Wood County, TX Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Wood county texas dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	7,855	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	523	6.7
Kindergarten	547	7.0
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	3,597	45.8
High school (grades 9-12)	2,013	25.6
College or graduate school	1,175	15.0

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	25,895	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,965	7.6
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	4,175	16.1
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	8,503	32.8
Some college, no degree	6,297	24.3
Associate degree	1,194	4.6
Bachelor's degree	2,379	9.2
Graduate or professional degree	1,382	5.3

Percent high school graduate or higher	76.3	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	14.5	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	30,303	100.0
Never married	4,647	15.3
Now married, except separated	19,498	64.3
Separated	521	1.7
Widowed	2,714	9.0
Female	2,130	7.0
Divorced	2,923	9.6
Female	1,367	4.5

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	781	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	561	71.8

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	28,684	100.0
Civilian veterans	5,186	18.1

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	7,436	100.0
With a disability	664	8.9

Population 21 to 64 years	19,122	100.0
With a disability	4,576	23.9
Percent employed	52.6	(X)
No disability	14,546	76.1
Percent employed	70.5	(X)

Population 65 years and over	7,248	100.0
With a disability	2,842	39.2

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	34,846	100.0
Same house in 1995	18,942	54.4
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	15,592	44.7
Same county	6,285	18.0
Different county	9,307	26.7
Same state	7,716	22.1
Different state	1,591	4.6
Elsewhere in 1995	312	0.9

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	36,752	100.0
Native	35,373	96.2
Born in United States	35,188	95.7
State of residence	27,263	74.2
Different state	7,925	21.6
Born outside United States	185	0.5
Foreign born	1,379	3.8
Entered 1990 to March 2000	613	1.7
Naturalized citizen	549	1.5
Not a citizen	830	2.3

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	1,379	100.0
Europe	180	13.1
Asia	54	3.9
Africa	57	4.1
Oceania	15	1.1
Latin America	992	71.9
Northern America	81	5.9

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	34,846	100.0
English only	32,921	94.5
Language other than English	1,925	5.5
Speak English less than 'very well	938	2.7
Spanish	1,696	4.9
Speak English less than "very well"	887	2.5
Other Indo-European languages	174	0.5
Speak English less than "very well"	31	0.1
Asian and Pacific Island languages	25	0.1
Speak English less than "very well"	18	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	36,752	100.0
Total ancestries reported	29,047	79.0
Arab	2	0.0
Czech¹	123	0.3
Danish	67	0.2
Dutch	846	2.3
English	4,141	11.3
French (except Basque)¹	705	1.9
French Canadian¹	71	0.2
German	3,116	8.5
Greek	38	0.1
Hungarian	22	0.1
Irish¹	3,750	10.2
Italian	314	0.9
Lithuanian	17	0.0
Norwegian	148	0.4
Polish	181	0.5
Portuguese	2	0.0
Russian	45	0.1
Scotch-Irish	877	2.4
Scottish	694	1.9
Slovak	0	0.0
Subsaharan African	56	0.2
Swedish	156	0.4
Swiss	39	0.1
Ukrainian	2	0.0
United States or American	6,327	17.2
Welsh	134	0.4
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	70	0.2
Other ancestries	7,104	19.3

(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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