Forest City, NC

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3724080, place: Forest City town, North Carolina)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,669 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 79 (4.73%)
Kindergarten: 119 (7.13%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 849 (50.87%)
High school (grades 9-12): 322 (19.29%)
College or graduate school: 300 (17.97%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 5,077 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 683 (13.45%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,101 (21.69%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,635 (32.2%)
Some college, no degree: 928 (18.28%)
Associate degree: 244 (4.81%)
Bachelor's degree: 317 (6.24%)
Graduate or professional degree: 169 (3.33%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 64.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 9.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 5,990 (100%)
Never married: 1,440 (24.04%)
Now married, except separated: 2,840 (47.41%)
Separated: 223 (3.72%)
Total Widowed: 736 (12.29%)
Widowed Female: 612 (10.22%)
Total Divorced: 751 (12.54%)
Divorced Female: 386 (6.44%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 243 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 57 (23.46%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 5,710 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 749 (13.12%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,609 (100%)
--With a disability: 159 (9.88%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 4,017 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,148 (28.58%)
----Percent employed: 50.1%
--No disability: 2,869 (71.42%)
----Percent employed: 73.6%
Population 65 years and over: 1,319 (100%)
--With a disability: 596 (45.19%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 7,050 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 3,763 (53.38%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 3,173 (45.01%)
--Same county: 2,327 (33.01%)
--Different county: 846 (12%)
----Same state: 456 (6.47%)
----Different state: 390 (5.53%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 114 (1.62%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 7,612 (100%)
Native: 7,406 (97.29%)
--Born in United States: 7,343 (100%)
----State of residence: 5,886 (77.33%)
----Different state: 1,457 (19.14%)
--Born outside United States: 63 (0.83%)
Foreign born: 206 (2.71%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 136 (1.79%)
--Naturalized citizen: 59 (0.78%)
--Not a citizen: 147 (1.93%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 206 (100%)
Europe: 7 (3.4%)
Asia: 19 (9.22%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 180 (87.38%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 7,050 (100%)
English only: 6,714 (95.23%)
Language other than English: 336 (4.77%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 225 (3.19%)
--Spanish: 292 (4.14%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 210 (2.98%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 31 (0.44%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 8 (0.11%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 7 (0.1%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7 (0.1%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 7,612 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 6,042% (79.37%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 16 (0.21%)
Danish: 6 (0.08%)
Dutch: 76 (1%)
English: 438 (5.75%)
French (except Basque): 67 (0.88%)
French Canadian: 7 (0.09%)
German: 734 (9.64%)
Greek: 6 (0.08%)
Hungarian: 6 (0.08%)
Irish: 613 (8.05%)
Italian: 49 (0.64%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 44 (0.58%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 11 (0.14%)
Scotch-Irish: 258 (3.39%)
Scottish: 82 (1.08%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 114 (1.5%)
Swedish: 19 (0.25%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 956 (12.56%)
Welsh: 25 (0.33%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 2 (0.03%)
Other ancestries: 2,513 (33.01%)

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