Tarrant County, TX Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Tarrant county texas dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics






Subject

Number

Percent

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school399,208100.0
Nursery school, preschool29,0627.3
Kindergarten23,9926.0
Elementary school (grades 1-8)184,89046.3
High school (grades 9-12)82,60320.7
College or graduate school78,66119.7
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over898,850100.0
Less than 9th grade68,1147.6
9th to 12th grade, no diploma99,80811.1
High school graduate (includes equivalency)211,63823.5
Some college, no degree225,82725.1
Associate degree54,1786.0
Bachelor's degree168,74318.8
Graduate or professional degree70,5427.8
Percent high school graduate or higher81.3(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher26.6(X)
MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over1,103,658100.0
Never married280,46525.4
Now married, except separated620,01356.2
Separated26,2592.4
Widowed52,6744.8
Female
44,0014.0
Divorced124,24711.3
Female
72,3956.6
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years32,790100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren15,69747.9
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over1,038,078100.0
Civilian veterans127,71012.3
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years351,158100.0
With a disability28,1518.0
Population 21 to 64 years849,667100.0
With a disability155,30318.3
Percent employed
63.6(X)
No disability694,36481.7
Percent employed
78.8(X)
Population 65 years and over112,870100.0
With a disability48,05042.6
RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over1,332,055100.0
Same house in 1995598,12244.9
Different house in the U.S. in 1995680,36751.1
Same county
407,48030.6
Different county
272,88720.5
Same state
148,19811.1
Different state
124,6899.4
Elsewhere in 199553,5664.0
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population1,446,219100.0
Native1,262,99687.3
Born in United States
1,246,97886.2
State of residence
822,74256.9
Different state
424,23629.3
Born outside United States
16,0181.1
Foreign born183,22312.7
Entered 1990 to March 2000
94,9606.6
Naturalized citizen
56,0743.9
Not a citizen
127,1498.8
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)183,223100.0
Europe12,2116.7
Asia43,61323.8
Africa6,9943.8
Oceania9370.5
Latin America116,68163.7
Northern America2,7871.5
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over1,332,055100.0
English only1,040,88878.1
Language other than English291,16721.9
Speak English less than 'very well
140,32410.5
Spanish
218,61616.4
Speak English less than "very well"
109,1708.2
Other Indo-European languages
26,8172.0
Speak English less than "very well"
8,0100.6
Asian and Pacific Island languages
37,1482.8
Speak English less than "very well"
20,5471.5
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population1,446,219100.0

Total ancestries reported

1,378,13095.3
Arab5,9990.4
Czech18,9530.6
Danish3,8030.3
Dutch18,7481.3
English128,6688.9
French (except Basque)134,0392.4
French Canadian15,5440.4
German162,54911.2
Greek2,6900.2
Hungarian2,5000.2
Irish1128,5078.9
Italian30,4242.1
Lithuanian1,2960.1
Norwegian11,9960.8
Polish17,7141.2
Portuguese1,4210.1
Russian4,1830.3
Scotch-Irish27,4941.9
Scottish26,7411.8
Slovak1,1180.1
Subsaharan African12,9840.9
Swedish11,9490.8
Swiss2,1640.1
Ukrainian1,3340.1
United States or American124,5308.6
Welsh7,9570.6
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)3,2640.2
Other ancestries589,56140.8
(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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