Carrboro, NC

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3710620, place: Carrboro town, North Carolina)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 5,992 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 261 (4.36%)
Kindergarten: 166 (2.77%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,449 (24.18%)
High school (grades 9-12): 748 (12.48%)
College or graduate school: 3,368 (56.21%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 9,870 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 443 (4.49%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 523 (5.3%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,028 (10.42%)
Some college, no degree: 1,348 (13.66%)
Associate degree: 522 (5.29%)
Bachelor's degree: 2,985 (30.24%)
Graduate or professional degree: 3,021 (30.61%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 90.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 60.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 14,076 (100%)
Never married: 7,263 (51.6%)
Now married, except separated: 4,941 (35.1%)
Separated: 306 (2.17%)
Total Widowed: 415 (2.95%)
Widowed Female: 348 (2.47%)
Total Divorced: 1,151 (8.18%)
Divorced Female: 824 (5.85%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 73 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 52 (71.23%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 13,493 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 664 (4.92%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 3,447 (100%)
--With a disability: 323 (9.37%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 11,638 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,184 (10.17%)
----Percent employed: 67.8%
--No disability: 10,454 (89.83%)
----Percent employed: 82.1%
Population 65 years and over: 641 (100%)
--With a disability: 280 (43.68%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 15,862 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 4,041 (25.48%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 10,068 (63.47%)
--Same county: 3,089 (19.47%)
--Different county: 6,979 (44%)
----Same state: 2,436 (15.36%)
----Different state: 4,543 (28.64%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 1,753 (11.05%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 16,704 (100%)
Native: 13,753 (82.33%)
--Born in United States: 13,466 (100%)
----State of residence: 5,075 (30.38%)
----Different state: 8,391 (50.23%)
--Born outside United States: 287 (1.72%)
Foreign born: 2,951 (17.67%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 2,191 (13.12%)
--Naturalized citizen: 348 (2.08%)
--Not a citizen: 2,603 (15.58%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 2,951 (100%)
Europe: 348 (11.79%)
Asia: 719 (24.36%)
Africa: 185 (6.27%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 1,620 (54.9%)
Northern America: 79 (2.68%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 15,862 (100%)
English only: 12,495 (78.77%)
Language other than English: 3,367 (21.23%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,814 (11.44%)
--Spanish: 1,904 (12%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,310 (8.26%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 555 (3.5%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 91 (0.57%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 610 (3.85%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 361 (2.28%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 16,704 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 18,979% (113.62%)
Arab: 58 (0.35%)
Czech: 77 (0.46%)
Danish: 69 (0.41%)
Dutch: 176 (1.05%)
English: 2,333 (13.97%)
French (except Basque): 564 (3.38%)
French Canadian: 106 (0.63%)
German: 2,344 (14.03%)
Greek: 170 (1.02%)
Hungarian: 71 (0.43%)
Irish: 2,172 (13%)
Italian: 808 (4.84%)
Lithuanian: 80 (0.48%)
Norwegian: 100 (0.6%)
Polish: 516 (3.09%)
Portuguese: 14 (0.08%)
Russian: 135 (0.81%)
Scotch-Irish: 541 (3.24%)
Scottish: 672 (4.02%)
Slovak: 17 (0.1%)
Subsaharan African: 357 (2.14%)
Swedish: 219 (1.31%)
Swiss: 65 (0.39%)
Ukrainian: 106 (0.63%)
United States or American: 755 (4.52%)
Welsh: 108 (0.65%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 94 (0.56%)
Other ancestries: 6,252 (37.43%)

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