Cherryville, NC

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3712340, place: Cherryville city, North Carolina)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 979 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 89 (9.09%)
Kindergarten: 80 (8.17%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 377 (38.51%)
High school (grades 9-12): 230 (23.49%)
College or graduate school: 203 (20.74%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 3,743 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 394 (10.53%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 705 (18.84%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,102 (29.44%)
Some college, no degree: 805 (21.51%)
Associate degree: 264 (7.05%)
Bachelor's degree: 363 (9.7%)
Graduate or professional degree: 110 (2.94%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 70.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 12.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 4,307 (100%)
Never married: 739 (17.16%)
Now married, except separated: 2,592 (60.18%)
Separated: 116 (2.69%)
Total Widowed: 473 (10.98%)
Widowed Female: 419 (9.73%)
Total Divorced: 387 (8.99%)
Divorced Female: 198 (4.6%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 76 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 29 (38.16%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 4,124 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 448 (10.86%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 835 (100%)
--With a disability: 68 (8.14%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,749 (100%)
--With a disability: 688 (25.03%)
----Percent employed: 60.8%
--No disability: 2,061 (74.97%)
----Percent employed: 77.3%
Population 65 years and over: 955 (100%)
--With a disability: 483 (50.58%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 4,809 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 3,009 (62.57%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,767 (36.74%)
--Same county: 758 (15.76%)
--Different county: 1,009 (20.98%)
----Same state: 776 (16.14%)
----Different state: 233 (4.85%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 33 (0.69%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 5,137 (100%)
Native: 5,072 (98.73%)
--Born in United States: 5,038 (100%)
----State of residence: 4,266 (83.04%)
----Different state: 772 (15.03%)
--Born outside United States: 34 (0.66%)
Foreign born: 65 (1.27%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 47 (0.91%)
--Naturalized citizen: 11 (0.21%)
--Not a citizen: 54 (1.05%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 65 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 27 (41.54%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 38 (58.46%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 4,809 (100%)
English only: 4,624 (96.15%)
Language other than English: 185 (3.85%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 83 (1.73%)
--Spanish: 113 (2.35%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 59 (1.23%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 20 (0.42%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 27 (0.56%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 24 (0.5%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 5,137 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 3,433% (66.83%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 64 (1.25%)
English: 320 (6.23%)
French (except Basque): 10 (0.19%)
French Canadian: 19 (0.37%)
German: 740 (14.41%)
Greek: 8 (0.16%)
Hungarian: 10 (0.19%)
Irish: 305 (5.94%)
Italian: 15 (0.29%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 7 (0.14%)
Polish: 20 (0.39%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 125 (2.43%)
Scottish: 80 (1.56%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 6 (0.12%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 20 (0.39%)
United States or American: 898 (17.48%)
Welsh: 6 (0.12%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 780 (15.18%)

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