Granite Quarry, NC

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3727440, place: Granite Quarry town, North Carolina)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 542 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 33 (6.09%)
Kindergarten: 36 (6.64%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 238 (43.91%)
High school (grades 9-12): 153 (28.23%)
College or graduate school: 82 (15.13%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,408 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 83 (5.89%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 170 (12.07%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 408 (28.98%)
Some college, no degree: 362 (25.71%)
Associate degree: 124 (8.81%)
Bachelor's degree: 187 (13.28%)
Graduate or professional degree: 74 (5.26%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 82%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 18.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,703 (100%)
Never married: 343 (20.14%)
Now married, except separated: 1,026 (60.25%)
Separated: 56 (3.29%)
Total Widowed: 102 (5.99%)
Widowed Female: 85 (4.99%)
Total Divorced: 176 (10.33%)
Divorced Female: 110 (6.46%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 68 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 41 (60.29%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,583 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 217 (13.71%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 521 (100%)
--With a disability: 28 (5.37%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,205 (100%)
--With a disability: 160 (13.28%)
----Percent employed: 53.1%
--No disability: 1,045 (86.72%)
----Percent employed: 83.3%
Population 65 years and over: 291 (100%)
--With a disability: 101 (34.71%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,020 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,195 (59.16%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 749 (37.08%)
--Same county: 380 (18.81%)
--Different county: 369 (18.27%)
----Same state: 181 (8.96%)
----Different state: 188 (9.31%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 76 (3.76%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,166 (100%)
Native: 2,045 (94.41%)
--Born in United States: 2,017 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,459 (67.36%)
----Different state: 558 (25.76%)
--Born outside United States: 28 (1.29%)
Foreign born: 121 (5.59%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 98 (4.52%)
--Naturalized citizen: 17 (0.78%)
--Not a citizen: 104 (4.8%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 121 (100%)
Europe: 9 (7.44%)
Asia: 12 (9.92%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 4 (3.31%)
Latin America: 91 (75.21%)
Northern America: 5 (4.13%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,020 (100%)
English only: 1,851 (91.63%)
Language other than English: 169 (8.37%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 131 (6.49%)
--Spanish: 144 (7.13%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 119 (5.89%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 18 (0.89%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 10 (0.5%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 4 (0.2%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,166 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,850% (85.41%)
Arab: 3 (0.14%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 33 (1.52%)
English: 144 (6.65%)
French (except Basque): 20 (0.92%)
French Canadian: 3 (0.14%)
German: 385 (17.77%)
Greek: 2 (0.09%)
Hungarian: 2 (0.09%)
Irish: 152 (7.02%)
Italian: 44 (2.03%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 3 (0.14%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 89 (4.11%)
Scottish: 38 (1.75%)
Slovak: 3 (0.14%)
Subsaharan African: 30 (1.39%)
Swedish: 5 (0.23%)
Swiss: 4 (0.18%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 460 (21.24%)
Welsh: 11 (0.51%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 4 (0.18%)
Other ancestries: 415 (19.16%)

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