Limestone County, TX Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Limestone county texas dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	5,437	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	296	5.4
Kindergarten	335	6.2
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	2,617	48.1
High school (grades 9-12)	1,404	25.8
College or graduate school	785	14.4

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	14,564	100.0
Less than 9th grade	2,036	14.0
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	2,718	18.7
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	4,356	29.9
Some college, no degree	3,105	21.3
Associate degree	729	5.0
Bachelor's degree	955	6.6
Graduate or professional degree	665	4.6

Percent high school graduate or higher	67.4	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	11.1	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	17,463	100.0
Never married	3,595	20.6
Now married, except separated	10,116	57.9
Separated	410	2.3
Widowed	1,644	9.4
Female	1,277	7.3
Divorced	1,698	9.7
Female	915	5.2

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	470	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	271	57.7

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	16,477	100.0
Civilian veterans	2,177	13.2

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	4,920	100.0
With a disability	454	9.2

Population 21 to 64 years	10,694	100.0
With a disability	2,676	25.0
Percent employed	50.6	(X)
No disability	8,018	75.0
Percent employed	75.4	(X)

Population 65 years and over	3,170	100.0
With a disability	1,588	50.1

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	20,632	100.0
Same house in 1995	12,036	58.3
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	8,089	39.2
Same county	4,385	21.3
Different county	3,704	18.0
Same state	3,231	15.7
Different state	473	2.3
Elsewhere in 1995	507	2.5

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	22,051	100.0
Native	20,835	94.5
Born in United States	20,771	94.2
State of residence	17,906	81.2
Different state	2,865	13.0
Born outside United States	64	0.3
Foreign born	1,216	5.5
Entered 1990 to March 2000	694	3.1
Naturalized citizen	246	1.1
Not a citizen	970	4.4

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	1,216	100.0
Europe	22	1.8
Asia	56	4.6
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	2	0.2
Latin America	1,124	92.4
Northern America	12	1.0

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	20,632	100.0
English only	18,164	88.0
Language other than English	2,468	12.0
Speak English less than 'very well	1,225	5.9
Spanish	2,317	11.2
Speak English less than "very well"	1,181	5.7
Other Indo-European languages	112	0.5
Speak English less than "very well"	27	0.1
Asian and Pacific Island languages	35	0.2
Speak English less than "very well"	17	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	22,051	100.0
Total ancestries reported	17,797	80.7
Arab	0	0.0
Czech¹	151	0.7
Danish	3	0.0
Dutch	207	0.9
English	1,340	6.1
French (except Basque)¹	430	2.0
French Canadian¹	36	0.2
German	1,561	7.1
Greek	6	0.0
Hungarian	12	0.1
Irish¹	1,876	8.5
Italian	172	0.8
Lithuanian	4	0.0
Norwegian	76	0.3
Polish	116	0.5
Portuguese	0	0.0
Russian	16	0.1
Scotch-Irish	384	1.7
Scottish	190	0.9
Slovak	0	0.0
Subsaharan African	136	0.6
Swedish	101	0.5
Swiss	28	0.1
Ukrainian	0	0.0
United States or American	3,133	14.2
Welsh	72	0.3
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	14	0.1
Other ancestries	7,733	35.1

(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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