Beech Mountain, NC

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3704510, place: Beech Mountain town, North Carolina)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 50 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 3 (6%)
Kindergarten: 0 (0%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 19 (38%)
High school (grades 9-12): 8 (16%)
College or graduate school: 20 (40%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 289 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 0 (0%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 9 (3.11%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 37 (12.8%)
Some college, no degree: 117 (40.48%)
Associate degree: 23 (7.96%)
Bachelor's degree: 56 (19.38%)
Graduate or professional degree: 47 (16.26%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 96.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 35.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 324 (100%)
Never married: 68 (20.99%)
Now married, except separated: 205 (63.27%)
Separated: 2 (0.62%)
Total Widowed: 10 (3.09%)
Widowed Female: 10 (3.09%)
Total Divorced: 39 (12.04%)
Divorced Female: 23 (7.1%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 6 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0 (0%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 316 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 67 (21.2%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 31 (100%)
--With a disability: 4 (12.9%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 212 (100%)
--With a disability: 33 (15.57%)
----Percent employed: 72.7%
--No disability: 179 (84.43%)
----Percent employed: 65.9%
Population 65 years and over: 100 (100%)
--With a disability: 17 (17%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 343 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 143 (41.69%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 191 (55.69%)
--Same county: 20 (5.83%)
--Different county: 171 (49.85%)
----Same state: 43 (12.54%)
----Different state: 128 (37.32%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 9 (2.62%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 351 (100%)
Native: 345 (98.29%)
--Born in United States: 345 (100%)
----State of residence: 63 (17.95%)
----Different state: 282 (80.34%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 6 (1.71%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 2 (0.57%)
--Naturalized citizen: 4 (1.14%)
--Not a citizen: 2 (0.57%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 6 (100%)
Europe: 4 (66.67%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 2 (33.33%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 343 (100%)
English only: 331 (96.5%)
Language other than English: 12 (3.5%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Spanish: 3 (0.87%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 9 (2.62%)
----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: 351 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 412% (117.38%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 9 (2.56%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 5 (1.42%)
English: 114 (32.48%)
French (except Basque): 15 (4.27%)
French Canadian: 2 (0.57%)
German: 61 (17.38%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 33 (9.4%)
Italian: 26 (7.41%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 2 (0.57%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 2 (0.57%)
Scotch-Irish: 26 (7.41%)
Scottish: 24 (6.84%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 2 (0.57%)
Swedish: 20 (5.7%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 10 (2.85%)
Welsh: 12 (3.42%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 49 (13.96%)

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