Walker County, TX Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Walker county texas dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	20,291	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	795	3.9
Kindergarten	525	2.6
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	5,307	26.2
High school (grades 9-12)	4,260	21.0
College or graduate school	9,404	46.3

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	36,678	100.0
Less than 9th grade	3,806	10.4
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	6,075	16.6
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	11,594	31.6
Some college, no degree	7,362	20.1
Associate degree	1,117	3.0
Bachelor's degree	4,311	11.8
Graduate or professional degree	2,413	6.6

Percent high school graduate or higher	73.1	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	18.3	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	52,857	100.0
Never married	12,912	24.4
Now married, except separated	32,229	61.0
Separated	1,400	2.6
Widowed	2,759	5.2
Female	1,817	3.4
Divorced	3,557	6.7
Female	1,780	3.4

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	842	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	492	58.4

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	50,776	100.0
Civilian veterans	5,512	10.9

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	12,798	100.0
With a disability	993	7.8

Population 21 to 64 years	26,459	100.0
With a disability	4,928	18.6
Percent employed	59.2	(X)
No disability	21,531	81.4
Percent employed	77.1	(X)

Population 65 years and over	5,145	100.0
With a disability	2,180	42.4

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	58,854	100.0
Same house in 1995	24,569	41.7
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	31,648	53.8
Same county	8,710	14.8
Different county	22,938	39.0
Same state	20,734	35.2
Different state	2,204	3.7
Elsewhere in 1995	2,637	4.5

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	61,758	100.0
Native	59,002	95.5
Born in United States	58,645	95.0
State of residence	45,434	73.6
Different state	13,211	21.4
Born outside United States	357	0.6
Foreign born	2,756	4.5
Entered 1990 to March 2000	1,280	2.1
Naturalized citizen	879	1.4
Not a citizen	1,877	3.0

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	2,756	100.0
Europe	153	5.6
Asia	271	9.8
Africa	48	1.7
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	2,245	81.5
Northern America	39	1.4

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	58,854	100.0
English only	50,464	85.7
Language other than English	8,390	14.3
Speak English less than 'very well	3,573	6.1
Spanish	7,586	12.9
Speak English less than "very well"	3,366	5.7
Other Indo-European languages	455	0.8
Speak English less than "very well"	83	0.1
Asian and Pacific Island languages	285	0.5
Speak English less than "very well"	112	0.2

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	61,758	100.0
Total ancestries reported	41,731	67.6
Arab	28	0.0
Czech¹	459	0.7
Danish	102	0.2
Dutch	388	0.6
English	3,391	5.5
French (except Basque)¹	1,210	2.0
French Canadian¹	250	0.4
German	5,317	8.6
Greek	38	0.1
Hungarian	46	0.1
Irish¹	4,239	6.9
Italian	633	1.0
Lithuanian	18	0.0
Norwegian	118	0.2
Polish	1,006	1.6
Portuguese	34	0.1
Russian	57	0.1
Scotch-Irish	1,048	1.7
Scottish	712	1.2
Slovak	13	0.0
Subsaharan African	179	0.3
Swedish	360	0.6
Swiss	29	0.0
Ukrainian	32	0.1
United States or American	4,735	7.7
Welsh	163	0.3
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	130	0.2
Other ancestries	16,996	27.5

(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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