Language Spoken At Home in Dickens County
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 5 years and over | 2,282 | 100% |
English only | 1,939 | 85.0% |
Language other than English | 343 | 15.0% |
Speak English less than very well | 125 | 5.5% |
Spanish | 342 | 15.0% |
Speak English less than very well | 124 | 5.4% |
Other Indo-European languages | 0 | 0.0% |
Speak English less than very well | 0 | 0.0% |
Asian and Pacific Islander languages | 1 | 0.0% |
Speak English less than very well | 1 | 0.0% |
Other languages | 0 | 0.0% |
Speak English less than very well | 0 | 0.0% |
Ancestry in Dickens County
*Base on 2012 Data
Total population | 2,399 | 100% |
American | 431 | 18.0% |
Arab | 0 | 0.0% |
Czech | 5 | 0.2% |
Danish | 0 | 0.0% |
Dutch | 24 | 1.0% |
English | 210 | 8.8% |
French (except Basque) | 51 | 2.1% |
French Canadian | 0 | 0.0% |
German | 208 | 8.7% |
Greek | 0 | 0.0% |
Hungarian | 8 | 0.3% |
Irish | 271 | 11.3% |
Italian | 21 | 0.9% |
Lithuanian | 0 | 0.0% |
Norwegian | 0 | 0.0% |
Polish | 2 | 0.1% |
Portuguese | 0 | 0.0% |
Russian | 10 | 0.4% |
Scotch-Irish | 18 | 0.8% |
Scottish | 27 | 1.1% |
Slovak | 0 | 0.0% |
Subsaharan African | 0 | 0.0% |
Swedish | 4 | 0.2% |
Swiss | 0 | 0.0% |
Ukrainian | 0 | 0.0% |
Welsh | 31 | 1.3% |
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups) | 0 | 0.0% |
Households By Type in Dickens County
*Base on 2012 Data
Total households | 875 | 100% |
Family households (families) | 584 | 66.7% |
With own children under 18 years | 196 | 22.4% |
Married-couple family | 482 | 55.1% |
With own children under 18 years | 131 | 15.0% |
Male householder, no wife present, family | 4 | 0.5% |
With own children under 18 years | 4 | 0.5% |
Female householder, no husband present, family | 98 | 11.2% |
With own children under 18 years | 61 | 7.0% |
Nonfamily households | 291 | 33.3% |
Householder living alone | 279 | 31.9% |
65 years and over | 133 | 15.2% |
Households with one or more people under 18 years | 223 | 25.5% |
Households with one or more people 65 years and over | 295 | 33.7% |
Average household size | 2 | 0% |
Average family size | 3 | 0% |
Relationship in Dickens County
*Base on 2012 Data
Population in households | 2,030 | 100% |
Householder | 875 | 43.1% |
Spouse | 491 | 24.2% |
Child | 542 | 26.7% |
Other relatives | 94 | 4.6% |
Nonrelatives | 28 | 1.4% |
Unmarried partner | 15 | 0.7% |
Marital Status in Dickens County
*Base on 2012 Data
Males 15 years and over | 1,103 | 100% |
Never married | 306 | 27.7% |
Now married, except separated | 559 | 50.7% |
Separated | 82 | 7.4% |
Widowed | 25 | 2.3% |
Divorced | 131 | 11.9% |
Females 15 years and over | 953 | 100% |
Never married | 174 | 18.3% |
Now married, except separated | 474 | 49.7% |
Separated | 0 | 0.0% |
Widowed | 152 | 15.9% |
Divorced | 153 | 16.1% |
Fertility in Dickens County
*Base on 2012 Data
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had a birth in the past 12 months | 30 | 100% |
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married) | 4 | 13.3% |
Per 1,000 unmarried women | 15 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old | 67 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old | 40 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old | 161 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old | 31 | 0% |
Grandparents in Dickens County
*Base on 2012 Data
Number of grandparents living with own grandchildren under 18 years | 52 | 100% |
Responsible for grandchildren | 31 | 59.6% |
Less than 1 year | 4 | 7.7% |
1 or 2 years | 3 | 5.8% |
3 or 4 years | 11 | 21.2% |
5 or more years | 13 | 25.0% |
Number of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years | 31 | 100% |
Who are female | 24 | 77.4% |
Who are married | 23 | 74.2% |
School Enrollment in Dickens County
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school | 393 | 100% |
Nursery school, preschool | 30 | 7.6% |
Kindergarten | 35 | 8.9% |
Elementary school (grades 1-8) | 170 | 43.3% |
High school (grades 9-12) | 119 | 30.3% |
College or graduate school | 39 | 9.9% |
Educational Attainment in Dickens County
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 25 years and over | 1,777 | 100% |
Less than 9th grade | 176 | 9.9% |
9th to 12th grade, no diploma | 257 | 14.5% |
High school graduate (includes equivalency) | 630 | 35.5% |
Some college, no degree | 400 | 22.5% |
Associate's degree | 78 | 4.4% |
Bachelor's degree | 183 | 10.3% |
Graduate or professional degree | 53 | 3.0% |
Percent high school graduate or higher | 0 | 75.6% |
Percent bachelor's degree or higher | 0 | 13.3% |
Veteran Status in Dickens County
*Base on 2012 Data
Civilian population 18 years and over | 1,951 | 100% |
Civilian veterans | 171 | 8.8% |
Disability Status Of The Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population in Dickens County
*Base on 2012 Data
Total Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population | 2,034 | 100% |
With a disability | 386 | 19.0% |
Under 18 years | 448 | 100% |
With a disability | 18 | 4.0% |
18 to 64 years | 1,174 | 100% |
With a disability | 190 | 16.2% |
65 years and over | 412 | 100% |
With a disability | 178 | 43.2% |
Residence 1 Year Ago in Dickens County
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 1 year and over | 2,367 | 100% |
Same house | 1,790 | 75.6% |
Different house in the U.S. | 546 | 23.1% |
Same county | 179 | 7.6% |
Different county | 367 | 15.5% |
Same state | 314 | 13.3% |
Different state | 53 | 2.2% |
Abroad | 31 | 1.3% |
Place Of Birth in Dickens County
*Base on 2012 Data
Total population | 2,399 | 100% |
Native | 2,305 | 96.1% |
Born in United States | 2,305 | 96.1% |
State of residence | 1,971 | 82.2% |
Different state | 334 | 13.9% |
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or born abroad to American parent(s) | 0 | 0.0% |
Foreign born | 94 | 3.9% |
U.S. Citizenship Status in Dickens County
*Base on 2012 Data
Foreign-born population | 94 | 100% |
Naturalized U.S. citizen | 6 | 6.4% |
Not a U.S. citizen | 88 | 93.6% |
Year of Entry in Dickens County
*Base on 2012 Data
Population born outside the United States | 94 | 100% |
Native | 0 | 0% |
Entered 2010 or later | 0 | 0% |
Entered before 2010 | 0 | 0% |
Foreign born | 94 | 100% |
Entered 2010 or later | 10 | 10.6% |
Entered before 2010 | 84 | 89.4% |
World Region Of Birth Of Foreign Born in Dickens County
*Base on 2012 Data
Foreign-born population, excluding population born at sea | 94 | 100% |
Europe | 8 | 8.5% |
Asia | 1 | 1.1% |
Africa | 0 | 0.0% |
Oceania | 0 | 0.0% |
Latin America | 85 | 90.4% |
Northern America | 0 | 0.0% |