Canton, NC

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3710240, place: Canton town, North Carolina)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 678 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 40 (5.9%)
Kindergarten: 67 (9.88%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 351 (51.77%)
High school (grades 9-12): 153 (22.57%)
College or graduate school: 67 (9.88%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,849 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 230 (8.07%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 559 (19.62%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 843 (29.59%)
Some college, no degree: 568 (19.94%)
Associate degree: 339 (11.9%)
Bachelor's degree: 194 (6.81%)
Graduate or professional degree: 116 (4.07%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 72.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 10.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 3,217 (100%)
Never married: 489 (15.2%)
Now married, except separated: 1,816 (56.45%)
Separated: 120 (3.73%)
Total Widowed: 463 (14.39%)
Widowed Female: 406 (12.62%)
Total Divorced: 329 (10.23%)
Divorced Female: 205 (6.37%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 58 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 27 (46.55%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 3,108 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 468 (15.06%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 689 (100%)
--With a disability: 61 (8.85%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,067 (100%)
--With a disability: 459 (22.21%)
----Percent employed: 51.2%
--No disability: 1,608 (77.79%)
----Percent employed: 80%
Population 65 years and over: 849 (100%)
--With a disability: 454 (53.47%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 3,683 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,276 (61.8%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,352 (36.71%)
--Same county: 880 (23.89%)
--Different county: 472 (12.82%)
----Same state: 305 (8.28%)
----Different state: 167 (4.53%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 55 (1.49%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 3,884 (100%)
Native: 3,774 (97.17%)
--Born in United States: 3,752 (100%)
----State of residence: 3,044 (78.37%)
----Different state: 708 (18.23%)
--Born outside United States: 22 (0.57%)
Foreign born: 110 (2.83%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 98 (2.52%)
--Naturalized citizen: 7 (0.18%)
--Not a citizen: 103 (2.65%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 110 (100%)
Europe: 29 (26.36%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 74 (67.27%)
Northern America: 7 (6.36%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 3,683 (100%)
English only: 3,523 (95.66%)
Language other than English: 160 (4.34%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 85 (2.31%)
--Spanish: 103 (2.8%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 74 (2.01%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 47 (1.28%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 11 (0.3%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 10 (0.27%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 3,884 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,935% (75.57%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 5 (0.13%)
Danish: 18 (0.46%)
Dutch: 88 (2.27%)
English: 355 (9.14%)
French (except Basque): 46 (1.18%)
French Canadian: 12 (0.31%)
German: 306 (7.88%)
Greek: 33 (0.85%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 375 (9.65%)
Italian: 73 (1.88%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 5 (0.13%)
Polish: 13 (0.33%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 268 (6.9%)
Scottish: 72 (1.85%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 23 (0.59%)
Swiss: 5 (0.13%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 794 (20.44%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 444 (11.43%)

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