Benson, NC

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3705040, place: Benson town, North Carolina)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 745 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 34 (4.56%)
Kindergarten: 50 (6.71%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 354 (47.52%)
High school (grades 9-12): 171 (22.95%)
College or graduate school: 136 (18.26%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,880 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 271 (14.41%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 354 (18.83%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 542 (28.83%)
Some college, no degree: 359 (19.1%)
Associate degree: 67 (3.56%)
Bachelor's degree: 211 (11.22%)
Graduate or professional degree: 76 (4.04%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 66.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 15.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,302 (100%)
Never married: 718 (31.19%)
Now married, except separated: 975 (42.35%)
Separated: 118 (5.13%)
Total Widowed: 261 (11.34%)
Widowed Female: 229 (9.95%)
Total Divorced: 230 (9.99%)
Divorced Female: 154 (6.69%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 63 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 38 (60.32%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,175 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 213 (9.79%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 669 (100%)
--With a disability: 96 (14.35%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,662 (100%)
--With a disability: 478 (28.76%)
----Percent employed: 56.7%
--No disability: 1,184 (71.24%)
----Percent employed: 75%
Population 65 years and over: 397 (100%)
--With a disability: 232 (58.44%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,730 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,404 (51.43%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,191 (43.63%)
--Same county: 640 (23.44%)
--Different county: 551 (20.18%)
----Same state: 312 (11.43%)
----Different state: 239 (8.75%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 135 (4.95%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 3,003 (100%)
Native: 2,782 (92.64%)
--Born in United States: 2,770 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,221 (73.96%)
----Different state: 549 (18.28%)
--Born outside United States: 12 (0.4%)
Foreign born: 221 (7.36%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 169 (5.63%)
--Naturalized citizen: 30 (1%)
--Not a citizen: 191 (6.36%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 221 (100%)
Europe: 4 (1.81%)
Asia: 36 (16.29%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 181 (81.9%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,730 (100%)
English only: 2,469 (90.44%)
Language other than English: 261 (9.56%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 140 (5.13%)
--Spanish: 205 (7.51%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 128 (4.69%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 34 (1.25%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 21 (0.77%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 12 (0.44%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 3,003 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,413% (80.35%)
Arab: 7 (0.23%)
Czech: 6 (0.2%)
Danish: 2 (0.07%)
Dutch: 15 (0.5%)
English: 217 (7.23%)
French (except Basque): 29 (0.97%)
French Canadian: 4 (0.13%)
German: 120 (4%)
Greek: 2 (0.07%)
Hungarian: 2 (0.07%)
Irish: 123 (4.1%)
Italian: 22 (0.73%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 5 (0.17%)
Polish: 11 (0.37%)
Portuguese: 2 (0.07%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 83 (2.76%)
Scottish: 78 (2.6%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 31 (1.03%)
Swedish: 4 (0.13%)
Swiss: 5 (0.17%)
Ukrainian: 2 (0.07%)
United States or American: 564 (18.78%)
Welsh: 2 (0.07%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 15 (0.5%)
Other ancestries: 1,062 (35.36%)

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