Candor, NC

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3710120, place: Candor town, North Carolina)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 147 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 14 (9.52%)
Kindergarten: 7 (4.76%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 90 (61.22%)
High school (grades 9-12): 21 (14.29%)
College or graduate school: 15 (10.2%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 563 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 136 (24.16%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 82 (14.56%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 129 (22.91%)
Some college, no degree: 110 (19.54%)
Associate degree: 22 (3.91%)
Bachelor's degree: 53 (9.41%)
Graduate or professional degree: 31 (5.51%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 61.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 14.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 660 (100%)
Never married: 159 (24.09%)
Now married, except separated: 349 (52.88%)
Separated: 17 (2.58%)
Total Widowed: 52 (7.88%)
Widowed Female: 46 (6.97%)
Total Divorced: 83 (12.58%)
Divorced Female: 65 (9.85%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 15 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 9 (60%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 636 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 81 (12.74%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 178 (100%)
--With a disability: 12 (6.74%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 448 (100%)
--With a disability: 89 (19.87%)
----Percent employed: 47.2%
--No disability: 359 (80.13%)
----Percent employed: 78.8%
Population 65 years and over: 151 (100%)
--With a disability: 93 (61.59%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 777 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 405 (52.12%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 261 (33.59%)
--Same county: 144 (18.53%)
--Different county: 117 (15.06%)
----Same state: 69 (8.88%)
----Different state: 48 (6.18%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 111 (14.29%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 828 (100%)
Native: 628 (75.85%)
--Born in United States: 623 (100%)
----State of residence: 502 (60.63%)
----Different state: 121 (14.61%)
--Born outside United States: 5 (0.6%)
Foreign born: 200 (24.15%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 169 (20.41%)
--Naturalized citizen: 6 (0.72%)
--Not a citizen: 194 (23.43%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 200 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 200 (100%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 777 (100%)
English only: 563 (72.46%)
Language other than English: 214 (27.54%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 182 (23.42%)
--Spanish: 206 (26.51%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 177 (22.78%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 7 (0.9%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5 (0.64%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 1 (0.13%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 828 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 615% (74.28%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 3 (0.36%)
Dutch: 5 (0.6%)
English: 30 (3.62%)
French (except Basque): 4 (0.48%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 24 (2.9%)
Greek: 1 (0.12%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 22 (2.66%)
Italian: 2 (0.24%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 2 (0.24%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 42 (5.07%)
Scottish: 27 (3.26%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 2 (0.24%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 114 (13.77%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 337 (40.7%)

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