Burlington, NC

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3709060, place: Burlington city, North Carolina)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 10,502 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 609 (5.8%)
Kindergarten: 528 (5.03%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 5,146 (49%)
High school (grades 9-12): 2,292 (21.82%)
College or graduate school: 1,927 (18.35%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 30,454 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 3,369 (11.06%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 4,474 (14.69%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 8,742 (28.71%)
Some college, no degree: 5,210 (17.11%)
Associate degree: 2,053 (6.74%)
Bachelor's degree: 4,759 (15.63%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,847 (6.06%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 74.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 21.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 36,212 (100%)
Never married: 9,611 (26.54%)
Now married, except separated: 18,254 (50.41%)
Separated: 1,283 (3.54%)
Total Widowed: 3,324 (9.18%)
Widowed Female: 2,862 (7.9%)
Total Divorced: 3,740 (10.33%)
Divorced Female: 2,254 (6.22%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 1,016 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 448 (44.09%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 34,495 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 4,319 (12.52%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 9,498 (100%)
--With a disability: 735 (7.74%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 25,271 (100%)
--With a disability: 5,492 (21.73%)
----Percent employed: 61.7%
--No disability: 19,779 (78.27%)
----Percent employed: 80.5%
Population 65 years and over: 6,846 (100%)
--With a disability: 3,176 (46.39%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 42,388 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 21,986 (51.87%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 18,530 (43.72%)
--Same county: 11,139 (26.28%)
--Different county: 7,391 (17.44%)
----Same state: 3,333 (7.86%)
----Different state: 4,058 (9.57%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 1,872 (4.42%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 45,363 (100%)
Native: 41,002 (90.39%)
--Born in United States: 40,775 (100%)
----State of residence: 30,230 (66.64%)
----Different state: 10,545 (23.25%)
--Born outside United States: 227 (0.5%)
Foreign born: 4,361 (9.61%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 3,158 (6.96%)
--Naturalized citizen: 710 (1.57%)
--Not a citizen: 3,651 (8.05%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 4,361 (100%)
Europe: 289 (6.63%)
Asia: 697 (15.98%)
Africa: 101 (2.32%)
Oceania: 8 (0.18%)
Latin America: 3,217 (73.77%)
Northern America: 49 (1.12%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 42,388 (100%)
English only: 36,904 (87.06%)
Language other than English: 5,484 (12.94%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3,625 (8.55%)
--Spanish: 4,157 (9.81%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3,069 (7.24%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 797 (1.88%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 335 (0.79%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 466 (1.1%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 194 (0.46%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 45,363 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 39,476% (87.02%)
Arab: 113 (0.25%)
Czech: 65 (0.14%)
Danish: 26 (0.06%)
Dutch: 493 (1.09%)
English: 3,934 (8.67%)
French (except Basque): 487 (1.07%)
French Canadian: 137 (0.3%)
German: 3,587 (7.91%)
Greek: 201 (0.44%)
Hungarian: 37 (0.08%)
Irish: 2,995 (6.6%)
Italian: 652 (1.44%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 146 (0.32%)
Polish: 327 (0.72%)
Portuguese: 29 (0.06%)
Russian: 26 (0.06%)
Scotch-Irish: 1,656 (3.65%)
Scottish: 967 (2.13%)
Slovak: 23 (0.05%)
Subsaharan African: 599 (1.32%)
Swedish: 113 (0.25%)
Swiss: 15 (0.03%)
Ukrainian: 8 (0.02%)
United States or American: 5,933 (13.08%)
Welsh: 139 (0.31%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 47 (0.1%)
Other ancestries: 16,721 (36.86%)

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