Kleberg County, TX Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Kleberg county texas dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	11,650	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	744	6.4
Kindergarten	433	3.7
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	4,017	34.5
High school (grades 9-12)	1,987	17.1
College or graduate school	4,469	38.4

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	17,896	100.0
Less than 9th grade	2,783	15.6
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	2,902	16.2
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	4,126	23.1
Some college, no degree	3,891	21.7
Associate degree	544	3.0
Bachelor's degree	2,282	12.8
Graduate or professional degree	1,368	7.6

Percent high school graduate or higher	68.2	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	20.4	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	24,361	100.0
Never married	7,422	30.5
Now married, except separated	12,654	51.9
Separated	560	2.3
Widowed	1,662	6.8
Female	1,297	5.3
Divorced	2,063	8.5
Female	1,145	4.7

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	883	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	470	53.2

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	22,402	100.0
Civilian veterans	2,613	11.7

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	8,417	100.0
With a disability	717	8.5

Population 21 to 64 years	16,610	100.0
With a disability	3,276	19.7
Percent employed	54.4	(X)
No disability	13,334	80.3
Percent employed	69.4	(X)

Population 65 years and over	3,292	100.0
With a disability	1,651	50.2

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	29,149	100.0
Same house in 1995	15,514	53.2
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	13,048	44.8
Same county	6,879	23.6
Different county	6,169	21.2
Same state	4,313	14.8
Different state	1,856	6.4
Elsewhere in 1995	587	2.0

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	31,549	100.0
Native	29,494	93.5
Born in United States	29,183	92.5
State of residence	24,699	78.3
Different state	4,484	14.2
Born outside United States	311	1.0
Foreign born	2,055	6.5
Entered 1990 to March 2000	715	2.3
Naturalized citizen	835	2.6
Not a citizen	1,220	3.9

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	2,055	100.0
Europe	96	4.7
Asia	389	18.9
Africa	8	0.4
Oceania	10	0.5
Latin America	1,522	74.1
Northern America	30	1.5

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	29,149	100.0
English only	13,023	44.7
Language other than English	16,126	55.3
Speak English less than 'very well	5,122	17.6
Spanish	15,483	53.1
Speak English less than "very well"	4,856	16.7
Other Indo-European languages	191	0.7
Speak English less than "very well"	21	0.1
Asian and Pacific Island languages	428	1.5
Speak English less than "very well"	239	0.8

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	31,549	100.0
Total ancestries reported	30,060	95.3
Arab	43	0.1
Czech¹	233	0.7
Danish	46	0.1
Dutch	156	0.5
English	1,474	4.7
French (except Basque)¹	378	1.2
French Canadian¹	34	0.1
German	2,601	8.2
Greek	24	0.1
Hungarian	0	0.0
Irish¹	1,185	3.8
Italian	333	1.1
Lithuanian	5	0.0
Norwegian	143	0.5
Polish	326	1.0
Portuguese	29	0.1
Russian	32	0.1
Scotch-Irish	307	1.0
Scottish	353	1.1
Slovak	29	0.1
Subsaharan African	56	0.2
Swedish	104	0.3
Swiss	22	0.1
Ukrainian	0	0.0
United States or American	1,256	4.0
Welsh	37	0.1
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	14	0.0
Other ancestries	20,840	66.1

(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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