Bent Creek, NC

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3705049, place: Bent Creek CDP, North Carolina)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 377 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 40 (10.61%)
Kindergarten: 32 (8.49%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 152 (40.32%)
High school (grades 9-12): 91 (24.14%)
College or graduate school: 62 (16.45%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 957 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 13 (1.36%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 61 (6.37%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 312 (32.6%)
Some college, no degree: 258 (26.96%)
Associate degree: 92 (9.61%)
Bachelor's degree: 160 (16.72%)
Graduate or professional degree: 61 (6.37%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 92.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 23.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,073 (100%)
Never married: 217 (20.22%)
Now married, except separated: 657 (61.23%)
Separated: 36 (3.36%)
Total Widowed: 77 (7.18%)
Widowed Female: 50 (4.66%)
Total Divorced: 86 (8.01%)
Divorced Female: 40 (3.73%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 39 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 13 (33.33%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 998 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 205 (20.54%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 293 (100%)
--With a disability: 8 (2.73%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 862 (100%)
--With a disability: 104 (12.06%)
----Percent employed: 71.2%
--No disability: 758 (87.94%)
----Percent employed: 83.9%
Population 65 years and over: 118 (100%)
--With a disability: 55 (46.61%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,273 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 794 (62.37%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 470 (36.92%)
--Same county: 278 (21.84%)
--Different county: 192 (15.08%)
----Same state: 89 (6.99%)
----Different state: 103 (8.09%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 9 (0.71%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,377 (100%)
Native: 1,357 (98.55%)
--Born in United States: 1,338 (100%)
----State of residence: 972 (70.59%)
----Different state: 366 (26.58%)
--Born outside United States: 19 (1.38%)
Foreign born: 20 (1.45%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 20 (1.45%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 20 (100%)
Europe: 20 (100%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,273 (100%)
English only: 1,258 (98.82%)
Language other than English: 15 (1.18%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Spanish: 15 (1.18%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 0 (0%)
----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: 1,377 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,315% (95.5%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 9 (0.65%)
English: 303 (22%)
French (except Basque): 24 (1.74%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 162 (11.76%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 114 (8.28%)
Italian: 48 (3.49%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 30 (2.18%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 100 (7.26%)
Scottish: 52 (3.78%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 354 (25.71%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 119 (8.64%)

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