Drexel, NC

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3717860, place: Drexel town, North Carolina)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 488 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 30 (6.15%)
Kindergarten: 18 (3.69%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 260 (53.28%)
High school (grades 9-12): 117 (23.98%)
College or graduate school: 63 (12.91%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,339 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 180 (13.44%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 231 (17.25%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 363 (27.11%)
Some college, no degree: 218 (16.28%)
Associate degree: 101 (7.54%)
Bachelor's degree: 177 (13.22%)
Graduate or professional degree: 69 (5.15%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 69.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 18.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,535 (100%)
Never married: 257 (16.74%)
Now married, except separated: 916 (59.67%)
Separated: 69 (4.5%)
Total Widowed: 152 (9.9%)
Widowed Female: 139 (9.06%)
Total Divorced: 141 (9.19%)
Divorced Female: 89 (5.8%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 36 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 19 (52.78%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,466 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 178 (12.14%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 430 (100%)
--With a disability: 29 (6.74%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,003 (100%)
--With a disability: 227 (22.63%)
----Percent employed: 75.3%
--No disability: 776 (77.37%)
----Percent employed: 80.4%
Population 65 years and over: 300 (100%)
--With a disability: 145 (48.33%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,847 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 948 (51.33%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 883 (47.81%)
--Same county: 557 (30.16%)
--Different county: 326 (17.65%)
----Same state: 168 (9.1%)
----Different state: 158 (8.55%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 16 (0.87%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,977 (100%)
Native: 1,852 (93.68%)
--Born in United States: 1,845 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,408 (71.22%)
----Different state: 437 (22.1%)
--Born outside United States: 7 (0.35%)
Foreign born: 125 (6.32%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 63 (3.19%)
--Naturalized citizen: 24 (1.21%)
--Not a citizen: 101 (5.11%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 125 (100%)
Europe: 5 (4%)
Asia: 93 (74.4%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 27 (21.6%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,847 (100%)
English only: 1,679 (90.9%)
Language other than English: 168 (9.1%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 103 (5.58%)
--Spanish: 49 (2.65%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 37 (2%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 7 (0.38%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 102 (5.52%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 56 (3.03%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,977 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,532% (77.49%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 22 (1.11%)
English: 137 (6.93%)
French (except Basque): 35 (1.77%)
French Canadian: 3 (0.15%)
German: 168 (8.5%)
Greek: 5 (0.25%)
Hungarian: 7 (0.35%)
Irish: 98 (4.96%)
Italian: 6 (0.3%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 4 (0.2%)
Polish: 14 (0.71%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 41 (2.07%)
Scottish: 38 (1.92%)
Slovak: 3 (0.15%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 4 (0.2%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 562 (28.43%)
Welsh: 9 (0.46%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 376 (19.02%)

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