Conover, NC

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3714340, place: Conover city, North Carolina)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,327 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 106 (7.99%)
Kindergarten: 100 (7.54%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 630 (47.48%)
High school (grades 9-12): 322 (24.27%)
College or graduate school: 169 (12.74%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 4,640 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 379 (8.17%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 750 (16.16%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,331 (28.69%)
Some college, no degree: 935 (20.15%)
Associate degree: 388 (8.36%)
Bachelor's degree: 610 (13.15%)
Graduate or professional degree: 247 (5.32%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 75.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 18.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 5,376 (100%)
Never married: 1,248 (23.21%)
Now married, except separated: 2,790 (51.9%)
Separated: 245 (4.56%)
Total Widowed: 499 (9.28%)
Widowed Female: 443 (8.24%)
Total Divorced: 594 (11.05%)
Divorced Female: 317 (5.9%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 118 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 28 (23.73%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 5,180 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 611 (11.8%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,174 (100%)
--With a disability: 66 (5.62%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 3,986 (100%)
--With a disability: 728 (18.26%)
----Percent employed: 67.3%
--No disability: 3,258 (81.74%)
----Percent employed: 84.1%
Population 65 years and over: 941 (100%)
--With a disability: 350 (37.19%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 6,124 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 3,524 (57.54%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,237 (36.53%)
--Same county: 1,440 (23.51%)
--Different county: 797 (13.01%)
----Same state: 443 (7.23%)
----Different state: 354 (5.78%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 363 (5.93%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 6,609 (100%)
Native: 5,980 (90.48%)
--Born in United States: 5,959 (100%)
----State of residence: 4,500 (68.09%)
----Different state: 1,459 (22.08%)
--Born outside United States: 21 (0.32%)
Foreign born: 629 (9.52%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 448 (6.78%)
--Naturalized citizen: 109 (1.65%)
--Not a citizen: 520 (7.87%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 629 (100%)
Europe: 95 (15.1%)
Asia: 45 (7.15%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 483 (76.79%)
Northern America: 6 (0.95%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 6,124 (100%)
English only: 5,494 (89.71%)
Language other than English: 630 (10.29%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 468 (7.64%)
--Spanish: 508 (8.3%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 411 (6.71%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 98 (1.6%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 33 (0.54%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 24 (0.39%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 24 (0.39%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 6,609 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 5,755% (87.08%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 43 (0.65%)
Dutch: 135 (2.04%)
English: 565 (8.55%)
French (except Basque): 58 (0.88%)
French Canadian: 73 (1.1%)
German: 1,247 (18.87%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 10 (0.15%)
Irish: 509 (7.7%)
Italian: 38 (0.57%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 14 (0.21%)
Polish: 61 (0.92%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 7 (0.11%)
Scotch-Irish: 158 (2.39%)
Scottish: 118 (1.79%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 20 (0.3%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 9 (0.14%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 973 (14.72%)
Welsh: 17 (0.26%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 9 (0.14%)
Other ancestries: 1,691 (25.59%)

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