Ector County, TX Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Ector county texas dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	36,067	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	2,385	6.6
Kindergarten	1,983	5.5
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	17,181	47.6
High school (grades 9-12)	8,787	24.4
College or graduate school	5,731	15.9

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	71,756	100.0
Less than 9th grade	10,989	15.3
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	11,999	16.7
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	19,240	26.8
Some college, no degree	17,077	23.8
Associate degree	3,840	5.4
Bachelor's degree	6,183	8.6
Graduate or professional degree	2,428	3.4

Percent high school graduate or higher	68.0	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	12.0	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	90,868	100.0
Never married	20,197	22.2
Now married, except separated	52,066	57.3
Separated	2,310	2.5
Widowed	5,904	6.5
Female	4,927	5.4
Divorced	10,391	11.4
Female	5,886	6.5

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	3,695	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	2,119	57.3

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	84,333	100.0
Civilian veterans	9,192	10.9

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	33,287	100.0
With a disability	2,440	7.3

Population 21 to 64 years	64,273	100.0
With a disability	12,718	19.8
Percent employed	50.6	(X)
No disability	51,555	80.2
Percent employed	72.2	(X)

Population 65 years and over	12,577	100.0
With a disability	5,446	43.3

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	111,545	100.0
Same house in 1995	63,666	57.1
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	46,607	41.8
Same county	32,819	29.4
Different county	13,788	12.4
Same state	9,786	8.8
Different state	4,002	3.6
Elsewhere in 1995	1,272	1.1

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	121,123	100.0
Native	108,250	89.4
Born in United States	107,400	88.7
State of residence	86,308	71.3
Different state	21,092	17.4
Born outside United States	850	0.7
Foreign born	12,873	10.6
Entered 1990 to March 2000	3,038	2.5
Naturalized citizen	5,156	4.3
Not a citizen	7,717	6.4

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	12,873	100.0
Europe	172	1.3
Asia	704	5.5
Africa	34	0.3
Oceania	6	0.0
Latin America	11,897	92.4
Northern America	60	0.5

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	111,545	100.0
English only	70,215	62.9
Language other than English	41,330	37.1
Speak English less than 'very well	15,070	13.5
Spanish	40,174	36.0
Speak English less than "very well"	14,712	13.2
Other Indo-European languages	460	0.4
Speak English less than "very well"	97	0.1
Asian and Pacific Island languages	546	0.5
Speak English less than "very well"	201	0.2

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	121,123	100.0
Total ancestries reported	104,331	86.1
Arab	69	0.1
Czech¹	261	0.2
Danish	103	0.1
Dutch	1,235	1.0
English	8,151	6.7
French (except Basque)¹	1,954	1.6
French Canadian¹	152	0.1
German	7,645	6.3
Greek	64	0.1
Hungarian	91	0.1
Irish¹	7,775	6.4
Italian	821	0.7
Lithuanian	17	0.0
Norwegian	421	0.3
Polish	366	0.3
Portuguese	57	0.0
Russian	70	0.1
Scotch-Irish	1,604	1.3
Scottish	1,268	1.0
Slovak	0	0.0
Subsaharan African	237	0.2
Swedish	357	0.3
Swiss	138	0.1
Ukrainian	55	0.0
United States or American	9,556	7.9
Welsh	391	0.3
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	290	0.2
Other ancestries	61,183	50.5

(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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