Falls County, TX Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Falls county texas dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	5,024	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	283	5.6
Kindergarten	209	4.2
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	2,479	49.3
High school (grades 9-12)	1,514	30.1
College or graduate school	539	10.7

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	12,013	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,579	13.1
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	2,486	20.7
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	4,093	34.1
Some college, no degree	2,140	17.8
Associate degree	564	4.7
Bachelor's degree	744	6.2
Graduate or professional degree	407	3.4

Percent high school graduate or higher	66.2	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	9.6	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	14,633	100.0
Never married	3,052	20.9
Now married, except separated	8,322	56.9
Separated	427	2.9
Widowed	1,488	10.2
Female	1,250	8.5
Divorced	1,344	9.2
Female	731	5.0

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	548	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	330	60.2

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	13,434	100.0
Civilian veterans	1,670	12.4

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	4,262	100.0
With a disability	349	8.2

Population 21 to 64 years	8,333	100.0
With a disability	2,385	28.6
Percent employed	55.7	(X)
No disability	5,948	71.4
Percent employed	69.8	(X)

Population 65 years and over	2,851	100.0
With a disability	1,391	48.8

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	17,495	100.0
Same house in 1995	10,903	62.3
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	6,301	36.0
Same county	2,932	16.8
Different county	3,369	19.3
Same state	2,813	16.1
Different state	556	3.2
Elsewhere in 1995	291	1.7

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	18,576	100.0
Native	17,714	95.4
Born in United States	17,646	95.0
State of residence	15,487	83.4
Different state	2,159	11.6
Born outside United States	68	0.4
Foreign born	862	4.6
Entered 1990 to March 2000	431	2.3
Naturalized citizen	314	1.7
Not a citizen	548	3.0

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	862	100.0
Europe	23	2.7
Asia	0	0.0
Africa	4	0.5
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	826	95.8
Northern America	9	1.0

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	17,495	100.0
English only	15,056	86.1
Language other than English	2,439	13.9
Speak English less than 'very well	1,198	6.8
Spanish	2,203	12.6
Speak English less than "very well"	1,163	6.6
Other Indo-European languages	234	1.3
Speak English less than "very well"	33	0.2
Asian and Pacific Island languages	2	0.0
Speak English less than "very well"	2	0.0

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	18,576	100.0
Total ancestries reported	15,292	82.3
Arab	12	0.1
Czech¹	485	2.6
Danish	40	0.2
Dutch	110	0.6
English	962	5.2
French (except Basque)¹	231	1.2
French Canadian¹	9	0.0
German	2,706	14.6
Greek	21	0.1
Hungarian	18	0.1
Irish¹	1,333	7.2
Italian	117	0.6
Lithuanian	0	0.0
Norwegian	71	0.4
Polish	221	1.2
Portuguese	0	0.0
Russian	7	0.0
Scotch-Irish	278	1.5
Scottish	99	0.5
Slovak	0	0.0
Subsaharan African	90	0.5
Swedish	62	0.3
Swiss	48	0.3
Ukrainian	5	0.0
United States or American	1,217	6.6
Welsh	44	0.2
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	2	0.0
Other ancestries	7,104	38.2

(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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