Belmont, NC

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3704840, place: Belmont city, North Carolina)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,410 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 213 (8.84%)
Kindergarten: 91 (3.78%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 899 (37.3%)
High school (grades 9-12): 397 (16.47%)
College or graduate school: 810 (33.61%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 5,611 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 483 (8.61%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 840 (14.97%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,481 (26.39%)
Some college, no degree: 1,177 (20.98%)
Associate degree: 393 (7%)
Bachelor's degree: 882 (15.72%)
Graduate or professional degree: 355 (6.33%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 76.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 22%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 6,996 (100%)
Never married: 1,373 (19.63%)
Now married, except separated: 3,945 (56.39%)
Separated: 295 (4.22%)
Total Widowed: 653 (9.33%)
Widowed Female: 548 (7.83%)
Total Divorced: 730 (10.43%)
Divorced Female: 441 (6.3%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 190 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 70 (36.84%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 6,740 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 729 (10.82%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,920 (100%)
--With a disability: 61 (3.18%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 4,974 (100%)
--With a disability: 925 (18.6%)
----Percent employed: 61.7%
--No disability: 4,049 (81.4%)
----Percent employed: 79.7%
Population 65 years and over: 1,110 (100%)
--With a disability: 477 (42.97%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 8,130 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 4,527 (55.68%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 3,344 (41.13%)
--Same county: 1,793 (22.05%)
--Different county: 1,551 (19.08%)
----Same state: 1,156 (14.22%)
----Different state: 395 (4.86%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 259 (3.19%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 8,713 (100%)
Native: 8,268 (94.89%)
--Born in United States: 8,223 (100%)
----State of residence: 6,134 (70.4%)
----Different state: 2,089 (23.98%)
--Born outside United States: 45 (0.52%)
Foreign born: 445 (5.11%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 289 (3.32%)
--Naturalized citizen: 119 (1.37%)
--Not a citizen: 326 (3.74%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 445 (100%)
Europe: 78 (17.53%)
Asia: 175 (39.33%)
Africa: 35 (7.87%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 152 (34.16%)
Northern America: 5 (1.12%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 8,130 (100%)
English only: 7,484 (92.05%)
Language other than English: 646 (7.95%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 319 (3.92%)
--Spanish: 171 (2.1%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 115 (1.41%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 306 (3.76%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 72 (0.89%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 168 (2.07%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 132 (1.62%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 8,713 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 6,862% (78.76%)
Arab: 21 (0.24%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 10 (0.11%)
Dutch: 156 (1.79%)
English: 737 (8.46%)
French (except Basque): 132 (1.51%)
French Canadian: 22 (0.25%)
German: 1,048 (12.03%)
Greek: 14 (0.16%)
Hungarian: 26 (0.3%)
Irish: 872 (10.01%)
Italian: 200 (2.3%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 20 (0.23%)
Polish: 17 (0.2%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 323 (3.71%)
Scottish: 202 (2.32%)
Slovak: 29 (0.33%)
Subsaharan African: 9 (0.1%)
Swedish: 32 (0.37%)
Swiss: 39 (0.45%)
Ukrainian: 7 (0.08%)
United States or American: 1,248 (14.32%)
Welsh: 31 (0.36%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 8 (0.09%)
Other ancestries: 1,659 (19.04%)

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