Gamewell, NC

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3725380, place: Gamewell town, North Carolina)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 745 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 41 (5.5%)
Kindergarten: 27 (3.62%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 366 (49.13%)
High school (grades 9-12): 176 (23.62%)
College or graduate school: 135 (18.12%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,658 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 273 (10.27%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 520 (19.56%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,070 (40.26%)
Some college, no degree: 500 (18.81%)
Associate degree: 121 (4.55%)
Bachelor's degree: 113 (4.25%)
Graduate or professional degree: 61 (2.29%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 70.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 6.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 3,039 (100%)
Never married: 531 (17.47%)
Now married, except separated: 1,887 (62.09%)
Separated: 125 (4.11%)
Total Widowed: 189 (6.22%)
Widowed Female: 160 (5.26%)
Total Divorced: 307 (10.1%)
Divorced Female: 154 (5.07%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 73 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 21 (28.77%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,919 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 356 (12.2%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 646 (100%)
--With a disability: 78 (12.07%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,386 (100%)
--With a disability: 622 (26.07%)
----Percent employed: 61.7%
--No disability: 1,764 (73.93%)
----Percent employed: 82.7%
Population 65 years and over: 435 (100%)
--With a disability: 167 (38.39%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 3,467 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,260 (65.19%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,145 (33.03%)
--Same county: 788 (22.73%)
--Different county: 357 (10.3%)
----Same state: 213 (6.14%)
----Different state: 144 (4.15%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 62 (1.79%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 3,701 (100%)
Native: 3,660 (98.89%)
--Born in United States: 3,660 (100%)
----State of residence: 3,076 (83.11%)
----Different state: 584 (15.78%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 41 (1.11%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 18 (0.49%)
--Naturalized citizen: 9 (0.24%)
--Not a citizen: 32 (0.86%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 41 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 41 (100%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 3,467 (100%)
English only: 3,364 (97.03%)
Language other than English: 103 (2.97%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 31 (0.89%)
--Spanish: 74 (2.13%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 27 (0.78%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 25 (0.72%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 4 (0.12%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (0.12%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 3,701 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,974% (80.36%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 62 (1.68%)
English: 273 (7.38%)
French (except Basque): 37 (1%)
French Canadian: 6 (0.16%)
German: 319 (8.62%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 250 (6.75%)
Italian: 14 (0.38%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 9 (0.24%)
Polish: 8 (0.22%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 183 (4.94%)
Scottish: 68 (1.84%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 6 (0.16%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 1,005 (27.15%)
Welsh: 19 (0.51%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 19 (0.51%)
Other ancestries: 696 (18.81%)

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