Gaston, NC

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3725560, place: Gaston town, North Carolina)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 202 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 15 (7.43%)
Kindergarten: 7 (3.47%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 100 (49.5%)
High school (grades 9-12): 44 (21.78%)
College or graduate school: 36 (17.82%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 690 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 121 (17.54%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 183 (26.52%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 228 (33.04%)
Some college, no degree: 80 (11.59%)
Associate degree: 39 (5.65%)
Bachelor's degree: 31 (4.49%)
Graduate or professional degree: 8 (1.16%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 55.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 5.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 800 (100%)
Never married: 187 (23.38%)
Now married, except separated: 408 (51%)
Separated: 44 (5.5%)
Total Widowed: 89 (11.13%)
Widowed Female: 70 (8.75%)
Total Divorced: 72 (9%)
Divorced Female: 38 (4.75%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 32 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 1 (3.13%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 767 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 77 (10.04%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 186 (100%)
--With a disability: 23 (12.37%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 570 (100%)
--With a disability: 172 (30.18%)
----Percent employed: 45.3%
--No disability: 398 (69.82%)
----Percent employed: 74.4%
Population 65 years and over: 158 (100%)
--With a disability: 107 (67.72%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 914 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 579 (63.35%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 327 (35.78%)
--Same county: 155 (16.96%)
--Different county: 172 (18.82%)
----Same state: 144 (15.75%)
----Different state: 28 (3.06%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 8 (0.88%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 992 (100%)
Native: 985 (99.29%)
--Born in United States: 985 (100%)
----State of residence: 797 (80.34%)
----Different state: 188 (18.95%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 7 (0.71%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 3 (0.3%)
--Naturalized citizen: 4 (0.4%)
--Not a citizen: 3 (0.3%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 7 (100%)
Europe: 4 (57.14%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 3 (42.86%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 914 (100%)
English only: 874 (95.62%)
Language other than English: 40 (4.38%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 17 (1.86%)
--Spanish: 16 (1.75%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 13 (1.42%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 18 (1.97%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (0.44%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 4 (0.44%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 992 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 503% (50.71%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 0 (0%)
English: 31 (3.13%)
French (except Basque): 6 (0.6%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 25 (2.52%)
Greek: 3 (0.3%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 28 (2.82%)
Italian: 5 (0.5%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 2 (0.2%)
Polish: 4 (0.4%)
Portuguese: 3 (0.3%)
Russian: 2 (0.2%)
Scotch-Irish: 4 (0.4%)
Scottish: 12 (1.21%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 3 (0.3%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 185 (18.65%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 190 (19.15%)

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