Claremont, NC

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3712720, place: Claremont city, North Carolina)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 200 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 7 (3.5%)
Kindergarten: 9 (4.5%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 109 (54.5%)
High school (grades 9-12): 40 (20%)
College or graduate school: 35 (17.5%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 712 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 36 (5.06%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 107 (15.03%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 259 (36.38%)
Some college, no degree: 155 (21.77%)
Associate degree: 46 (6.46%)
Bachelor's degree: 78 (10.96%)
Graduate or professional degree: 31 (4.35%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 79.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 15.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 794 (100%)
Never married: 151 (19.02%)
Now married, except separated: 490 (61.71%)
Separated: 17 (2.14%)
Total Widowed: 68 (8.56%)
Widowed Female: 58 (7.3%)
Total Divorced: 68 (8.56%)
Divorced Female: 43 (5.42%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 6 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 4 (66.67%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 777 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 84 (10.81%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 173 (100%)
--With a disability: 15 (8.67%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 618 (100%)
--With a disability: 75 (12.14%)
----Percent employed: 54.7%
--No disability: 543 (87.86%)
----Percent employed: 80.8%
Population 65 years and over: 131 (100%)
--With a disability: 49 (37.4%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 922 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 558 (60.52%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 351 (38.07%)
--Same county: 216 (23.43%)
--Different county: 135 (14.64%)
----Same state: 48 (5.21%)
----Different state: 87 (9.44%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 13 (1.41%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 979 (100%)
Native: 946 (96.63%)
--Born in United States: 943 (100%)
----State of residence: 719 (73.44%)
----Different state: 224 (22.88%)
--Born outside United States: 3 (0.31%)
Foreign born: 33 (3.37%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 20 (2.04%)
--Naturalized citizen: 5 (0.51%)
--Not a citizen: 28 (2.86%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 33 (100%)
Europe: 4 (12.12%)
Asia: 4 (12.12%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 25 (75.76%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 922 (100%)
English only: 863 (93.6%)
Language other than English: 59 (6.4%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 30 (3.25%)
--Spanish: 44 (4.77%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 30 (3.25%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 9 (0.98%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 4 (0.43%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 979 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 852% (87.03%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 1 (0.1%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 21 (2.15%)
English: 74 (7.56%)
French (except Basque): 11 (1.12%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 228 (23.29%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 78 (7.97%)
Italian: 20 (2.04%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 4 (0.41%)
Polish: 2 (0.2%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 27 (2.76%)
Scottish: 6 (0.61%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 7 (0.72%)
Swedish: 2 (0.2%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 200 (20.43%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 171 (17.47%)

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