Sherman, TX
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None of the households in Sherman, TX reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.
The largest universities in Sherman, TX are Austin College (356 degrees awarded in 2023) and Diamonds College (39 degrees).
The economy of Sherman, TX employs 22k people. The largest industries in Sherman, TX are , and the highest paying industries are Utilities ($67,067), Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services ($65,955), and Wholesale Trade ($53,700).
The most common job groups, by number of people living in Sherman, TX, are Office & Administrative Support Occupations (2,932 people), Sales & Related Occupations (2,770 people), and Management Occupations (1,957 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Sherman, TX.
This chart shows weekly unemployment insurance claims in Texas (not-seasonally adjusted) compared with the four states with the most similar impact.
The most recent data point uses Advance State Claims data, which can be revised in subsequent weeks.
The most common employment sectors for those who live in Sherman, TX, are . This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Sherman, TX, though some of these residents may live in Sherman, TX and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.
The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2023 are Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($77,566), Professional, Scientific, & Management, & Administrative & Waste Management Services ($66,033), and Transportation & Warehousing, & Utilities ($56,766).
The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2023 are Wholesale Trade ($52,664), Public Administration ($50,089), and Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($44,138).
As of February 2023, there are 13.8M people employed in Texas. This represents a 4.59% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.
Right after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, during April 2020, a general dip can be seen across industry sectors, resulting in an overall decline in employment by 9.63%.
The following chart shows monthly employment numbers for each industry sector in Texas.
In the 2024 presidential election, the popular vote in Texas went to Donald J. Trump with 56.1% of the vote. The runner-up was Kamala Harris (42.5%), followed by Jill Stein (0.726%).
John Cornyn and Ted Cruz are the senators currently representing the state of Texas. In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.
Texas is currently represented by 38 members in the U.S. house, and members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms.
In the 2024 presidential election, the popular vote in Texas went to Donald J. Trump with 56.1% of the vote. The runner-up was Kamala Harris (42.5%), followed by Jill Stein (0.726%).
The following chart shows the popular vote results in Texas for each registered party from 1976 to 2024.
John Cornyn and Ted Cruz are the senators currently representing Texas.
In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.
The following chart shows elected senators in Texas over time, excluding special elections, colored by their political party.
Texas is currently represented by 38 members in the U.S. house.
Members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms, and the following chart shows the how the members for Texas have changed over time starting in 2008.
Most students graduating from Universities in Sherman, TX are White (191 and 49%), followed by Hispanic or Latino (113 and 29%), Asian (44 and 11.3%), and Black or African American (28 and 7.18%).
The largest universities in Sherman, TX by number of degrees awarded are Austin College (356 and NaNM%) and Diamonds College (39 and NaNM%).
The most popular majors in Sherman, TX are General Business (33 and NaNM%), General Biological Sciences (31 and NaNM%), and General Psychology (30 and NaNM%).
The median tuition cost in Sherman, TX for private four year colleges is $45,878.
In 2023 in Sherman, TX, the percentage of applicants admitted was 46.7%, while the percentage of admitted who enrolled was 11.6%. The number of students enrolled in 2023 was 1,172 (46.8% men and 53.2% women).
The line chart shows the evolution of the percentage of applicants admitted, admitted who enrolled or the number of students enrolled according to the option selected in the upper button.
In 2023 there were 1,172 students enrolled in Sherman, TX, 46.8% men and 53.2% women.
By race, the largest number of students enrolled was concentrated in White with 596 records, of which 52.9% were women and 47.1% men.
In 2023, the most common concentation for Bachelors Degree recipients in Sherman, TX was General Business with 33 degrees awarded.
This visualization illustrates the percentage of students graduating with a Bachelors Degree from schools in Sherman, TX according to their major.
In 2023, the institution with the largest number of graduating students was Austin College with 356 degrees awarded.
In 2023, 175 men were awarded degrees from institutions in Sherman, TX, which is 0.795 times less than the 220 female students who received degrees in the same year.
In 2023, the most common race/ethnicity group awarded degrees at institutions was White students. These 191 degrees mean that there were 1.69 times more degrees awarded to White students then the next closest race/ethnicity group, Hispanic or Latino, with 113 degrees awarded.
The graph shows the evolution of awarded degrees by degrees. Under the paragraphs, the average number of awarded degrees by university in each degree is shown.
Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above ($45,878) is the sector with the highest median state tuition in 2023.
Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above ($185) is the sector with the highest median state fee in 2023.
Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above ($1,250) is the sector with the highest average net price of books and supplies.
The graph shows the average net price by sector and year.
In 2022, 1.59% of men over 25 years of age had not completed any academic degree (no schooling), while 1.53% of women were in the same situation.
This visualization shows the gender distribution of the population according to the academic level reached.
The most common educational levels obtained by the working population in 2022 were High School or Equivalent (5.7M), Some college (4.97M), and Bachelors Degree (4.2M).
This visualization illustrates the percentage distribution of the population according to the highest educational level reached. You can filter the data by race by using the selector above.
Median household income in Sherman, TX is N/A. In 2023, the place with the highest median household income in Sherman, TX was Census Tract 17 with a value of $68,011, followed by Census Tract 15 and Census Tract 13, with respective values of $63,241 and $56,020.
This chart shows the percentage of owner in Sherman, TX compared it's parent and neighboring geographies.
In 2023, the place with the highest Median Household Income (Total) in Sherman, TX was Census Tract 17 with a value of $68,011, followed by Census Tract 15 and Census Tract 13, with respective values of $63,241 and $56,020.
The following map shows all of the places in Sherman, TX colored by their Median Household Income (Total).
The following chart displays the households in Sherman, TX distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the N/A range.
In 2022, the income inequality in Texas was 0.476 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.0231% decline from 2021 to 2022, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat more even. The GINI for Texas was lower than than the national average of 1. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Texas in comparison to the national average.
This chart shows the number of workers in Texas across various wage buckets compared to the national average.
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The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.
Using averages, employees in Sherman, TX have a N/A commute time (N/A minutes) than the normal US worker (N/A minutes). Additionally, N/A% of the workforce in Sherman, TX have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.
The chart below shows how the median household income in Sherman, TX compares to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.
The following chart displays the households in Sherman, TX distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Sherman, TX have 2 cars.
N/A% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Sherman, TX (N/A out of N/A people) live below the poverty line, a number that is approximately the same as the national average of 12.4%. The largest demographic living in poverty are N/A N/A, followed by N/A N/A and then N/A N/A.
The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Sherman, TX is White, followed by Two Or More and Hispanic.
The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.
N/A% of the population of Sherman, TX has health coverage, with N/A% on employee plans, N/A% on Medicaid, N/A% on Medicare, N/A% on non-group plans, and N/A% on military or VA plans.
In 2023, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in 26.3% under 18 years, 23.7% between 18 and 34 years, 35% between 35 and 64 years, and 14.9% over 64 years.
By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 49.1% were men and 50.9% were women.
The following chart shows the number of people with health coverage by gender.
The following chart shows how the percent of uninsured individuals in Sherman, TX changed over time compared with the percent of individuals enrolled in various types of health insurance.
