Asheboro, NC

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3702080, place: Asheboro city, North Carolina)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 4,672 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 337 (7.21%)
Kindergarten: 338 (7.23%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 2,311 (49.46%)
High school (grades 9-12): 924 (19.78%)
College or graduate school: 762 (16.31%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 14,476 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,874 (12.95%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 2,668 (18.43%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 3,929 (27.14%)
Some college, no degree: 2,773 (19.16%)
Associate degree: 799 (5.52%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,695 (11.71%)
Graduate or professional degree: 738 (5.1%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 68.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 16.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 17,286 (100%)
Never married: 4,201 (24.3%)
Now married, except separated: 9,136 (52.85%)
Separated: 619 (3.58%)
Total Widowed: 1,650 (9.55%)
Widowed Female: 1,417 (8.2%)
Total Divorced: 1,680 (9.72%)
Divorced Female: 930 (5.38%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 291 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 184 (63.23%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 16,559 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,997 (12.06%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 4,476 (100%)
--With a disability: 474 (10.59%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 12,158 (100%)
--With a disability: 3,209 (26.39%)
----Percent employed: 70%
--No disability: 8,949 (73.61%)
----Percent employed: 77.4%
Population 65 years and over: 2,927 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,288 (44%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 20,223 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 9,764 (48.28%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 8,778 (43.41%)
--Same county: 5,040 (24.92%)
--Different county: 3,738 (18.48%)
----Same state: 1,599 (7.91%)
----Different state: 2,139 (10.58%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 1,681 (8.31%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 21,793 (100%)
Native: 18,366 (84.27%)
--Born in United States: 18,264 (100%)
----State of residence: 13,433 (61.64%)
----Different state: 4,831 (22.17%)
--Born outside United States: 102 (0.47%)
Foreign born: 3,427 (15.73%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 2,692 (12.35%)
--Naturalized citizen: 408 (1.87%)
--Not a citizen: 3,019 (13.85%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 3,427 (100%)
Europe: 70 (2.04%)
Asia: 253 (7.38%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 9 (0.26%)
Latin America: 3,045 (88.85%)
Northern America: 50 (1.46%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 20,223 (100%)
English only: 16,252 (80.36%)
Language other than English: 3,971 (19.64%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2,849 (14.09%)
--Spanish: 3,533 (17.47%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2,665 (13.18%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 237 (1.17%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 67 (0.33%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 185 (0.91%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 106 (0.52%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 21,793 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 17,894% (82.11%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 18 (0.08%)
Danish: 7 (0.03%)
Dutch: 294 (1.35%)
English: 1,740 (7.98%)
French (except Basque): 200 (0.92%)
French Canadian: 23 (0.11%)
German: 1,703 (7.81%)
Greek: 45 (0.21%)
Hungarian: 26 (0.12%)
Irish: 1,464 (6.72%)
Italian: 372 (1.71%)
Lithuanian: 6 (0.03%)
Norwegian: 127 (0.58%)
Polish: 203 (0.93%)
Portuguese: 23 (0.11%)
Russian: 43 (0.2%)
Scotch-Irish: 543 (2.49%)
Scottish: 443 (2.03%)
Slovak: 8 (0.04%)
Subsaharan African: 111 (0.51%)
Swedish: 24 (0.11%)
Swiss: 7 (0.03%)
Ukrainian: 5 (0.02%)
United States or American: 3,231 (14.83%)
Welsh: 42 (0.19%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 20 (0.09%)
Other ancestries: 7,166 (32.88%)

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