Lavaca County, TX Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Lavaca county texas dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	4,471	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	257	5.7
Kindergarten	233	5.2
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	2,212	49.5
High school (grades 9-12)	1,223	27.4
College or graduate school	546	12.2

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	13,214	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,949	14.7
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	2,198	16.6
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	4,854	36.7
Some college, no degree	2,238	16.9
Associate degree	468	3.5
Bachelor's degree	1,035	7.8
Graduate or professional degree	472	3.6

Percent high school graduate or higher	68.6	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	11.4	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	15,475	100.0
Never married	3,088	20.0
Now married, except separated	9,444	61.0
Separated	143	0.9
Widowed	1,636	10.6
Female	1,411	9.1
Divorced	1,164	7.5
Female	613	4.0

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	303	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	205	67.7

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	14,575	100.0
Civilian veterans	1,949	13.4

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	4,195	100.0
With a disability	283	6.7

Population 21 to 64 years	9,700	100.0
With a disability	2,208	22.8
Percent employed	59.0	(X)
No disability	7,492	77.2
Percent employed	81.4	(X)

Population 65 years and over	3,730	100.0
With a disability	1,736	46.5

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	18,080	100.0
Same house in 1995	12,317	68.1
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	5,674	31.4
Same county	2,896	16.0
Different county	2,778	15.4
Same state	2,503	13.8
Different state	275	1.5
Elsewhere in 1995	89	0.5

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	19,210	100.0
Native	18,723	97.5
Born in United States	18,642	97.0
State of residence	17,182	89.4
Different state	1,460	7.6
Born outside United States	81	0.4
Foreign born	487	2.5
Entered 1990 to March 2000	178	0.9
Naturalized citizen	182	0.9
Not a citizen	305	1.6

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	487	100.0
Europe	45	9.2
Asia	13	2.7
Africa	2	0.4
Oceania	2	0.4
Latin America	423	86.9
Northern America	2	0.4

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	18,080	100.0
English only	15,543	86.0
Language other than English	2,537	14.0
Speak English less than 'very well	797	4.4
Spanish	1,388	7.7
Speak English less than "very well"	549	3.0
Other Indo-European languages	1,126	6.2
Speak English less than "very well"	235	1.3
Asian and Pacific Island languages	11	0.1
Speak English less than "very well"	9	0.0

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	19,210	100.0
Total ancestries reported	18,708	97.4
Arab	6	0.0
Czech¹	5,251	27.3
Danish	9	0.0
Dutch	65	0.3
English	808	4.2
French (except Basque)¹	246	1.3
French Canadian¹	64	0.3
German	5,011	26.1
Greek	0	0.0
Hungarian	7	0.0
Irish¹	1,314	6.8
Italian	154	0.8
Lithuanian	0	0.0
Norwegian	13	0.1
Polish	225	1.2
Portuguese	8	0.0
Russian	16	0.1
Scotch-Irish	234	1.2
Scottish	56	0.3
Slovak	6	0.0
Subsaharan African	17	0.1
Swedish	37	0.2
Swiss	28	0.1
Ukrainian	0	0.0
United States or American	1,359	7.1
Welsh	42	0.2
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	2	0.0
Other ancestries	3,730	19.4

(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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