Ahoskie, NC

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3700500, place: Ahoskie town, North Carolina)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,110 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 73 (6.58%)
Kindergarten: 58 (5.23%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 514 (46.31%)
High school (grades 9-12): 339 (30.54%)
College or graduate school: 126 (11.35%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,929 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 526 (17.96%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 571 (19.49%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 752 (25.67%)
Some college, no degree: 551 (18.81%)
Associate degree: 178 (6.08%)
Bachelor's degree: 211 (7.2%)
Graduate or professional degree: 140 (4.78%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 62.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 12%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 3,635 (100%)
Never married: 1,109 (30.51%)
Now married, except separated: 1,454 (40%)
Separated: 137 (3.77%)
Total Widowed: 563 (15.49%)
Widowed Female: 481 (13.23%)
Total Divorced: 372 (10.23%)
Divorced Female: 238 (6.55%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 165 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 119 (72.12%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 3,412 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 354 (10.38%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,047 (100%)
--With a disability: 122 (11.65%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,202 (100%)
--With a disability: 757 (34.38%)
----Percent employed: 42.5%
--No disability: 1,445 (65.62%)
----Percent employed: 72.1%
Population 65 years and over: 801 (100%)
--With a disability: 425 (53.06%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 4,255 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,571 (60.42%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,649 (38.75%)
--Same county: 892 (20.96%)
--Different county: 757 (17.79%)
----Same state: 309 (7.26%)
----Different state: 448 (10.53%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 35 (0.82%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 4,500 (100%)
Native: 4,422 (98.27%)
--Born in United States: 4,400 (100%)
----State of residence: 3,461 (76.91%)
----Different state: 939 (20.87%)
--Born outside United States: 22 (0.49%)
Foreign born: 78 (1.73%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 44 (0.98%)
--Naturalized citizen: 34 (0.76%)
--Not a citizen: 44 (0.98%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 78 (100%)
Europe: 19 (24.36%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 50 (64.1%)
Northern America: 9 (11.54%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 4,255 (100%)
English only: 4,017 (94.41%)
Language other than English: 238 (5.59%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 124 (2.91%)
--Spanish: 207 (4.86%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 111 (2.61%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 31 (0.73%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 13 (0.31%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 4,500 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 3,918% (87.07%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 14 (0.31%)
English: 324 (7.2%)
French (except Basque): 80 (1.78%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 149 (3.31%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 17 (0.38%)
Irish: 116 (2.58%)
Italian: 8 (0.18%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 8 (0.18%)
Polish: 12 (0.27%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 16 (0.36%)
Scottish: 14 (0.31%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 84 (1.87%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 421 (9.36%)
Welsh: 17 (0.38%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 2,638 (58.62%)

Return to Ahoskie,NC.