Cape Carteret, NC

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3710260, place: Cape Carteret town, North Carolina)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 183 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 16 (8.74%)
Kindergarten: 10 (5.46%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 76 (41.53%)
High school (grades 9-12): 45 (24.59%)
College or graduate school: 36 (19.67%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 986 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 26 (2.64%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 80 (8.11%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 264 (26.77%)
Some college, no degree: 288 (29.21%)
Associate degree: 84 (8.52%)
Bachelor's degree: 178 (18.05%)
Graduate or professional degree: 66 (6.69%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 89.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 24.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,070 (100%)
Never married: 101 (9.44%)
Now married, except separated: 781 (72.99%)
Separated: 8 (0.75%)
Total Widowed: 102 (9.53%)
Widowed Female: 83 (7.76%)
Total Divorced: 78 (7.29%)
Divorced Female: 39 (3.64%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 30 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 22 (73.33%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,027 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 310 (30.19%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 157 (100%)
--With a disability: 5 (3.18%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 589 (100%)
--With a disability: 67 (11.38%)
----Percent employed: 38.8%
--No disability: 522 (88.62%)
----Percent employed: 73%
Population 65 years and over: 413 (100%)
--With a disability: 117 (28.33%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,168 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 709 (60.7%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 455 (38.96%)
--Same county: 163 (13.96%)
--Different county: 292 (25%)
----Same state: 111 (9.5%)
----Different state: 181 (15.5%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 4 (0.34%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,214 (100%)
Native: 1,166 (96.05%)
--Born in United States: 1,159 (100%)
----State of residence: 464 (38.22%)
----Different state: 695 (57.25%)
--Born outside United States: 7 (0.58%)
Foreign born: 48 (3.95%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 12 (0.99%)
--Naturalized citizen: 27 (2.22%)
--Not a citizen: 21 (1.73%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 48 (100%)
Europe: 24 (50%)
Asia: 4 (8.33%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 8 (16.67%)
Northern America: 12 (25%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,168 (100%)
English only: 1,135 (97.17%)
Language other than English: 33 (2.83%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 11 (0.94%)
--Spanish: 18 (1.54%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 8 (0.68%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 15 (1.28%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3 (0.26%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,214 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,326% (109.23%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 2 (0.16%)
Danish: 9 (0.74%)
Dutch: 50 (4.12%)
English: 291 (23.97%)
French (except Basque): 51 (4.2%)
French Canadian: 19 (1.57%)
German: 197 (16.23%)
Greek: 1 (0.08%)
Hungarian: 11 (0.91%)
Irish: 145 (11.94%)
Italian: 40 (3.29%)
Lithuanian: 3 (0.25%)
Norwegian: 9 (0.74%)
Polish: 61 (5.02%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 4 (0.33%)
Scotch-Irish: 77 (6.34%)
Scottish: 57 (4.7%)
Slovak: 4 (0.33%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 24 (1.98%)
Swiss: 6 (0.49%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 139 (11.45%)
Welsh: 3 (0.25%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 3 (0.25%)
Other ancestries: 120 (9.88%)

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