Erwin, NC

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3721740, place: Erwin town, North Carolina)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,178 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 49 (4.16%)
Kindergarten: 59 (5.01%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 563 (47.79%)
High school (grades 9-12): 312 (26.49%)
College or graduate school: 195 (16.55%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 3,224 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 495 (15.35%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 578 (17.93%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,089 (33.78%)
Some college, no degree: 487 (15.11%)
Associate degree: 183 (5.68%)
Bachelor's degree: 289 (8.96%)
Graduate or professional degree: 103 (3.19%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 66.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 12.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 3,718 (100%)
Never married: 766 (20.6%)
Now married, except separated: 2,107 (56.67%)
Separated: 148 (3.98%)
Total Widowed: 331 (8.9%)
Widowed Female: 238 (6.4%)
Total Divorced: 366 (9.84%)
Divorced Female: 241 (6.48%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 109 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 86 (78.9%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 3,580 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 480 (13.41%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 954 (100%)
--With a disability: 92 (9.64%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,608 (100%)
--With a disability: 666 (25.54%)
----Percent employed: 58.7%
--No disability: 1,942 (74.46%)
----Percent employed: 77.8%
Population 65 years and over: 803 (100%)
--With a disability: 428 (53.3%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 4,365 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,585 (59.22%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,698 (38.9%)
--Same county: 1,175 (26.92%)
--Different county: 523 (11.98%)
----Same state: 238 (5.45%)
----Different state: 285 (6.53%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 82 (1.88%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 4,612 (100%)
Native: 4,389 (95.16%)
--Born in United States: 4,309 (100%)
----State of residence: 3,667 (79.51%)
----Different state: 642 (13.92%)
--Born outside United States: 80 (1.73%)
Foreign born: 223 (4.84%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 128 (2.78%)
--Naturalized citizen: 28 (0.61%)
--Not a citizen: 195 (4.23%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 223 (100%)
Europe: 13 (5.83%)
Asia: 34 (15.25%)
Africa: 5 (2.24%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 171 (76.68%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 4,365 (100%)
English only: 4,027 (92.26%)
Language other than English: 338 (7.74%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 204 (4.67%)
--Spanish: 272 (6.23%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 180 (4.12%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 56 (1.28%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 24 (0.55%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 4,612 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 3,469% (75.22%)
Arab: 16 (0.35%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 5 (0.11%)
Dutch: 19 (0.41%)
English: 155 (3.36%)
French (except Basque): 87 (1.89%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 72 (1.56%)
Greek: 10 (0.22%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 308 (6.68%)
Italian: 29 (0.63%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 6 (0.13%)
Polish: 18 (0.39%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 156 (3.38%)
Scottish: 40 (0.87%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 36 (0.78%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 1,435 (31.11%)
Welsh: 19 (0.41%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 1,058 (22.94%)

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