Bethlehem, NC

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3705530, place: Bethlehem CDP, North Carolina)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 732 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 44 (6.01%)
Kindergarten: 61 (8.33%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 356 (48.63%)
High school (grades 9-12): 160 (21.86%)
College or graduate school: 111 (15.16%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,613 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 149 (5.7%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 289 (11.06%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 708 (27.1%)
Some college, no degree: 628 (24.03%)
Associate degree: 280 (10.72%)
Bachelor's degree: 396 (15.15%)
Graduate or professional degree: 163 (6.24%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 83.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 21.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,996 (100%)
Never married: 452 (15.09%)
Now married, except separated: 2,067 (68.99%)
Separated: 106 (3.54%)
Total Widowed: 134 (4.47%)
Widowed Female: 108 (3.6%)
Total Divorced: 237 (7.91%)
Divorced Female: 126 (4.21%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 112 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 38 (33.93%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,845 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 408 (14.34%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 742 (100%)
--With a disability: 56 (7.55%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,336 (100%)
--With a disability: 414 (17.72%)
----Percent employed: 61.1%
--No disability: 1,922 (82.28%)
----Percent employed: 82.8%
Population 65 years and over: 381 (100%)
--With a disability: 154 (40.42%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 3,475 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,174 (62.56%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,280 (36.83%)
--Same county: 376 (10.82%)
--Different county: 904 (26.01%)
----Same state: 615 (17.7%)
----Different state: 289 (8.32%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 21 (0.6%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 3,708 (100%)
Native: 3,614 (97.46%)
--Born in United States: 3,600 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,518 (67.91%)
----Different state: 1,082 (29.18%)
--Born outside United States: 14 (0.38%)
Foreign born: 94 (2.54%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 68 (1.83%)
--Naturalized citizen: 16 (0.43%)
--Not a citizen: 78 (2.1%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 94 (100%)
Europe: 20 (21.28%)
Asia: 35 (37.23%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 5 (5.32%)
Northern America: 34 (36.17%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 3,475 (100%)
English only: 3,402 (97.9%)
Language other than English: 73 (2.1%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 26 (0.75%)
--Spanish: 19 (0.55%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 8 (0.23%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 35 (1.01%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 18 (0.52%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 3,708 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 3,182% (85.81%)
Arab: 19 (0.51%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 52 (1.4%)
English: 432 (11.65%)
French (except Basque): 74 (2%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 665 (17.93%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 9 (0.24%)
Irish: 474 (12.78%)
Italian: 8 (0.22%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 17 (0.46%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 154 (4.15%)
Scottish: 110 (2.97%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 9 (0.24%)
Swedish: 28 (0.76%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 568 (15.32%)
Welsh: 48 (1.29%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 515 (13.89%)

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