Dortches, NC

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3717520, place: Dortches town, North Carolina)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 157 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 4 (2.55%)
Kindergarten: 2 (1.27%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 59 (37.58%)
High school (grades 9-12): 51 (32.48%)
College or graduate school: 41 (26.11%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 591 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 70 (11.84%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 83 (14.04%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 203 (34.35%)
Some college, no degree: 122 (20.64%)
Associate degree: 46 (7.78%)
Bachelor's degree: 52 (8.8%)
Graduate or professional degree: 15 (2.54%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 74.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 11.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 690 (100%)
Never married: 129 (18.7%)
Now married, except separated: 415 (60.14%)
Separated: 18 (2.61%)
Total Widowed: 78 (11.3%)
Widowed Female: 65 (9.42%)
Total Divorced: 50 (7.25%)
Divorced Female: 21 (3.04%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 10 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 5 (50%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 648 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 93 (14.35%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 121 (100%)
--With a disability: 6 (4.96%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 484 (100%)
--With a disability: 92 (19.01%)
----Percent employed: 50%
--No disability: 392 (80.99%)
----Percent employed: 83.2%
Population 65 years and over: 148 (100%)
--With a disability: 65 (43.92%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 755 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 556 (73.64%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 195 (25.83%)
--Same county: 123 (16.29%)
--Different county: 72 (9.54%)
----Same state: 49 (6.49%)
----Different state: 23 (3.05%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 4 (0.53%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 778 (100%)
Native: 773 (99.36%)
--Born in United States: 772 (100%)
----State of residence: 698 (89.72%)
----Different state: 74 (9.51%)
--Born outside United States: 1 (0.13%)
Foreign born: 5 (0.64%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 0 (0%)
--Not a citizen: 5 (0.64%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 5 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 5 (100%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 755 (100%)
English only: 741 (98.15%)
Language other than English: 14 (1.85%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Spanish: 9 (1.19%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 5 (0.66%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 778 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 665% (85.48%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 0 (0%)
English: 105 (13.5%)
French (except Basque): 0 (0%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 29 (3.73%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 38 (4.88%)
Italian: 3 (0.39%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 2 (0.26%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 14 (1.8%)
Scottish: 33 (4.24%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 199 (25.58%)
Welsh: 3 (0.39%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 239 (30.72%)

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