General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3701000, place: Alliance town, North Carolina)SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school: 125 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 12 (9.6%)
Kindergarten: 12 (9.6%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 55 (44%)
High school (grades 9-12): 32 (25.6%)
College or graduate school: 14 (11.2%)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTPopulation 25 years and over: 561 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 96 (17.11%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 137 (24.42%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 136 (24.24%)
Some college, no degree: 114 (20.32%)
Associate degree: 47 (8.38%)
Bachelor's degree: 19 (3.39%)
Graduate or professional degree: 12 (2.14%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 58.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 5.5%
MARITIAL STATUSPopulation 15 years and over: 626 (100%)
Never married: 114 (18.21%)
Now married, except separated: 347 (55.43%)
Separated: 15 (2.4%)
Total Widowed: 109 (17.41%)
Widowed Female: 90 (14.38%)
Total Divorced: 41 (6.55%)
Divorced Female: 23 (3.67%)
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERSGrandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 42 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 26 (61.9%)
VETERAN STATUSCivilian population 18 years and over: 594 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 86 (14.48%)
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATIONPopulation 5 to 20 years: 118 (100%)
--With a disability: 22 (18.64%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 367 (100%)
--With a disability: 124 (33.79%)
----Percent employed: 48.4%
--No disability: 243 (66.21%)
----Percent employed: 74.9%
Population 65 years and over: 113 (100%)
--With a disability: 70 (61.95%)
RESIDENCE IN 1995Population 5 years and over: 697 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 424 (60.83%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 273 (39.17%)
--Same county: 178 (25.54%)
--Different county: 95 (13.63%)
----Same state: 62 (8.9%)
----Different state: 33 (4.73%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTHTotal population: 742 (100%)
Native: 727 (97.98%)
--Born in United States: 721 (100%)
----State of residence: 612 (82.48%)
----Different state: 109 (14.69%)
--Born outside United States: 6 (0.81%)
Foreign born: 15 (2.02%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 4 (0.54%)
--Naturalized citizen: 2 (0.27%)
--Not a citizen: 13 (1.75%)
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORNTotal (excluding born at sea): 15 (100%)
Europe: 2 (13.33%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 13 (86.67%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOMEPopulation 5 years and over: 697 (100%)
English only: 682 (97.85%)
Language other than English: 15 (2.15%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 8 (1.15%)
--Spanish: 15 (2.15%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 8 (1.15%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)Total population: 742 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 572% (77.09%)
Arab: 4 (0.54%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 2 (0.27%)
Dutch: 0 (0%)
English: 91 (12.26%)
French (except Basque): 9 (1.21%)
French Canadian: 7 (0.94%)
German: 45 (6.06%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 66 (8.89%)
Italian: 2 (0.27%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 1 (0.13%)
Polish: 4 (0.54%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 22 (2.96%)
Scottish: 6 (0.81%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 5 (0.67%)
Swedish: 1 (0.13%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 176 (23.72%)
Welsh: 2 (0.27%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 129 (17.39%)
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