Garner, NC

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3725480, place: Garner town, North Carolina)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 4,515 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 323 (7.15%)
Kindergarten: 204 (4.52%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,956 (43.32%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,028 (22.77%)
College or graduate school: 1,004 (22.24%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 11,867 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 495 (4.17%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,135 (9.56%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,954 (24.89%)
Some college, no degree: 2,989 (25.19%)
Associate degree: 947 (7.98%)
Bachelor's degree: 2,551 (21.5%)
Graduate or professional degree: 796 (6.71%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 86.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 28.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 14,029 (100%)
Never married: 3,527 (25.14%)
Now married, except separated: 8,072 (57.54%)
Separated: 410 (2.92%)
Total Widowed: 713 (5.08%)
Widowed Female: 647 (4.61%)
Total Divorced: 1,307 (9.32%)
Divorced Female: 856 (6.1%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 308 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 147 (47.73%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 13,248 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 2,102 (15.87%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 3,752 (100%)
--With a disability: 347 (9.25%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 10,608 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,104 (19.83%)
----Percent employed: 68.1%
--No disability: 8,504 (80.17%)
----Percent employed: 84%
Population 65 years and over: 1,828 (100%)
--With a disability: 819 (44.8%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 16,423 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 8,264 (50.32%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 7,817 (47.6%)
--Same county: 3,849 (23.44%)
--Different county: 3,968 (24.16%)
----Same state: 1,547 (9.42%)
----Different state: 2,421 (14.74%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 342 (2.08%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 17,595 (100%)
Native: 16,667 (94.73%)
--Born in United States: 16,455 (100%)
----State of residence: 10,019 (56.94%)
----Different state: 6,436 (36.58%)
--Born outside United States: 212 (1.2%)
Foreign born: 928 (5.27%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 506 (2.88%)
--Naturalized citizen: 204 (1.16%)
--Not a citizen: 724 (4.11%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 928 (100%)
Europe: 81 (8.73%)
Asia: 208 (22.41%)
Africa: 23 (2.48%)
Oceania: 4 (0.43%)
Latin America: 573 (61.75%)
Northern America: 39 (4.2%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 16,423 (100%)
English only: 15,154 (92.27%)
Language other than English: 1,269 (7.73%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 656 (3.99%)
--Spanish: 763 (4.65%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 465 (2.83%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 342 (2.08%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 122 (0.74%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 109 (0.66%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 69 (0.42%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 17,595 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 16,825% (95.62%)
Arab: 53 (0.3%)
Czech: 28 (0.16%)
Danish: 31 (0.18%)
Dutch: 94 (0.53%)
English: 2,278 (12.95%)
French (except Basque): 375 (2.13%)
French Canadian: 47 (0.27%)
German: 1,782 (10.13%)
Greek: 8 (0.05%)
Hungarian: 28 (0.16%)
Irish: 1,673 (9.51%)
Italian: 449 (2.55%)
Lithuanian: 16 (0.09%)
Norwegian: 165 (0.94%)
Polish: 174 (0.99%)
Portuguese: 37 (0.21%)
Russian: 90 (0.51%)
Scotch-Irish: 624 (3.55%)
Scottish: 474 (2.69%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 230 (1.31%)
Swedish: 68 (0.39%)
Swiss: 88 (0.5%)
Ukrainian: 27 (0.15%)
United States or American: 1,965 (11.17%)
Welsh: 85 (0.48%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 93 (0.53%)
Other ancestries: 5,843 (33.21%)

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