Cary, NC

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3710740, place: Cary town, North Carolina)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 27,939 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 2,736 (9.79%)
Kindergarten: 1,577 (5.64%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 13,052 (46.72%)
High school (grades 9-12): 5,257 (18.82%)
College or graduate school: 5,317 (19.03%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 61,114 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,304 (2.13%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,712 (2.8%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 6,537 (10.7%)
Some college, no degree: 9,986 (16.34%)
Associate degree: 4,481 (7.33%)
Bachelor's degree: 23,064 (37.74%)
Graduate or professional degree: 14,030 (22.96%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 95.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 60.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 71,005 (100%)
Never married: 16,679 (23.49%)
Now married, except separated: 46,668 (65.72%)
Separated: 1,080 (1.52%)
Total Widowed: 1,787 (2.52%)
Widowed Female: 1,474 (2.08%)
Total Divorced: 4,791 (6.75%)
Divorced Female: 3,000 (4.23%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 820 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 206 (25.12%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 66,916 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 7,104 (10.62%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 22,123 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,340 (6.06%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 59,573 (100%)
--With a disability: 5,071 (8.51%)
----Percent employed: 72.3%
--No disability: 54,502 (91.49%)
----Percent employed: 82%
Population 65 years and over: 4,575 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,377 (30.1%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 86,906 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 32,331 (37.2%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 49,097 (56.49%)
--Same county: 19,547 (22.49%)
--Different county: 29,550 (34%)
----Same state: 6,975 (8.03%)
----Different state: 22,575 (25.98%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 5,478 (6.3%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 94,530 (100%)
Native: 81,327 (86.03%)
--Born in United States: 79,812 (100%)
----State of residence: 27,627 (29.23%)
----Different state: 52,185 (55.2%)
--Born outside United States: 1,515 (1.6%)
Foreign born: 13,203 (13.97%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 7,909 (8.37%)
--Naturalized citizen: 4,145 (4.38%)
--Not a citizen: 9,058 (9.58%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 13,203 (100%)
Europe: 2,606 (19.74%)
Asia: 6,153 (46.6%)
Africa: 1,009 (7.64%)
Oceania: 121 (0.92%)
Latin America: 2,580 (19.54%)
Northern America: 734 (5.56%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 86,906 (100%)
English only: 72,650 (83.6%)
Language other than English: 14,256 (16.4%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4,918 (5.66%)
--Spanish: 3,769 (4.34%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,723 (1.98%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 5,488 (6.31%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,276 (1.47%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 4,061 (4.67%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,653 (1.9%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 94,530 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 105,382% (111.48%)
Arab: 1,001 (1.06%)
Czech: 448 (0.47%)
Danish: 291 (0.31%)
Dutch: 1,559 (1.65%)
English: 13,498 (14.28%)
French (except Basque): 2,847 (3.01%)
French Canadian: 744 (0.79%)
German: 16,359 (17.31%)
Greek: 477 (0.5%)
Hungarian: 626 (0.66%)
Irish: 11,643 (12.32%)
Italian: 6,100 (6.45%)
Lithuanian: 323 (0.34%)
Norwegian: 1,082 (1.14%)
Polish: 3,423 (3.62%)
Portuguese: 130 (0.14%)
Russian: 1,193 (1.26%)
Scotch-Irish: 3,050 (3.23%)
Scottish: 3,034 (3.21%)
Slovak: 384 (0.41%)
Subsaharan African: 754 (0.8%)
Swedish: 1,505 (1.59%)
Swiss: 255 (0.27%)
Ukrainian: 455 (0.48%)
United States or American: 7,002 (7.41%)
Welsh: 873 (0.92%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 196 (0.21%)
Other ancestries: 26,130 (27.64%)

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