Wise County, TX Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Wise county texas dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	12,621	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	607	4.8
Kindergarten	663	5.3
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	6,810	54.0
High school (grades 9-12)	3,311	26.2
College or graduate school	1,230	9.7

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	31,130	100.0
Less than 9th grade	2,577	8.3
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	4,875	15.7
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	10,819	34.8
Some college, no degree	7,322	23.5
Associate degree	1,499	4.8
Bachelor's degree	2,868	9.2
Graduate or professional degree	1,170	3.8

Percent high school graduate or higher	76.1	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	13.0	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	37,454	100.0
Never married	6,442	17.2
Now married, except separated	25,054	66.9
Separated	549	1.5
Widowed	2,102	5.6
Female	1,706	4.6
Divorced	3,307	8.8
Female	1,669	4.5

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	1,066	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	568	53.3

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	34,982	100.0
Civilian veterans	5,148	14.7

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	12,182	100.0
With a disability	899	7.4

Population 21 to 64 years	27,318	100.0
With a disability	4,973	18.2
Percent employed	56.9	(X)
No disability	22,345	81.8
Percent employed	77.8	(X)

Population 65 years and over	4,856	100.0
With a disability	2,033	41.9

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	45,490	100.0
Same house in 1995	22,604	49.7
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	21,812	47.9
Same county	7,886	17.3
Different county	13,926	30.6
Same state	11,338	24.9
Different state	2,588	5.7
Elsewhere in 1995	1,074	2.4

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	48,793	100.0
Native	46,312	94.9
Born in United States	46,062	94.4
State of residence	34,896	71.5
Different state	11,166	22.9
Born outside United States	250	0.5
Foreign born	2,481	5.1
Entered 1990 to March 2000	1,120	2.3
Naturalized citizen	819	1.7
Not a citizen	1,662	3.4

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	2,481	100.0
Europe	153	6.2
Asia	107	4.3
Africa	8	0.3
Oceania	7	0.3
Latin America	2,187	88.1
Northern America	19	0.8

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	45,490	100.0
English only	40,530	89.1
Language other than English	4,960	10.9
Speak English less than 'very well	2,209	4.9
Spanish	4,546	10.0
Speak English less than "very well"	2,066	4.5
Other Indo-European languages	269	0.6
Speak English less than "very well"	88	0.2
Asian and Pacific Island languages	121	0.3
Speak English less than "very well"	41	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	48,793	100.0
Total ancestries reported	38,466	78.8
Arab	17	0.0
Czech¹	178	0.4
Danish	55	0.1
Dutch	863	1.8
English	3,826	7.8
French (except Basque)¹	774	1.6
French Canadian¹	109	0.2
German	4,617	9.5
Greek	13	0.0
Hungarian	67	0.1
Irish¹	5,066	10.4
Italian	592	1.2
Lithuanian	9	0.0
Norwegian	201	0.4
Polish	323	0.7
Portuguese	8	0.0
Russian	108	0.2
Scotch-Irish	847	1.7
Scottish	617	1.3
Slovak	10	0.0
Subsaharan African	17	0.0
Swedish	287	0.6
Swiss	20	0.0
Ukrainian	74	0.2
United States or American	8,778	18.0
Welsh	203	0.4
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	76	0.2
Other ancestries	10,711	22.0

(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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