Language Spoken At Home in Jim Wells County
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 5 years and over | 37,681 | 100% |
English only | 17,963 | 47.7% |
Language other than English | 19,718 | 52.3% |
Speak English less than very well | 4,546 | 12.1% |
Spanish | 19,502 | 51.8% |
Speak English less than very well | 4,486 | 11.9% |
Other Indo-European languages | 98 | 0.3% |
Speak English less than very well | 1 | 0.0% |
Asian and Pacific Islander languages | 41 | 0.1% |
Speak English less than very well | 34 | 0.1% |
Other languages | 77 | 0.2% |
Speak English less than very well | 25 | 0.1% |
Ancestry in Jim Wells County
*Base on 2012 Data
Total population | 41,014 | 100% |
American | 1,567 | 3.8% |
Arab | 77 | 0.2% |
Czech | 580 | 1.4% |
Danish | 17 | 0.0% |
Dutch | 87 | 0.2% |
English | 1,039 | 2.5% |
French (except Basque) | 357 | 0.9% |
French Canadian | 11 | 0.0% |
German | 3,411 | 8.3% |
Greek | 35 | 0.1% |
Hungarian | 0 | 0.0% |
Irish | 2,339 | 5.7% |
Italian | 109 | 0.3% |
Lithuanian | 0 | 0.0% |
Norwegian | 11 | 0.0% |
Polish | 407 | 1.0% |
Portuguese | 0 | 0.0% |
Russian | 28 | 0.1% |
Scotch-Irish | 188 | 0.5% |
Scottish | 151 | 0.4% |
Slovak | 6 | 0.0% |
Subsaharan African | 0 | 0.0% |
Swedish | 36 | 0.1% |
Swiss | 6 | 0.0% |
Ukrainian | 3 | 0.0% |
Welsh | 56 | 0.1% |
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups) | 0 | 0.0% |
Households By Type in Jim Wells County
*Base on 2012 Data
Total households | 13,515 | 100% |
Family households (families) | 10,030 | 74.2% |
With own children under 18 years | 4,780 | 35.4% |
Married-couple family | 6,898 | 51.0% |
With own children under 18 years | 2,944 | 21.8% |
Male householder, no wife present, family | 668 | 4.9% |
With own children under 18 years | 271 | 2.0% |
Female householder, no husband present, family | 2,464 | 18.2% |
With own children under 18 years | 1,565 | 11.6% |
Nonfamily households | 3,485 | 25.8% |
Householder living alone | 3,139 | 23.2% |
65 years and over | 1,214 | 9.0% |
Households with one or more people under 18 years | 5,546 | 41.0% |
Households with one or more people 65 years and over | 3,697 | 27.4% |
Average household size | 3 | 0% |
Average family size | 4 | 0% |
Relationship in Jim Wells County
*Base on 2012 Data
Population in households | 40,398 | 100% |
Householder | 13,515 | 33.5% |
Spouse | 6,890 | 17.1% |
Child | 14,601 | 36.1% |
Other relatives | 4,120 | 10.2% |
Nonrelatives | 1,272 | 3.1% |
Unmarried partner | 564 | 1.4% |
Marital Status in Jim Wells County
*Base on 2012 Data
Males 15 years and over | 15,275 | 100% |
Never married | 4,792 | 31.4% |
Now married, except separated | 8,214 | 53.8% |
Separated | 418 | 2.7% |
Widowed | 413 | 2.7% |
Divorced | 1,438 | 9.4% |
Females 15 years and over | 15,945 | 100% |
Never married | 3,895 | 24.4% |
Now married, except separated | 7,905 | 49.6% |
Separated | 622 | 3.9% |
Widowed | 1,762 | 11.1% |
Divorced | 1,761 | 11.0% |
Fertility in Jim Wells County
*Base on 2012 Data
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had a birth in the past 12 months | 676 | 100% |
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married) | 182 | 26.9% |
Per 1,000 unmarried women | 39 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old | 71 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old | 81 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old | 126 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old | 17 | 0% |
Grandparents in Jim Wells County
*Base on 2012 Data
Number of grandparents living with own grandchildren under 18 years | 1,631 | 100% |
Responsible for grandchildren | 721 | 44.2% |
Less than 1 year | 152 | 9.3% |
1 or 2 years | 145 | 8.9% |
3 or 4 years | 228 | 14.0% |
5 or more years | 196 | 12.0% |
Number of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years | 721 | 100% |
Who are female | 350 | 48.5% |
Who are married | 656 | 91.0% |
School Enrollment in Jim Wells County
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school | 11,015 | 100% |
Nursery school, preschool | 857 | 7.8% |
Kindergarten | 562 | 5.1% |
Elementary school (grades 1-8) | 5,618 | 51.0% |
High school (grades 9-12) | 2,563 | 23.3% |
College or graduate school | 1,415 | 12.8% |
Educational Attainment in Jim Wells County
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 25 years and over | 25,306 | 100% |
Less than 9th grade | 3,633 | 14.4% |
9th to 12th grade, no diploma | 3,723 | 14.7% |
High school graduate (includes equivalency) | 8,232 | 32.5% |
Some college, no degree | 5,265 | 20.8% |
Associate's degree | 1,435 | 5.7% |
Bachelor's degree | 1,816 | 7.2% |
Graduate or professional degree | 1,202 | 4.7% |
Percent high school graduate or higher | 0 | 70.9% |
Percent bachelor's degree or higher | 0 | 11.9% |
Veteran Status in Jim Wells County
*Base on 2012 Data
Civilian population 18 years and over | 29,178 | 100% |
Civilian veterans | 2,284 | 7.8% |
Disability Status Of The Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population in Jim Wells County
*Base on 2012 Data
Total Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population | 40,393 | 100% |
With a disability | 8,300 | 20.5% |
Under 18 years | 11,793 | 100% |
With a disability | 826 | 7.0% |
18 to 64 years | 23,469 | 100% |
With a disability | 4,490 | 19.1% |
65 years and over | 5,131 | 100% |
With a disability | 2,984 | 58.2% |
Residence 1 Year Ago in Jim Wells County
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 1 year and over | 40,225 | 100% |
Same house | 34,343 | 85.4% |
Different house in the U.S. | 5,856 | 14.6% |
Same county | 3,471 | 8.6% |
Different county | 2,385 | 5.9% |
Same state | 2,024 | 5.0% |
Different state | 361 | 0.9% |
Abroad | 26 | 0.1% |
Place Of Birth in Jim Wells County
*Base on 2012 Data
Total population | 41,014 | 100% |
Native | 39,228 | 95.6% |
Born in United States | 39,157 | 95.5% |
State of residence | 35,552 | 86.7% |
Different state | 3,605 | 8.8% |
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or born abroad to American parent(s) | 71 | 0.2% |
Foreign born | 1,786 | 4.4% |
U.S. Citizenship Status in Jim Wells County
*Base on 2012 Data
Foreign-born population | 1,786 | 100% |
Naturalized U.S. citizen | 801 | 44.8% |
Not a U.S. citizen | 985 | 55.2% |
Year of Entry in Jim Wells County
*Base on 2012 Data
Population born outside the United States | 1,857 | 100% |
Native | 71 | 100% |
Entered 2010 or later | 0 | 0.0% |
Entered before 2010 | 71 | 100.0% |
Foreign born | 1,786 | 100% |
Entered 2010 or later | 43 | 2.4% |
Entered before 2010 | 1,743 | 97.6% |
World Region Of Birth Of Foreign Born in Jim Wells County
*Base on 2012 Data
Foreign-born population, excluding population born at sea | 1,786 | 100% |
Europe | 37 | 2.1% |
Asia | 125 | 7.0% |
Africa | 3 | 0.2% |
Oceania | 34 | 1.9% |
Latin America | 1,576 | 88.2% |
Northern America | 11 | 0.6% |