Parker County, TX Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Parker county texas dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	23,189	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	1,352	5.8
Kindergarten	1,182	5.1
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	11,876	51.2
High school (grades 9-12)	5,674	24.5
College or graduate school	3,105	13.4

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	57,072	100.0
Less than 9th grade	2,909	5.1
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	8,244	14.4
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	17,338	30.4
Some college, no degree	14,415	25.3
Associate degree	3,545	6.2
Bachelor's degree	7,157	12.5
Graduate or professional degree	3,464	6.1

Percent high school graduate or higher	80.5	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	18.6	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	68,479	100.0
Never married	11,946	17.4
Now married, except separated	44,939	65.6
Separated	1,195	1.7
Widowed	3,886	5.7
Female	3,024	4.4
Divorced	6,513	9.5
Female	3,512	5.1

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	2,108	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	1,139	54.0

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	64,016	100.0
Civilian veterans	9,968	15.6

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	22,123	100.0
With a disability	1,811	8.2

Population 21 to 64 years	49,034	100.0
With a disability	9,089	18.5
Percent employed	63.1	(X)
No disability	39,945	81.5
Percent employed	78.5	(X)

Population 65 years and over	8,930	100.0
With a disability	3,854	43.2

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	82,844	100.0
Same house in 1995	42,089	50.8
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	40,042	48.3
Same county	13,776	16.6
Different county	26,266	31.7
Same state	21,785	26.3
Different state	4,481	5.4
Elsewhere in 1995	713	0.9

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	88,495	100.0
Native	86,154	97.4
Born in United States	85,598	96.7
State of residence	62,985	71.2
Different state	22,613	25.6
Born outside United States	556	0.6
Foreign born	2,341	2.6
Entered 1990 to March 2000	986	1.1
Naturalized citizen	920	1.0
Not a citizen	1,421	1.6

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	2,341	100.0
Europe	439	18.8
Asia	201	8.6
Africa	58	2.5
Oceania	67	2.9
Latin America	1,515	64.7
Northern America	61	2.6

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	82,844	100.0
English only	76,978	92.9
Language other than English	5,866	7.1
Speak English less than 'very well	2,142	2.6
Spanish	4,917	5.9
Speak English less than "very well"	1,898	2.3
Other Indo-European languages	611	0.7
Speak English less than "very well"	142	0.2
Asian and Pacific Island languages	158	0.2
Speak English less than "very well"	90	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	88,495	100.0
Total ancestries reported	73,380	82.9
Arab	103	0.1
Czech¹	378	0.4
Danish	270	0.3
Dutch	1,503	1.7
English	9,268	10.5
French (except Basque)¹	2,069	2.3
French Canadian¹	280	0.3
German	10,922	12.3
Greek	75	0.1
Hungarian	141	0.2
Irish¹	10,635	12.0
Italian	1,347	1.5
Lithuanian	96	0.1
Norwegian	491	0.6
Polish	713	0.8
Portuguese	59	0.1
Russian	199	0.2
Scotch-Irish	1,781	2.0
Scottish	1,693	1.9
Slovak	64	0.1
Subsaharan African	61	0.1
Swedish	507	0.6
Swiss	96	0.1
Ukrainian	65	0.1
United States or American	14,290	16.1
Welsh	463	0.5
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	89	0.1
Other ancestries	15,722	17.8

(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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