Brown County, TX Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Brown county texas dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	9,963	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	625	6.3
Kindergarten	548	5.5
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	4,319	43.4
High school (grades 9-12)	2,666	26.8
College or graduate school	1,805	18.1

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	24,016	100.0
Less than 9th grade	2,367	9.9
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	3,728	15.5
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	8,401	35.0
Some college, no degree	5,103	21.2
Associate degree	810	3.4
Bachelor's degree	2,517	10.5
Graduate or professional degree	1,090	4.5

Percent high school graduate or higher	74.6	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	15.0	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	30,054	100.0
Never married	5,696	19.0
Now married, except separated	17,837	59.3
Separated	647	2.2
Widowed	2,574	8.6
Female	2,131	7.1
Divorced	3,300	11.0
Female	1,853	6.2

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	703	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	443	63.0

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	27,936	100.0
Civilian veterans	3,792	13.6

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	8,721	100.0
With a disability	652	7.5

Population 21 to 64 years	19,248	100.0
With a disability	4,556	23.7
Percent employed	52.0	(X)
No disability	14,692	76.3
Percent employed	76.4	(X)

Population 65 years and over	5,668	100.0
With a disability	2,570	45.3

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	35,355	100.0
Same house in 1995	17,707	50.1
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	17,447	49.3
Same county	9,426	26.7
Different county	8,021	22.7
Same state	6,346	17.9
Different state	1,675	4.7
Elsewhere in 1995	201	0.6

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	37,674	100.0
Native	36,492	96.9
Born in United States	36,289	96.3
State of residence	29,879	79.3
Different state	6,410	17.0
Born outside United States	203	0.5
Foreign born	1,182	3.1
Entered 1990 to March 2000	381	1.0
Naturalized citizen	506	1.3
Not a citizen	676	1.8

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	1,182	100.0
Europe	91	7.7
Asia	107	9.1
Africa	24	2.0
Oceania	6	0.5
Latin America	902	76.3
Northern America	52	4.4

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	35,355	100.0
English only	30,986	87.6
Language other than English	4,369	12.4
Speak English less than 'very well	1,427	4.0
Spanish	4,030	11.4
Speak English less than "very well"	1,331	3.8
Other Indo-European languages	186	0.5
Speak English less than "very well"	39	0.1
Asian and Pacific Island languages	92	0.3
Speak English less than "very well"	31	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	37,674	100.0
Total ancestries reported	30,291	80.4
Arab	38	0.1
Czech¹	91	0.2
Danish	78	0.2
Dutch	568	1.5
English	3,047	8.1
French (except Basque)¹	593	1.6
French Canadian¹	127	0.3
German	3,535	9.4
Greek	31	0.1
Hungarian	36	0.1
Irish¹	3,538	9.4
Italian	328	0.9
Lithuanian	6	0.0
Norwegian	63	0.2
Polish	233	0.6
Portuguese	0	0.0
Russian	42	0.1
Scotch-Irish	857	2.3
Scottish	554	1.5
Slovak	0	0.0
Subsaharan African	26	0.1
Swedish	152	0.4
Swiss	14	0.0
Ukrainian	26	0.1
United States or American	6,192	16.4
Welsh	95	0.3
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	45	0.1
Other ancestries	9,976	26.5

(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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