Arkansas County, TX Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Aransas county texas dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	5,072	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	296	5.8
Kindergarten	283	5.6
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	2,566	50.6
High school (grades 9-12)	1,429	28.2
College or graduate school	498	9.8

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	15,728	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,410	9.0
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	2,578	16.4
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	4,579	29.1
Some college, no degree	3,842	24.4
Associate degree	696	4.4
Bachelor's degree	1,736	11.0
Graduate or professional degree	887	5.6

Percent high school graduate or higher	74.6	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	16.7	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	18,250	100.0
Never married	3,133	17.2
Now married, except separated	10,892	59.7
Separated	450	2.5
Widowed	1,589	8.7
Female	1,228	6.7
Divorced	2,186	12.0
Female	974	5.3

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	502	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	271	54.0

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	17,050	100.0
Civilian veterans	3,525	20.7

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	4,935	100.0
With a disability	542	11.0

Population 21 to 64 years	11,764	100.0
With a disability	2,748	23.4
Percent employed	49.9	(X)
No disability	9,016	76.6
Percent employed	68.5	(X)

Population 65 years and over	4,299	100.0
With a disability	1,608	37.4

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	21,309	100.0
Same house in 1995	10,420	48.9
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	10,607	49.8
Same county	4,315	20.2
Different county	6,292	29.5
Same state	4,321	20.3
Different state	1,971	9.2
Elsewhere in 1995	282	1.3

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	22,497	100.0
Native	21,213	94.3
Born in United States	21,014	93.4
State of residence	14,123	62.8
Different state	6,891	30.6
Born outside United States	199	0.9
Foreign born	1,284	5.7
Entered 1990 to March 2000	438	1.9
Naturalized citizen	652	2.9
Not a citizen	632	2.8

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	1,284	100.0
Europe	176	13.7
Asia	463	36.1
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	21	1.6
Latin America	597	46.5
Northern America	27	2.1

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	21,309	100.0
English only	17,404	81.7
Language other than English	3,905	18.3
Speak English less than 'very well	1,362	6.4
Spanish	2,986	14.0
Speak English less than "very well"	934	4.4
Other Indo-European languages	251	1.2
Speak English less than "very well"	64	0.3
Asian and Pacific Island languages	610	2.9
Speak English less than "very well"	352	1.7

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	22,497	100.0
Total ancestries reported	22,620	100.5
Arab	4	0.0
Czech¹	319	1.4
Danish	42	0.2
Dutch	402	1.8
English	2,522	11.2
French (except Basque)¹	842	3.7
French Canadian¹	74	0.3
German	3,308	14.7
Greek	56	0.2
Hungarian	30	0.1
Irish¹	3,061	13.6
Italian	487	2.2
Lithuanian	0	0.0
Norwegian	343	1.5
Polish	324	1.4
Portuguese	13	0.1
Russian	74	0.3
Scotch-Irish	606	2.7
Scottish	386	1.7
Slovak	9	0.0
Subsaharan African	3	0.0
Swedish	264	1.2
Swiss	31	0.1
Ukrainian	47	0.2
United States or American	1,630	7.2
Welsh	122	0.5
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	0	0.0
Other ancestries	7,621	33.9

(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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