Albemarle, NC

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3700680, place: Albemarle city, North Carolina)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 3,857 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 287 (7.44%)
Kindergarten: 233 (6.04%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,869 (48.46%)
High school (grades 9-12): 959 (24.86%)
College or graduate school: 509 (13.2%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 10,212 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,106 (10.83%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,620 (15.86%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 3,236 (31.69%)
Some college, no degree: 1,747 (17.11%)
Associate degree: 741 (7.26%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,243 (12.17%)
Graduate or professional degree: 519 (5.08%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 73.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 17.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 12,257 (100%)
Never married: 2,802 (22.86%)
Now married, except separated: 6,533 (53.3%)
Separated: 503 (4.1%)
Total Widowed: 1,367 (11.15%)
Widowed Female: 1,169 (9.54%)
Total Divorced: 1,052 (8.58%)
Divorced Female: 636 (5.19%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 274 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 162 (59.12%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 11,506 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,557 (13.53%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 3,666 (100%)
--With a disability: 321 (8.76%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 8,070 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,054 (25.45%)
----Percent employed: 56.6%
--No disability: 6,016 (74.55%)
----Percent employed: 80.1%
Population 65 years and over: 2,540 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,188 (46.77%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 14,587 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 8,437 (57.84%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 6,033 (41.36%)
--Same county: 3,559 (24.4%)
--Different county: 2,474 (16.96%)
----Same state: 1,531 (10.5%)
----Different state: 943 (6.46%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 117 (0.8%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 15,606 (100%)
Native: 15,071 (96.57%)
--Born in United States: 15,033 (100%)
----State of residence: 12,382 (79.34%)
----Different state: 2,651 (16.99%)
--Born outside United States: 38 (0.24%)
Foreign born: 535 (3.43%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 349 (2.24%)
--Naturalized citizen: 157 (1.01%)
--Not a citizen: 378 (2.42%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 535 (100%)
Europe: 24 (4.49%)
Asia: 272 (50.84%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 239 (44.67%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 14,587 (100%)
English only: 13,700 (93.92%)
Language other than English: 887 (6.08%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 482 (3.3%)
--Spanish: 338 (2.32%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 236 (1.62%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 110 (0.75%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6 (0.04%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 425 (2.91%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 240 (1.65%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 15,606 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 11,866% (76.03%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 5 (0.03%)
Dutch: 173 (1.11%)
English: 1,238 (7.93%)
French (except Basque): 114 (0.73%)
French Canadian: 10 (0.06%)
German: 1,428 (9.15%)
Greek: 9 (0.06%)
Hungarian: 19 (0.12%)
Irish: 642 (4.11%)
Italian: 258 (1.65%)
Lithuanian: 5 (0.03%)
Norwegian: 21 (0.13%)
Polish: 81 (0.52%)
Portuguese: 5 (0.03%)
Russian: 9 (0.06%)
Scotch-Irish: 425 (2.72%)
Scottish: 358 (2.29%)
Slovak: 5 (0.03%)
Subsaharan African: 36 (0.23%)
Swedish: 39 (0.25%)
Swiss: 8 (0.05%)
Ukrainian: 11 (0.07%)
United States or American: 3,187 (20.42%)
Welsh: 40 (0.26%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 10 (0.06%)
Other ancestries: 3,730 (23.9%)

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