Dillsboro, NC

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3717180, place: Dillsboro town, North Carolina)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 24 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 1 (4.17%)
Kindergarten: 3 (12.5%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 6 (25%)
High school (grades 9-12): 5 (20.83%)
College or graduate school: 9 (37.5%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 182 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 18 (9.89%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 35 (19.23%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 55 (30.22%)
Some college, no degree: 24 (13.19%)
Associate degree: 12 (6.59%)
Bachelor's degree: 26 (14.29%)
Graduate or professional degree: 12 (6.59%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 70.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 20.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 193 (100%)
Never married: 39 (20.21%)
Now married, except separated: 72 (37.31%)
Separated: 3 (1.55%)
Total Widowed: 34 (17.62%)
Widowed Female: 34 (17.62%)
Total Divorced: 45 (23.32%)
Divorced Female: 35 (18.13%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 8 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 6 (75%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 190 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 16 (8.42%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 17 (100%)
--With a disability: 3 (17.65%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 117 (100%)
--With a disability: 45 (38.46%)
----Percent employed: 60%
--No disability: 72 (61.54%)
----Percent employed: 77.8%
Population 65 years and over: 68 (100%)
--With a disability: 35 (51.47%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 202 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 105 (51.98%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 94 (46.53%)
--Same county: 36 (17.82%)
--Different county: 58 (28.71%)
----Same state: 44 (21.78%)
----Different state: 14 (6.93%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 3 (1.49%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 215 (100%)
Native: 206 (95.81%)
--Born in United States: 204 (100%)
----State of residence: 124 (57.67%)
----Different state: 80 (37.21%)
--Born outside United States: 2 (0.93%)
Foreign born: 9 (4.19%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 4 (1.86%)
--Naturalized citizen: 3 (1.4%)
--Not a citizen: 6 (2.79%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 9 (100%)
Europe: 8 (88.89%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 1 (11.11%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 202 (100%)
English only: 195 (96.53%)
Language other than English: 7 (3.47%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5 (2.48%)
--Spanish: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 7 (3.47%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5 (2.48%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 215 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 175% (81.4%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 10 (4.65%)
English: 16 (7.44%)
French (except Basque): 10 (4.65%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 28 (13.02%)
Greek: 3 (1.4%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 21 (9.77%)
Italian: 6 (2.79%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 4 (1.86%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 4 (1.86%)
Scotch-Irish: 10 (4.65%)
Scottish: 3 (1.4%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 1 (0.47%)
Swedish: 9 (4.19%)
Swiss: 11 (5.12%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 34 (15.81%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 5 (2.33%)

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