Eden, NC

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3720080, place: Eden city, North Carolina)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 3,617 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 246 (6.8%)
Kindergarten: 278 (7.69%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,710 (47.28%)
High school (grades 9-12): 821 (22.7%)
College or graduate school: 562 (15.54%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 11,106 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,409 (12.69%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 2,153 (19.39%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 3,565 (32.1%)
Some college, no degree: 2,096 (18.87%)
Associate degree: 652 (5.87%)
Bachelor's degree: 844 (7.6%)
Graduate or professional degree: 387 (3.48%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 67.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 11.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 12,901 (100%)
Never married: 2,593 (20.1%)
Now married, except separated: 6,739 (52.24%)
Separated: 525 (4.07%)
Total Widowed: 1,484 (11.5%)
Widowed Female: 1,278 (9.91%)
Total Divorced: 1,560 (12.09%)
Divorced Female: 934 (7.24%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 327 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 198 (60.55%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 12,290 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,741 (14.17%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 3,295 (100%)
--With a disability: 245 (7.44%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 8,610 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,066 (24%)
----Percent employed: 49%
--No disability: 6,544 (76%)
----Percent employed: 69.9%
Population 65 years and over: 2,920 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,458 (49.93%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 15,095 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 8,963 (59.38%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 5,930 (39.28%)
--Same county: 4,455 (29.51%)
--Different county: 1,475 (9.77%)
----Same state: 449 (2.97%)
----Different state: 1,026 (6.8%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 202 (1.34%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 16,040 (100%)
Native: 15,699 (97.87%)
--Born in United States: 15,657 (100%)
----State of residence: 11,898 (74.18%)
----Different state: 3,759 (23.44%)
--Born outside United States: 42 (0.26%)
Foreign born: 341 (2.13%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 237 (1.48%)
--Naturalized citizen: 44 (0.27%)
--Not a citizen: 297 (1.85%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 341 (100%)
Europe: 67 (19.65%)
Asia: 27 (7.92%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 231 (67.74%)
Northern America: 16 (4.69%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 15,095 (100%)
English only: 14,500 (96.06%)
Language other than English: 595 (3.94%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 304 (2.01%)
--Spanish: 436 (2.89%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 264 (1.75%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 124 (0.82%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 26 (0.17%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 26 (0.17%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 14 (0.09%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 16,040 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 12,314% (76.77%)
Arab: 19 (0.12%)
Czech: 14 (0.09%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 106 (0.66%)
English: 1,334 (8.32%)
French (except Basque): 183 (1.14%)
French Canadian: 11 (0.07%)
German: 708 (4.41%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 9 (0.06%)
Irish: 764 (4.76%)
Italian: 204 (1.27%)
Lithuanian: 8 (0.05%)
Norwegian: 49 (0.31%)
Polish: 51 (0.32%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 14 (0.09%)
Scotch-Irish: 251 (1.56%)
Scottish: 192 (1.2%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 67 (0.42%)
Swedish: 19 (0.12%)
Swiss: 20 (0.12%)
Ukrainian: 6 (0.04%)
United States or American: 3,615 (22.54%)
Welsh: 30 (0.19%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 29 (0.18%)
Other ancestries: 4,611 (28.75%)

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