "very well"	47	0.3

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	14,676	100.0
Total ancestries reported	12,543	85.5
Arab	7	0.0
Czech¹	104	0.7
Danish	17	0.1
Dutch	320	2.2
English	1,034	7.0
French (except Basque)¹	152	1.0
French Canadian¹	15	0.1
German	1,653	11.3
Greek	6	0.0
Hungarian	2	0.0
Irish¹	1,665	11.3
Italian	39	0.3
Lithuanian	8	0.1
Norwegian	75	0.5
Polish	48	0.3
Portuguese	7	0.0
Russian	0	0.0
Scotch-Irish	267	1.8
Scottish	112	0.8
Slovak	0	0.0
Subsaharan African	49	0.3
Swedish	10	0.1
Swiss	120	0.8
Ukrainian	8	0.1
United States or American	1,533	10.4
Welsh	61	0.4
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	41	0.3
Other ancestries	5,190	35.4

(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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