Carolina Beach, NC

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3710500, place: Carolina Beach town, North Carolina)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 770 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 46 (5.97%)
Kindergarten: 29 (3.77%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 276 (35.84%)
High school (grades 9-12): 223 (28.96%)
College or graduate school: 196 (25.45%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 3,734 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 47 (1.26%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 355 (9.51%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,175 (31.47%)
Some college, no degree: 1,000 (26.78%)
Associate degree: 277 (7.42%)
Bachelor's degree: 639 (17.11%)
Graduate or professional degree: 241 (6.45%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 89.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 23.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 4,176 (100%)
Never married: 909 (21.77%)
Now married, except separated: 2,263 (54.19%)
Separated: 66 (1.58%)
Total Widowed: 274 (6.56%)
Widowed Female: 216 (5.17%)
Total Divorced: 664 (15.9%)
Divorced Female: 372 (8.91%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 60 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 18 (30%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 4,051 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 686 (16.93%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 620 (100%)
--With a disability: 77 (12.42%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 3,311 (100%)
--With a disability: 632 (19.09%)
----Percent employed: 60.4%
--No disability: 2,679 (80.91%)
----Percent employed: 79.5%
Population 65 years and over: 568 (100%)
--With a disability: 170 (29.93%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 4,549 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,164 (47.57%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,325 (51.11%)
--Same county: 861 (18.93%)
--Different county: 1,464 (32.18%)
----Same state: 656 (14.42%)
----Different state: 808 (17.76%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 60 (1.32%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 4,729 (100%)
Native: 4,585 (96.95%)
--Born in United States: 4,560 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,777 (58.72%)
----Different state: 1,783 (37.7%)
--Born outside United States: 25 (0.53%)
Foreign born: 144 (3.05%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 26 (0.55%)
--Naturalized citizen: 89 (1.88%)
--Not a citizen: 55 (1.16%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 144 (100%)
Europe: 61 (42.36%)
Asia: 63 (43.75%)
Africa: 10 (6.94%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 10 (6.94%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 4,549 (100%)
English only: 4,287 (94.24%)
Language other than English: 262 (5.76%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 31 (0.68%)
--Spanish: 88 (1.93%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 9 (0.2%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 111 (2.44%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 63 (1.38%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 22 (0.48%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 4,729 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 4,225% (89.34%)
Arab: 10 (0.21%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 8 (0.17%)
Dutch: 85 (1.8%)
English: 715 (15.12%)
French (except Basque): 148 (3.13%)
French Canadian: 40 (0.85%)
German: 722 (15.27%)
Greek: 10 (0.21%)
Hungarian: 32 (0.68%)
Irish: 520 (11%)
Italian: 168 (3.55%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 111 (2.35%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 31 (0.66%)
Scotch-Irish: 169 (3.57%)
Scottish: 263 (5.56%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 91 (1.92%)
Swiss: 8 (0.17%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 530 (11.21%)
Welsh: 27 (0.57%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 537 (11.36%)

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