General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3706240, place: Bladenboro town, North Carolina)SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school: 368 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 40 (10.87%)
Kindergarten: 36 (9.78%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 174 (47.28%)
High school (grades 9-12): 50 (13.59%)
College or graduate school: 68 (18.48%)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTPopulation 25 years and over: 1,166 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 188 (16.12%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 202 (17.32%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 436 (37.39%)
Some college, no degree: 178 (15.27%)
Associate degree: 74 (6.35%)
Bachelor's degree: 63 (5.4%)
Graduate or professional degree: 25 (2.14%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 66.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 7.5%
MARITIAL STATUSPopulation 15 years and over: 1,322 (100%)
Never married: 246 (18.61%)
Now married, except separated: 694 (52.5%)
Separated: 62 (4.69%)
Total Widowed: 210 (15.89%)
Widowed Female: 158 (11.95%)
Total Divorced: 110 (8.32%)
Divorced Female: 54 (4.08%)
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERSGrandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 44 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 34 (77.27%)
VETERAN STATUSCivilian population 18 years and over: 1,278 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 172 (13.46%)
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATIONPopulation 5 to 20 years: 339 (100%)
--With a disability: 20 (5.9%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 850 (100%)
--With a disability: 237 (27.88%)
----Percent employed: 31.6%
--No disability: 613 (72.12%)
----Percent employed: 66.2%
Population 65 years and over: 326 (100%)
--With a disability: 203 (62.27%)
RESIDENCE IN 1995Population 5 years and over: 1,572 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,150 (73.16%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 417 (26.53%)
--Same county: 261 (16.6%)
--Different county: 156 (9.92%)
----Same state: 77 (4.9%)
----Different state: 79 (5.03%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 5 (0.32%)
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTHTotal population: 1,700 (100%)
Native: 1,694 (99.65%)
--Born in United States: 1,693 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,413 (83.12%)
----Different state: 280 (16.47%)
--Born outside United States: 1 (0.06%)
Foreign born: 6 (0.35%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 2 (0.12%)
--Naturalized citizen: 4 (0.24%)
--Not a citizen: 2 (0.12%)
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORNTotal (excluding born at sea): 6 (100%)
Europe: 2 (33.33%)
Asia: 2 (33.33%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 2 (33.33%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOMEPopulation 5 years and over: 1,572 (100%)
English only: 1,544 (98.22%)
Language other than English: 28 (1.78%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 17 (1.08%)
--Spanish: 26 (1.65%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 17 (1.08%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 2 (0.13%)
----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: 1,700 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,124% (66.12%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 7 (0.41%)
English: 182 (10.71%)
French (except Basque): 19 (1.12%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 34 (2%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 103 (6.06%)
Italian: 16 (0.94%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 16 (0.94%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 65 (3.82%)
Scottish: 37 (2.18%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 2 (0.12%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 357 (21%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 286 (16.82%)
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