General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3728000, place: Greensboro city, North Carolina)SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school: 64,511 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 3,990 (6.18%)
Kindergarten: 3,150 (4.88%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 22,844 (35.41%)
High school (grades 9-12): 11,059 (17.14%)
College or graduate school: 23,468 (36.38%)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTPopulation 25 years and over: 142,293 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 7,153 (5.03%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 15,189 (10.67%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 31,838 (22.37%)
Some college, no degree: 31,634 (22.23%)
Associate degree: 8,215 (5.77%)
Bachelor's degree: 32,958 (23.16%)
Graduate or professional degree: 15,306 (10.76%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 84.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 33.9%
MARITIAL STATUSPopulation 15 years and over: 180,775 (100%)
Never married: 62,021 (34.31%)
Now married, except separated: 83,671 (46.28%)
Separated: 5,463 (3.02%)
Total Widowed: 11,958 (6.61%)
Widowed Female: 9,974 (5.52%)
Total Divorced: 17,662 (9.77%)
Divorced Female: 10,971 (6.07%)
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERSGrandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 3,811 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 1,817 (47.68%)
VETERAN STATUSCivilian population 18 years and over: 173,291 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 19,676 (11.35%)
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATIONPopulation 5 to 20 years: 49,939 (100%)
--With a disability: 4,097 (8.2%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 132,549 (100%)
--With a disability: 24,283 (18.32%)
----Percent employed: 60.5%
--No disability: 108,266 (81.68%)
----Percent employed: 80.5%
Population 65 years and over: 24,996 (100%)
--With a disability: 10,541 (42.17%)
RESIDENCE IN 1995Population 5 years and over: 209,434 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 93,752 (44.76%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 107,215 (51.19%)
--Same county: 59,300 (28.31%)
--Different county: 47,915 (22.88%)
----Same state: 20,773 (9.92%)
----Different state: 27,142 (12.96%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 8,467 (4.04%)
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTHTotal population: 223,299 (100%)
Native: 205,153 (91.87%)
--Born in United States: 203,295 (100%)
----State of residence: 129,114 (57.82%)
----Different state: 74,181 (33.22%)
--Born outside United States: 1,858 (0.83%)
Foreign born: 18,146 (8.13%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 12,531 (5.61%)
--Naturalized citizen: 4,198 (1.88%)
--Not a citizen: 13,948 (6.25%)
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORNTotal (excluding born at sea): 18,146 (100%)
Europe: 2,469 (13.61%)
Asia: 4,997 (27.54%)
Africa: 2,853 (15.72%)
Oceania: 97 (0.53%)
Latin America: 7,086 (39.05%)
Northern America: 644 (3.55%)
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOMEPopulation 5 years and over: 209,434 (100%)
English only: 186,042 (88.83%)
Language other than English: 23,392 (11.17%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 11,778 (5.62%)
--Spanish: 11,549 (5.51%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6,473 (3.09%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 5,375 (2.57%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,765 (0.84%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 4,097 (1.96%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2,631 (1.26%)
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)Total population: 223,299 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 211,781% (94.84%)
Arab: 1,003 (0.45%)
Czech: 369 (0.17%)
Danish: 376 (0.17%)
Dutch: 2,395 (1.07%)
English: 21,970 (9.84%)
French (except Basque): 3,801 (1.7%)
French Canadian: 794 (0.36%)
German: 19,659 (8.8%)
Greek: 625 (0.28%)
Hungarian: 528 (0.24%)
Irish: 14,516 (6.5%)
Italian: 5,731 (2.57%)
Lithuanian: 142 (0.06%)
Norwegian: 1,159 (0.52%)
Polish: 2,585 (1.16%)
Portuguese: 210 (0.09%)
Russian: 882 (0.39%)
Scotch-Irish: 8,118 (3.64%)
Scottish: 5,151 (2.31%)
Slovak: 201 (0.09%)
Subsaharan African: 4,721 (2.11%)
Swedish: 1,655 (0.74%)
Swiss: 482 (0.22%)
Ukrainian: 305 (0.14%)
United States or American: 16,391 (7.34%)
Welsh: 1,202 (0.54%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 848 (0.38%)
Other ancestries: 95,962 (42.97%)
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