Elm City, NC

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3720980, place: Elm City town, North Carolina)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 285 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 3 (1.05%)
Kindergarten: 14 (4.91%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 141 (49.47%)
High school (grades 9-12): 94 (32.98%)
College or graduate school: 33 (11.58%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 801 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 95 (11.86%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 171 (21.35%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 311 (38.83%)
Some college, no degree: 109 (13.61%)
Associate degree: 34 (4.24%)
Bachelor's degree: 68 (8.49%)
Graduate or professional degree: 13 (1.62%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 66.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 10.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 977 (100%)
Never married: 298 (30.5%)
Now married, except separated: 434 (44.42%)
Separated: 55 (5.63%)
Total Widowed: 124 (12.69%)
Widowed Female: 119 (12.18%)
Total Divorced: 66 (6.76%)
Divorced Female: 53 (5.42%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 78 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 44 (56.41%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 907 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 102 (11.25%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 288 (100%)
--With a disability: 33 (11.46%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 638 (100%)
--With a disability: 270 (42.32%)
----Percent employed: 68.5%
--No disability: 368 (57.68%)
----Percent employed: 77.2%
Population 65 years and over: 225 (100%)
--With a disability: 110 (48.89%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,151 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 826 (71.76%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 322 (27.98%)
--Same county: 207 (17.98%)
--Different county: 115 (9.99%)
----Same state: 51 (4.43%)
----Different state: 64 (5.56%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 3 (0.26%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,215 (100%)
Native: 1,204 (99.09%)
--Born in United States: 1,200 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,023 (84.2%)
----Different state: 177 (14.57%)
--Born outside United States: 4 (0.33%)
Foreign born: 11 (0.91%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 4 (0.33%)
--Naturalized citizen: 7 (0.58%)
--Not a citizen: 4 (0.33%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 11 (100%)
Europe: 6 (54.55%)
Asia: 2 (18.18%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 3 (27.27%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,151 (100%)
English only: 1,093 (94.96%)
Language other than English: 58 (5.04%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 26 (2.26%)
--Spanish: 48 (4.17%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 24 (2.09%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 2 (0.17%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 8 (0.7%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.17%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,215 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 927% (76.3%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 2 (0.16%)
Dutch: 7 (0.58%)
English: 62 (5.1%)
French (except Basque): 13 (1.07%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 26 (2.14%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 17 (1.4%)
Italian: 8 (0.66%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 5 (0.41%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 14 (1.15%)
Scottish: 10 (0.82%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 31 (2.55%)
Swedish: 1 (0.08%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 233 (19.18%)
Welsh: 2 (0.16%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 1 (0.08%)
Other ancestries: 495 (40.74%)

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