Fayette County, TX Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Fayette county texas dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	4,935	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	283	5.7
Kindergarten	282	5.7
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	2,421	49.1
High school (grades 9-12)	1,364	27.6
College or graduate school	585	11.9

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	15,183	100.0
Less than 9th grade	2,297	15.1
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	2,060	13.6
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	5,441	35.8
Some college, no degree	2,606	17.2
Associate degree	561	3.7
Bachelor's degree	1,661	10.9
Graduate or professional degree	557	3.7

Percent high school graduate or higher	71.3	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	14.6	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	17,771	100.0
Never married	3,558	20.0
Now married, except separated	10,911	61.4
Separated	164	0.9
Widowed	1,896	10.7
Female	1,570	8.8
Divorced	1,242	7.0
Female	662	3.7

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	332	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	210	63.3

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	16,771	100.0
Civilian veterans	2,430	14.5

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	4,745	100.0
With a disability	468	9.9

Population 21 to 64 years	11,070	100.0
With a disability	2,197	19.8
Percent employed	61.8	(X)
No disability	8,873	80.2
Percent employed	79.7	(X)

Population 65 years and over	4,366	100.0
With a disability	1,738	39.8

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	20,692	100.0
Same house in 1995	12,927	62.5
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	7,374	35.6
Same county	3,786	18.3
Different county	3,588	17.3
Same state	3,024	14.6
Different state	564	2.7
Elsewhere in 1995	391	1.9

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	21,804	100.0
Native	20,573	94.4
Born in United States	20,541	94.2
State of residence	18,065	82.9
Different state	2,476	11.4
Born outside United States	32	0.1
Foreign born	1,231	5.6
Entered 1990 to March 2000	653	3.0
Naturalized citizen	363	1.7
Not a citizen	868	4.0

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	1,231	100.0
Europe	85	6.9
Asia	33	2.7
Africa	3	0.2
Oceania	24	1.9
Latin America	1,078	87.6
Northern America	8	0.6

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	20,692	100.0
English only	16,497	79.7
Language other than English	4,195	20.3
Speak English less than 'very well	1,809	8.7
Spanish	2,326	11.2
Speak English less than "very well"	1,242	6.0
Other Indo-European languages	1,824	8.8
Speak English less than "very well"	563	2.7
Asian and Pacific Island languages	13	0.1
Speak English less than "very well"	4	0.0

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	21,804	100.0
Total ancestries reported	22,283	102.2
Arab	2	0.0
Czech¹	4,356	20.0
Danish	36	0.2
Dutch	172	0.8
English	1,259	5.8
French (except Basque)¹	466	2.1
French Canadian¹	95	0.4
German	7,344	33.7
Greek	22	0.1
Hungarian	8	0.0
Irish¹	1,164	5.3
Italian	202	0.9
Lithuanian	0	0.0
Norwegian	51	0.2
Polish	357	1.6
Portuguese	2	0.0
Russian	20	0.1
Scotch-Irish	351	1.6
Scottish	130	0.6
Slovak	0	0.0
Subsaharan African	58	0.3
Swedish	91	0.4
Swiss	17	0.1
Ukrainian	8	0.0
United States or American	1,350	6.2
Welsh	34	0.2
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	12	0.1
Other ancestries	4,676	21.4

(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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