Bethel, NC

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3705460, place: Bethel town, North Carolina)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 386 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 24 (6.22%)
Kindergarten: 22 (5.7%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 178 (46.11%)
High school (grades 9-12): 112 (29.02%)
College or graduate school: 50 (12.95%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,139 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 206 (18.09%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 258 (22.65%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 334 (29.32%)
Some college, no degree: 163 (14.31%)
Associate degree: 45 (3.95%)
Bachelor's degree: 96 (8.43%)
Graduate or professional degree: 37 (3.25%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 59.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 11.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,350 (100%)
Never married: 409 (30.3%)
Now married, except separated: 574 (42.52%)
Separated: 75 (5.56%)
Total Widowed: 178 (13.19%)
Widowed Female: 157 (11.63%)
Total Divorced: 114 (8.44%)
Divorced Female: 69 (5.11%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 74 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 39 (52.7%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,278 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 138 (10.8%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 354 (100%)
--With a disability: 28 (7.91%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 857 (100%)
--With a disability: 227 (26.49%)
----Percent employed: 45.8%
--No disability: 630 (73.51%)
----Percent employed: 66.8%
Population 65 years and over: 349 (100%)
--With a disability: 197 (56.45%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,560 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,088 (69.74%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 468 (30%)
--Same county: 262 (16.79%)
--Different county: 206 (13.21%)
----Same state: 145 (9.29%)
----Different state: 61 (3.91%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 4 (0.26%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,674 (100%)
Native: 1,660 (99.16%)
--Born in United States: 1,652 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,507 (90.02%)
----Different state: 145 (8.66%)
--Born outside United States: 8 (0.48%)
Foreign born: 14 (0.84%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 1 (0.06%)
--Naturalized citizen: 5 (0.3%)
--Not a citizen: 9 (0.54%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 14 (100%)
Europe: 4 (28.57%)
Asia: 4 (28.57%)
Africa: 6 (42.86%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,560 (100%)
English only: 1,505 (96.47%)
Language other than English: 55 (3.53%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 17 (1.09%)
--Spanish: 25 (1.6%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (0.26%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 23 (1.47%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 8 (0.51%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 4 (0.26%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (0.26%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,674 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,240% (74.07%)
Arab: 3 (0.18%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 4 (0.24%)
English: 146 (8.72%)
French (except Basque): 2 (0.12%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 47 (2.81%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 14 (0.84%)
Italian: 5 (0.3%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 4 (0.24%)
Polish: 3 (0.18%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 20 (1.19%)
Scottish: 19 (1.14%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 62 (3.7%)
Swedish: 4 (0.24%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 137 (8.18%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 770 (46%)

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