Dallas County, TX Social Statistics
Updated August 5, 2020 |
Infoplease Staff
Dallas county texas dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics
NOTE: Data based on a sample except in P3, P4, H3, and H4. For information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, definitions, and count corrections see https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml. |
| Number | Percent |
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT | ||
---|---|---|
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school | 591,553 | 100.0 |
Nursery school, preschool | 41,239 | 7.0 |
Kindergarten | 36,947 | 6.2 |
Elementary school (grades 1-8) | 280,153 | 47.4 |
High school (grades 9-12) | 124,272 | 21.0 |
College or graduate school | 108,942 | 18.4 |
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT | ||
Population 25 years and over | 1,365,848 | 100.0 |
Less than 9th grade | 163,076 | 11.9 |
9th to 12th grade, no diploma | 179,020 | 13.1 |
High school graduate (includes equivalency) | 295,823 | 21.7 |
Some college, no degree | 291,063 | 21.3 |
Associate degree | 68,717 | 5.0 |
Bachelor's degree | 245,829 | 18.0 |
Graduate or professional degree | 122,320 | 9.0 |
Percent high school graduate or higher | 75.0 | (X) |
Percent bachelor's degree or higher | 27.0 | (X) |
MARITAL STATUS | ||
Population 15 years and over | 1,695,384 | 100.0 |
Never married | 508,471 | 30.0 |
Now married, except separated | 870,992 | 51.4 |
Separated | 51,058 | 3.0 |
Widowed | 84,460 | 5.0 |
Female | 69,817 | 4.1 |
Divorced | 180,403 | 10.6 |
Female | 107,510 | 6.3 |
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS | ||
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years | 58,182 | 100.0 |
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren | 26,336 | 45.3 |
VETERAN STATUS | ||
Civilian population 18 years and over | 1,600,826 | 100.0 |
Civilian veterans | 150,632 | 9.4 |
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION | ||
Population 5 to 20 years | 532,080 | 100.0 |
With a disability | 45,831 | 8.6 |
Population 21 to 64 years | 1,313,495 | 100.0 |
With a disability | 274,176 | 20.9 |
Percent employed | 61.3 | (X) |
No disability | 1,039,319 | 79.1 |
Percent employed | 76.1 | (X) |
Population 65 years and over | 168,972 | 100.0 |
With a disability | 72,304 | 42.8 |
RESIDENCE IN 1995 | ||
Population 5 years and over | 2,038,325 | 100.0 |
Same house in 1995 | 923,752 | 45.3 |
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 | 977,492 | 48.0 |
Same county | 664,899 | 32.6 |
Different county | 312,593 | 15.3 |
Same state | 171,981 | 8.4 |
Different state | 140,612 | 6.9 |
Elsewhere in 1995 | 137,081 | 6.7 |
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH | ||
Total population | 2,218,899 | 100.0 |
Native | 1,755,325 | 79.1 |
Born in United States | 1,737,373 | 78.3 |
State of residence | 1,224,712 | 55.2 |
Different state | 512,661 | 23.1 |
Born outside United States | 17,952 | 0.8 |
Foreign born | 463,574 | 20.9 |
Entered 1990 to March 2000 | 264,942 | 11.9 |
Naturalized citizen | 102,201 | 4.6 |
Not a citizen | 361,373 | 16.3 |
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN | ||
Total (excluding born at sea) | 463,574 | 100.0 |
Europe | 18,701 | 4.0 |
Asia | 76,138 | 16.4 |
Africa | 17,044 | 3.7 |
Oceania | 967 | 0.2 |
Latin America | 346,793 | 74.8 |
Northern America | 3,931 | 0.8 |
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME | ||
Population 5 years and over | 2,038,325 | 100.0 |
English only | 1,375,049 | 67.5 |
Language other than English | 663,276 | 32.5 |
Speak English less than 'very well | 367,243 | 18.0 |
Spanish | 539,570 | 26.5 |
Speak English less than "very well" | 316,065 | 15.5 |
Other Indo-European languages | 46,167 | 2.3 |
Speak English less than "very well" | 14,115 | 0.7 |
Asian and Pacific Island languages | 58,131 | 2.9 |
Speak English less than "very well" | 31,347 | 1.5 |
ANCESTRY (single or multiple) | ||
Total population | 2,218,899 | 100.0 |
Total ancestries reported | 2,091,022 | 94.2 |
Arab | 8,649 | 0.4 |
Czech1 | 10,676 | 0.5 |
Danish | 4,541 | 0.2 |
Dutch | 18,515 | 0.8 |
English | 151,028 | 6.8 |
French (except Basque)1 | 39,267 | 1.8 |
French Canadian1 | 6,186 | 0.3 |
German | 169,946 | 7.7 |
Greek | 3,601 | 0.2 |
Hungarian | 3,392 | 0.2 |
Irish1 | 140,456 | 6.3 |
Italian | 34,275 | 1.5 |
Lithuanian | 1,586 | 0.1 |
Norwegian | 12,617 | 0.6 |
Polish | 19,785 | 0.9 |
Portuguese | 1,613 | 0.1 |
Russian | 8,700 | 0.4 |
Scotch-Irish | 34,102 | 1.5 |
Scottish | 31,447 | 1.4 |
Slovak | 1,133 | 0.1 |
Subsaharan African | 30,599 | 1.4 |
Swedish | 13,388 | 0.6 |
Swiss | 3,326 | 0.1 |
Ukrainian | 1,795 | 0.1 |
United States or American | 133,618 | 6.0 |
Welsh | 9,289 | 0.4 |
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) | 4,104 | 0.2 |
Other ancestries | 1,193,388 | 53.8 |
(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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