Language Spoken At Home in Bexar County
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 5 years and over | 1,589,642 | 100% |
English only | 916,214 | 57.6% |
Language other than English | 673,428 | 42.4% |
Speak English less than very well | 199,379 | 12.5% |
Spanish | 616,080 | 38.8% |
Speak English less than very well | 180,177 | 11.3% |
Other Indo-European languages | 24,106 | 1.5% |
Speak English less than very well | 5,001 | 0.3% |
Asian and Pacific Islander languages | 26,232 | 1.7% |
Speak English less than very well | 11,576 | 0.7% |
Other languages | 7,010 | 0.4% |
Speak English less than very well | 2,625 | 0.2% |
Ancestry in Bexar County
*Base on 2012 Data
Total population | 1,719,902 | 100% |
American | 63,671 | 3.7% |
Arab | 6,229 | 0.4% |
Czech | 8,818 | 0.5% |
Danish | 3,351 | 0.2% |
Dutch | 9,573 | 0.6% |
English | 83,461 | 4.9% |
French (except Basque) | 30,289 | 1.8% |
French Canadian | 3,506 | 0.2% |
German | 167,120 | 9.7% |
Greek | 2,415 | 0.1% |
Hungarian | 2,789 | 0.2% |
Irish | 95,119 | 5.5% |
Italian | 33,309 | 1.9% |
Lithuanian | 1,332 | 0.1% |
Norwegian | 7,475 | 0.4% |
Polish | 23,115 | 1.3% |
Portuguese | 2,788 | 0.2% |
Russian | 4,986 | 0.3% |
Scotch-Irish | 14,360 | 0.8% |
Scottish | 21,185 | 1.2% |
Slovak | 814 | 0.0% |
Subsaharan African | 10,643 | 0.6% |
Swedish | 8,771 | 0.5% |
Swiss | 1,837 | 0.1% |
Ukrainian | 1,303 | 0.1% |
Welsh | 5,805 | 0.3% |
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups) | 4,573 | 0.3% |
Households By Type in Bexar County
*Base on 2012 Data
Total households | 596,862 | 100% |
Family households (families) | 404,241 | 67.7% |
With own children under 18 years | 199,742 | 33.5% |
Married-couple family | 277,302 | 46.5% |
With own children under 18 years | 129,190 | 21.6% |
Male householder, no wife present, family | 31,090 | 5.2% |
With own children under 18 years | 14,688 | 2.5% |
Female householder, no husband present, family | 95,849 | 16.1% |
With own children under 18 years | 55,864 | 9.4% |
Nonfamily households | 192,621 | 32.3% |
Householder living alone | 160,832 | 26.9% |
65 years and over | 45,156 | 7.6% |
Households with one or more people under 18 years | 228,004 | 38.2% |
Households with one or more people 65 years and over | 127,108 | 21.3% |
Average household size | 3 | 0% |
Average family size | 3 | 0% |
Relationship in Bexar County
*Base on 2012 Data
Population in households | 1,683,181 | 100% |
Householder | 596,862 | 35.5% |
Spouse | 276,871 | 16.4% |
Child | 572,641 | 34.0% |
Other relatives | 150,994 | 9.0% |
Nonrelatives | 85,813 | 5.1% |
Unmarried partner | 31,417 | 1.9% |
Marital Status in Bexar County
*Base on 2012 Data
Males 15 years and over | 645,937 | 100% |
Never married | 237,521 | 36.8% |
Now married, except separated | 317,443 | 49.1% |
Separated | 14,123 | 2.2% |
Widowed | 14,248 | 2.2% |
Divorced | 62,602 | 9.7% |
Females 15 years and over | 686,309 | 100% |
Never married | 207,724 | 30.3% |
Now married, except separated | 304,949 | 44.4% |
Separated | 24,018 | 3.5% |
Widowed | 55,831 | 8.1% |
Divorced | 93,787 | 13.7% |
Fertility in Bexar County
*Base on 2012 Data
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had a birth in the past 12 months | 28,235 | 100% |
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married) | 10,251 | 36.3% |
Per 1,000 unmarried women | 42 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old | 63 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old | 38 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old | 106 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old | 28 | 0% |
Grandparents in Bexar County
*Base on 2012 Data
Number of grandparents living with own grandchildren under 18 years | 54,629 | 100% |
Responsible for grandchildren | 22,262 | 40.8% |
Less than 1 year | 4,981 | 9.1% |
1 or 2 years | 5,493 | 10.1% |
3 or 4 years | 4,676 | 8.6% |
5 or more years | 7,112 | 13.0% |
Number of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years | 22,262 | 100% |
Who are female | 13,943 | 62.6% |
Who are married | 15,302 | 68.7% |
School Enrollment in Bexar County
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school | 506,275 | 100% |
Nursery school, preschool | 31,575 | 6.2% |
Kindergarten | 27,668 | 5.5% |
Elementary school (grades 1-8) | 206,365 | 40.8% |
High school (grades 9-12) | 103,211 | 20.4% |
College or graduate school | 137,456 | 27.2% |
Educational Attainment in Bexar County
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 25 years and over | 1,065,530 | 100% |
Less than 9th grade | 95,605 | 9.0% |
9th to 12th grade, no diploma | 97,597 | 9.2% |
High school graduate (includes equivalency) | 260,961 | 24.5% |
Some college, no degree | 258,634 | 24.3% |
Associate's degree | 76,573 | 7.2% |
Bachelor's degree | 177,033 | 16.6% |
Graduate or professional degree | 99,127 | 9.3% |
Percent high school graduate or higher | 0 | 81.9% |
Percent bachelor's degree or higher | 0 | 25.9% |
Veteran Status in Bexar County
*Base on 2012 Data
Civilian population 18 years and over | 1,233,217 | 100% |
Civilian veterans | 151,738 | 12.3% |
Disability Status Of The Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population in Bexar County
*Base on 2012 Data
Total Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population | 1,679,479 | 100% |
With a disability | 220,579 | 13.1% |
Under 18 years | 462,831 | 100% |
With a disability | 22,442 | 4.8% |
18 to 64 years | 1,043,168 | 100% |
With a disability | 123,686 | 11.9% |
65 years and over | 173,480 | 100% |
With a disability | 74,451 | 42.9% |
Residence 1 Year Ago in Bexar County
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 1 year and over | 1,695,574 | 100% |
Same house | 1,372,424 | 80.9% |
Different house in the U.S. | 310,535 | 18.3% |
Same county | 226,169 | 13.3% |
Different county | 84,366 | 5.0% |
Same state | 42,798 | 2.5% |
Different state | 41,568 | 2.5% |
Abroad | 12,615 | 0.7% |
Place Of Birth in Bexar County
*Base on 2012 Data
Total population | 1,719,902 | 100% |
Native | 1,495,907 | 87.0% |
Born in United States | 1,457,953 | 84.8% |
State of residence | 1,088,615 | 63.3% |
Different state | 369,338 | 21.5% |
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or born abroad to American parent(s) | 37,954 | 2.2% |
Foreign born | 223,995 | 13.0% |
U.S. Citizenship Status in Bexar County
*Base on 2012 Data
Foreign-born population | 223,995 | 100% |
Naturalized U.S. citizen | 88,930 | 39.7% |
Not a U.S. citizen | 135,065 | 60.3% |
Year of Entry in Bexar County
*Base on 2012 Data
Population born outside the United States | 261,949 | 100% |
Native | 37,954 | 100% |
Entered 2010 or later | 1,172 | 3.1% |
Entered before 2010 | 36,782 | 96.9% |
Foreign born | 223,995 | 100% |
Entered 2010 or later | 7,100 | 3.2% |
Entered before 2010 | 216,895 | 96.8% |
World Region Of Birth Of Foreign Born in Bexar County
*Base on 2012 Data
Foreign-born population, excluding population born at sea | 223,995 | 100% |
Europe | 12,180 | 5.4% |
Asia | 34,534 | 15.4% |
Africa | 4,936 | 2.2% |
Oceania | 282 | 0.1% |
Latin America | 169,871 | 75.8% |
Northern America | 2,192 | 1.0% |