Bryson City, NC

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3708480, place: Bryson City town, North Carolina)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 290 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 17 (5.86%)
Kindergarten: 21 (7.24%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 131 (45.17%)
High school (grades 9-12): 69 (23.79%)
College or graduate school: 52 (17.93%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,082 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 132 (12.2%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 238 (22%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 268 (24.77%)
Some college, no degree: 218 (20.15%)
Associate degree: 46 (4.25%)
Bachelor's degree: 115 (10.63%)
Graduate or professional degree: 65 (6.01%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 65.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 16.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,190 (100%)
Never married: 301 (25.29%)
Now married, except separated: 531 (44.62%)
Separated: 53 (4.45%)
Total Widowed: 143 (12.02%)
Widowed Female: 117 (9.83%)
Total Divorced: 162 (13.61%)
Divorced Female: 89 (7.48%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 27 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 25 (92.59%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,154 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 170 (14.73%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 231 (100%)
--With a disability: 23 (9.96%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 670 (100%)
--With a disability: 192 (28.66%)
----Percent employed: 49%
--No disability: 478 (71.34%)
----Percent employed: 75.3%
Population 65 years and over: 271 (100%)
--With a disability: 177 (65.31%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,358 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 721 (53.09%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 622 (45.8%)
--Same county: 253 (18.63%)
--Different county: 369 (27.17%)
----Same state: 234 (17.23%)
----Different state: 135 (9.94%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 15 (1.1%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,412 (100%)
Native: 1,342 (95.04%)
--Born in United States: 1,342 (100%)
----State of residence: 929 (65.79%)
----Different state: 413 (29.25%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 70 (4.96%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 28 (1.98%)
--Naturalized citizen: 9 (0.64%)
--Not a citizen: 61 (4.32%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 70 (100%)
Europe: 4 (5.71%)
Asia: 4 (5.71%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 3 (4.29%)
Latin America: 59 (84.29%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,358 (100%)
English only: 1,226 (90.28%)
Language other than English: 132 (9.72%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 61 (4.49%)
--Spanish: 86 (6.33%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 52 (3.83%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 20 (1.47%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 7 (0.52%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7 (0.52%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,412 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,066% (75.5%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 2 (0.14%)
Danish: 4 (0.28%)
Dutch: 53 (3.75%)
English: 151 (10.69%)
French (except Basque): 16 (1.13%)
French Canadian: 2 (0.14%)
German: 127 (8.99%)
Greek: 2 (0.14%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 158 (11.19%)
Italian: 25 (1.77%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 5 (0.35%)
Polish: 8 (0.57%)
Portuguese: 2 (0.14%)
Russian: 6 (0.42%)
Scotch-Irish: 102 (7.22%)
Scottish: 16 (1.13%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 7 (0.5%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 2 (0.14%)
United States or American: 157 (11.12%)
Welsh: 1 (0.07%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 220 (15.58%)

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