Banner Elk, NC

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3703500, place: Banner Elk town, North Carolina)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 458 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 13 (2.84%)
Kindergarten: 4 (0.87%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 37 (8.08%)
High school (grades 9-12): 17 (3.71%)
College or graduate school: 387 (84.5%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 310 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 11 (3.55%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 18 (5.81%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 56 (18.06%)
Some college, no degree: 52 (16.77%)
Associate degree: 29 (9.35%)
Bachelor's degree: 87 (28.06%)
Graduate or professional degree: 57 (18.39%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 90.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 46.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 701 (100%)
Never married: 297 (42.37%)
Now married, except separated: 319 (45.51%)
Separated: 12 (1.71%)
Total Widowed: 11 (1.57%)
Widowed Female: 9 (1.28%)
Total Divorced: 62 (8.84%)
Divorced Female: 32 (4.56%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 13 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 8 (61.54%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 690 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 46 (6.67%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 347 (100%)
--With a disability: 37 (10.66%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 338 (100%)
--With a disability: 28 (8.28%)
----Percent employed: 57.1%
--No disability: 310 (91.72%)
----Percent employed: 64.8%
Population 65 years and over: 47 (100%)
--With a disability: 9 (19.15%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 746 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 184 (24.66%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 520 (69.71%)
--Same county: 66 (8.85%)
--Different county: 454 (60.86%)
----Same state: 155 (20.78%)
----Different state: 299 (40.08%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 42 (5.63%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 770 (100%)
Native: 732 (95.06%)
--Born in United States: 712 (100%)
----State of residence: 284 (36.88%)
----Different state: 428 (55.58%)
--Born outside United States: 20 (2.6%)
Foreign born: 38 (4.94%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 7 (0.91%)
--Naturalized citizen: 17 (2.21%)
--Not a citizen: 21 (2.73%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 38 (100%)
Europe: 20 (52.63%)
Asia: 10 (26.32%)
Africa: 4 (10.53%)
Oceania: 1 (2.63%)
Latin America: 3 (7.89%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 746 (100%)
English only: 667 (89.41%)
Language other than English: 79 (10.59%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 21 (2.82%)
--Spanish: 37 (4.96%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 11 (1.47%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 25 (3.35%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.27%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 17 (2.28%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 8 (1.07%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 770 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 622% (80.78%)
Arab: 1 (0.13%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 4 (0.52%)
Dutch: 22 (2.86%)
English: 119 (15.45%)
French (except Basque): 24 (3.12%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 109 (14.16%)
Greek: 18 (2.34%)
Hungarian: 7 (0.91%)
Irish: 39 (5.06%)
Italian: 15 (1.95%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 14 (1.82%)
Polish: 18 (2.34%)
Portuguese: 3 (0.39%)
Russian: 8 (1.04%)
Scotch-Irish: 63 (8.18%)
Scottish: 42 (5.45%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 2 (0.26%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 8 (1.04%)
Welsh: 20 (2.6%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 86 (11.17%)

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