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North Texas AAA Demographic Profile Cruz C. Torres, RN Ph.D. Department of Rural Sociology Hispanic Research Program

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Socioeconomic Profile: Income  Per capita income for North Texas AAA is $16,582 vs. $19,617 for Texas per capita income –Foard County has the lowest per capita income at $14,799 –Archer County has the highest per capita income at $19,300  Median household income in the North Texas AAA is $30,525 vs. $39,927 for Texas –Archer County has the highest median household income at 38,514 –Baylor County has the lowest median household income at $24,627

Socioeconomic Profile: Poverty  13.3% of North Texas AAA residents live below poverty vs. 15.4% of Texas residents –Cottle County has highest poverty rate: 18.4% –Archer County has lowest poverty rate: 9.0%  11.1% of North Texas AAA elderly live below poverty vs.12.8% of Texas elderly –Foard County has highest rate of elderly living below poverty, 16.2% – Baylor County has the lowest rate of elderly living below poverty, 9.0%

Elderly Household Characteristics  26.1% of North Texas AAA households include a member that is 65+ vs. 17.7% of Texas households –Cottle Co. has highest rate of households with someone 65 years old or older, 40.7% –Wichita Co. has the lowest rate of households with someone 65 years old or older, 22.6%  12.1% elderly live alone in North Texas AAA compared to 7.3% of Texas elderly –Cottle Co. has the highest rate of elderly living alone, 22.0% –Wichita Co. has the lowest rate of elderly living alone, 10.4%  The percent of elderly with disabilities in North Texas AAA is 46.5% vs. 44.8% - the State rate –Baylor Co. elderly report the highest disability rate, 52.9% –Jack Co. elderly report the lowest disability rate, 42.8%

Language & Education Profile  10.8% of North Texas AAA residents speak a language other than English vs % of Texas residents –Wilbarger Co. has highest rate, 16.7% –Clay Co. has the lowest rate, 3.3%  8.4% of North Texas AAA residents speak Spanish vs. 27.0% of Texas residents –Cottle Co. has highest rate of Spanish speakers, 15.7% –Clay Co. has the lowest rate, 2.3%  High School completion or equivalency in North Texas AAA is 77.4% vs. 75.7% for Texas –Archer Co. has highest HS completion rate, 81.1% –Cottle Co. has lowest rate, 66.1%

Residency Status of Population  In-migration rate for the North Texas AAA is 23.7% vs. 19.6% for Texas –Jack Co. has highest in-migration rate, 29.8% –Hardeman Co. has lowest in-migration rate, 16.7%  Non-citizen rate for North Texas AAA residents is 2.5% vs. 9.5% for Texas –Wichita Co. has the highest rate, 2.9% –Foard Co. has the lowest rate, 0.7%

Ethnic Diversity  North Texas AAA has a higher percent of non-Hispanic White residents than Texas, 79.2% vs. 53.1% –Clay Co. has highest rate of non-Hispanic Whites, 94.8% –Wilbarger Co. has lowest rate of non-Hispanic Whites, 69.2%  11.3% of North Texas AAA residents are Hispanic vs. 32% of Texas residents –Wilbarger Co. has highest rate of Hispanics, 20.5% –Clay Co. has lowest rate of Hispanics, 3.7%  7.4% of North Texas residents are African American vs. 11.6% of Texas residents –Wichita Co. has highest rate of African Americans, 10.6% –Archer and Montague Co. have the lowest rate of African Americans, 0.2%  Figures 3a, 3b, 3c illustrate the projected decrease in non- Hispanic Whites and the corresponding increase in Hispanics

Current & Projected Elderly Population  Figure 4 illustrates current and projected elderly percent of population  Figures 5a, 5b, 5c illustrate the ethnic shift that will occur in the elderly population by 2040  Figures 5d, 5e, 5f illustrate the increase of elderly within each ethnic population  Figures 6a, 6b, 6c illustrate the current and projected sex ratio among the elderly  Figures 7a, 7b, 7c (in your packet) illustrate the current and projected proportion of the population that will be elderly for each ethnic group by 2040

North Texas AAA Table 5. Health Care Delivery System  Number of doctors in North Texas AAA –Total number of physicians by county –Ratio of doctors to population by county  Number of nurses in North Texas AAA –Total number of nurses by county –Ratio of nurses to population by county  Number of dentists in North Texas AAA –Total number of dentists by county –Ratio of dentists to population by county  Number of hospitals and hospital beds in North Texas AAA and AAA counties  Number of nursing homes and number of licensed nursing home beds in North Texas AAA and AAA counties