Wichita Falls, TX

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4879000, place: Wichita Falls city, Texas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 28,422 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 1,868 (6.57%)
Kindergarten: 1,641 (5.77%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 11,215 (39.46%)
High school (grades 9-12): 5,911 (20.8%)
College or graduate school: 7,787 (27.4%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 62,652 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 4,674 (7.46%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 8,063 (12.87%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 17,479 (27.9%)
Some college, no degree: 15,276 (24.38%)
Associate degree: 3,698 (5.9%)
Bachelor's degree: 9,637 (15.38%)
Graduate or professional degree: 3,825 (6.11%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 79.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 21.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 82,537 (100%)
Never married: 20,026 (24.26%)
Now married, except separated: 46,359 (56.17%)
Separated: 1,688 (2.05%)
Total Widowed: 5,441 (6.59%)
Widowed Female: 4,494 (5.44%)
Total Divorced: 9,023 (10.93%)
Divorced Female: 5,027 (6.09%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 1,857 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 1,036 (55.79%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 70,779 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 11,788 (16.65%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 22,318 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,021 (9.06%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 49,217 (100%)
--With a disability: 9,469 (19.24%)
----Percent employed: 54.7%
--No disability: 39,748 (80.76%)
----Percent employed: 77.2%
Population 65 years and over: 11,961 (100%)
--With a disability: 5,575 (46.61%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 96,586 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 41,388 (42.85%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 52,468 (54.32%)
--Same county: 25,535 (26.44%)
--Different county: 26,933 (27.88%)
----Same state: 12,038 (12.46%)
----Different state: 14,895 (15.42%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 2,730 (2.83%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 103,921 (100%)
Native: 97,677 (93.99%)
--Born in United States: 95,457 (100%)
----State of residence: 59,863 (57.6%)
----Different state: 35,594 (34.25%)
--Born outside United States: 2,220 (2.14%)
Foreign born: 6,244 (6.01%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 2,602 (2.5%)
--Naturalized citizen: 2,667 (2.57%)
--Not a citizen: 3,577 (3.44%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 6,244 (100%)
Europe: 1,150 (18.42%)
Asia: 1,824 (29.21%)
Africa: 34 (0.54%)
Oceania: 45 (0.72%)
Latin America: 3,103 (49.7%)
Northern America: 88 (1.41%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 96,586 (100%)
English only: 82,996 (85.93%)
Language other than English: 13,590 (14.07%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4,770 (4.94%)
--Spanish: 9,599 (9.94%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3,226 (3.34%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 1,824 (1.89%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 466 (0.48%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 2,036 (2.11%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,054 (1.09%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 103,921 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 92,472% (88.98%)
Arab: 230 (0.22%)
Czech: 607 (0.58%)
Danish: 268 (0.26%)
Dutch: 1,554 (1.5%)
English: 7,992 (7.69%)
French (except Basque): 2,532 (2.44%)
French Canadian: 401 (0.39%)
German: 13,074 (12.58%)
Greek: 174 (0.17%)
Hungarian: 281 (0.27%)
Irish: 9,831 (9.46%)
Italian: 2,118 (2.04%)
Lithuanian: 27 (0.03%)
Norwegian: 873 (0.84%)
Polish: 1,091 (1.05%)
Portuguese: 131 (0.13%)
Russian: 265 (0.26%)
Scotch-Irish: 2,010 (1.93%)
Scottish: 1,658 (1.6%)
Slovak: 42 (0.04%)
Subsaharan African: 360 (0.35%)
Swedish: 647 (0.62%)
Swiss: 178 (0.17%)
Ukrainian: 47 (0.05%)
United States or American: 9,844 (9.47%)
Welsh: 400 (0.38%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 482 (0.46%)
Other ancestries: 35,355 (34.02%)

Return to Wichita Falls,TX.