Shelby County, TX Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Shelby county texas dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	6,145	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	363	5.9
Kindergarten	345	5.6
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	3,388	55.1
High school (grades 9-12)	1,396	22.7
College or graduate school	653	10.6

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	16,266	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,877	11.5
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	3,176	19.5
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	5,773	35.5
Some college, no degree	2,969	18.3
Associate degree	487	3.0
Bachelor's degree	1,242	7.6
Graduate or professional degree	742	4.6

Percent high school graduate or higher	68.9	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	12.2	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	19,602	100.0
Never married	4,033	20.6
Now married, except separated	11,295	57.6
Separated	427	2.2
Widowed	2,054	10.5
Female	1,721	8.8
Divorced	1,793	9.1
Female	978	5.0

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	624	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	376	60.3

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	18,539	100.0
Civilian veterans	2,077	11.2

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	5,991	100.0
With a disability	508	8.5

Population 21 to 64 years	13,283	100.0
With a disability	3,498	26.3
Percent employed	47.2	(X)
No disability	9,785	73.7
Percent employed	70.1	(X)

Population 65 years and over	3,891	100.0
With a disability	1,885	48.4

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	23,525	100.0
Same house in 1995	15,018	63.8
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	7,933	33.7
Same county	4,823	20.5
Different county	3,110	13.2
Same state	2,315	9.8
Different state	795	3.4
Elsewhere in 1995	574	2.4

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	25,224	100.0
Native	23,570	93.4
Born in United States	23,498	93.2
State of residence	19,028	75.4
Different state	4,470	17.7
Born outside United States	72	0.3
Foreign born	1,654	6.6
Entered 1990 to March 2000	1,055	4.2
Naturalized citizen	300	1.2
Not a citizen	1,354	5.4

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	1,654	100.0
Europe	48	2.9
Asia	76	4.6
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	1,525	92.2
Northern America	5	0.3

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	23,525	100.0
English only	21,333	90.7
Language other than English	2,192	9.3
Speak English less than 'very well	1,273	5.4
Spanish	2,005	8.5
Speak English less than "very well"	1,205	5.1
Other Indo-European languages	124	0.5
Speak English less than "very well"	47	0.2
Asian and Pacific Island languages	63	0.3
Speak English less than "very well"	21	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	25,224	100.0
Total ancestries reported	19,437	77.1
Arab	53	0.2
Czech¹	33	0.1
Danish	2	0.0
Dutch	246	1.0
English	1,824	7.2
French (except Basque)¹	505	2.0
French Canadian¹	29	0.1
German	1,071	4.2
Greek	3	0.0
Hungarian	0	0.0
Irish¹	1,436	5.7
Italian	166	0.7
Lithuanian	0	0.0
Norwegian	48	0.2
Polish	100	0.4
Portuguese	31	0.1
Russian	38	0.2
Scotch-Irish	336	1.3
Scottish	194	0.8
Slovak	0	0.0
Subsaharan African	182	0.7
Swedish	62	0.2
Swiss	14	0.1
Ukrainian	0	0.0
United States or American	4,938	19.6
Welsh	72	0.3
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	8	0.0
Other ancestries	8,046	31.9

(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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