Elkin, NC

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3720620, place: Elkin town, North Carolina)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 861 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 48 (5.57%)
Kindergarten: 97 (11.27%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 424 (49.25%)
High school (grades 9-12): 191 (22.18%)
College or graduate school: 101 (11.73%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,851 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 410 (14.38%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 489 (17.15%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 615 (21.57%)
Some college, no degree: 474 (16.63%)
Associate degree: 143 (5.02%)
Bachelor's degree: 593 (20.8%)
Graduate or professional degree: 127 (4.45%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 68.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 25.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 3,445 (100%)
Never married: 722 (20.96%)
Now married, except separated: 2,005 (58.2%)
Separated: 92 (2.67%)
Total Widowed: 404 (11.73%)
Widowed Female: 332 (9.64%)
Total Divorced: 222 (6.44%)
Divorced Female: 144 (4.18%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 55 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 27 (49.09%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 3,246 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 475 (14.63%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 882 (100%)
--With a disability: 77 (8.73%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,014 (100%)
--With a disability: 401 (19.91%)
----Percent employed: 68.6%
--No disability: 1,613 (80.09%)
----Percent employed: 74.7%
Population 65 years and over: 863 (100%)
--With a disability: 451 (52.26%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 3,945 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,945 (49.3%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,793 (45.45%)
--Same county: 702 (17.79%)
--Different county: 1,091 (27.66%)
----Same state: 632 (16.02%)
----Different state: 459 (11.63%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 207 (5.25%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 4,164 (100%)
Native: 3,745 (89.94%)
--Born in United States: 3,730 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,801 (67.27%)
----Different state: 929 (22.31%)
--Born outside United States: 15 (0.36%)
Foreign born: 419 (10.06%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 356 (8.55%)
--Naturalized citizen: 8 (0.19%)
--Not a citizen: 411 (9.87%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 419 (100%)
Europe: 30 (7.16%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 19 (4.53%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 361 (86.16%)
Northern America: 9 (2.15%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 3,945 (100%)
English only: 3,463 (87.78%)
Language other than English: 482 (12.22%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 374 (9.48%)
--Spanish: 464 (11.76%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 356 (9.02%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 18 (0.46%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 18 (0.46%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 4,164 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 3,451% (82.88%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 116 (2.79%)
English: 627 (15.06%)
French (except Basque): 38 (0.91%)
French Canadian: 7 (0.17%)
German: 309 (7.42%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 240 (5.76%)
Italian: 33 (0.79%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 10 (0.24%)
Polish: 15 (0.36%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 137 (3.29%)
Scottish: 105 (2.52%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 17 (0.41%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 12 (0.29%)
United States or American: 791 (19%)
Welsh: 8 (0.19%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 986 (23.68%)

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