General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3728900, place: Half Moon CDP, North Carolina)SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,040 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 128 (6.27%)
Kindergarten: 103 (5.05%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 964 (47.25%)
High school (grades 9-12): 418 (20.49%)
College or graduate school: 427 (20.93%)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTPopulation 25 years and over: 3,658 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 109 (2.98%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 354 (9.68%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 905 (24.74%)
Some college, no degree: 1,328 (36.3%)
Associate degree: 379 (10.36%)
Bachelor's degree: 398 (10.88%)
Graduate or professional degree: 185 (5.06%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 87.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 15.9%
MARITIAL STATUSPopulation 15 years and over: 4,833 (100%)
Never married: 1,087 (22.49%)
Now married, except separated: 3,018 (62.45%)
Separated: 143 (2.96%)
Total Widowed: 146 (3.02%)
Widowed Female: 132 (2.73%)
Total Divorced: 439 (9.08%)
Divorced Female: 292 (6.04%)
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERSGrandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 97 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 48 (49.48%)
VETERAN STATUSCivilian population 18 years and over: 3,819 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,118 (29.27%)
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATIONPopulation 5 to 20 years: 1,815 (100%)
--With a disability: 140 (7.71%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 3,186 (100%)
--With a disability: 627 (19.68%)
----Percent employed: 60.6%
--No disability: 2,559 (80.32%)
----Percent employed: 75.7%
Population 65 years and over: 308 (100%)
--With a disability: 131 (42.53%)
RESIDENCE IN 1995Population 5 years and over: 5,992 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,677 (44.68%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,992 (49.93%)
--Same county: 1,163 (19.41%)
--Different county: 1,829 (30.52%)
----Same state: 314 (5.24%)
----Different state: 1,515 (25.28%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 323 (5.39%)
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTHTotal population: 6,661 (100%)
Native: 6,352 (95.36%)
--Born in United States: 6,114 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,162 (32.46%)
----Different state: 3,952 (59.33%)
--Born outside United States: 238 (3.57%)
Foreign born: 309 (4.64%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 121 (1.82%)
--Naturalized citizen: 145 (2.18%)
--Not a citizen: 164 (2.46%)
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORNTotal (excluding born at sea): 309 (100%)
Europe: 65 (21.04%)
Asia: 134 (43.37%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 102 (33.01%)
Northern America: 8 (2.59%)
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOMEPopulation 5 years and over: 5,992 (100%)
English only: 5,480 (91.46%)
Language other than English: 512 (8.54%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 135 (2.25%)
--Spanish: 329 (5.49%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 74 (1.23%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 87 (1.45%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 22 (0.37%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 96 (1.6%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 39 (0.65%)
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)Total population: 6,661 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 6,879% (103.27%)
Arab: 28 (0.42%)
Czech: 10 (0.15%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 62 (0.93%)
English: 538 (8.08%)
French (except Basque): 289 (4.34%)
French Canadian: 126 (1.89%)
German: 833 (12.51%)
Greek: 43 (0.65%)
Hungarian: 8 (0.12%)
Irish: 698 (10.48%)
Italian: 291 (4.37%)
Lithuanian: 9 (0.14%)
Norwegian: 57 (0.86%)
Polish: 195 (2.93%)
Portuguese: 63 (0.95%)
Russian: 14 (0.21%)
Scotch-Irish: 203 (3.05%)
Scottish: 194 (2.91%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 8 (0.12%)
Swedish: 43 (0.65%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 654 (9.82%)
Welsh: 40 (0.6%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 8 (0.12%)
Other ancestries: 2,465 (37.01%)
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