Harrisburg, NC

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3729800, place: Harrisburg town, North Carolina)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,290 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 43 (3.33%)
Kindergarten: 78 (6.05%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 706 (54.73%)
High school (grades 9-12): 278 (21.55%)
College or graduate school: 185 (14.34%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 3,014 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 128 (4.25%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 181 (6.01%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 793 (26.31%)
Some college, no degree: 800 (26.54%)
Associate degree: 285 (9.46%)
Bachelor's degree: 672 (22.3%)
Graduate or professional degree: 155 (5.14%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 89.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 27.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 3,440 (100%)
Never married: 624 (18.14%)
Now married, except separated: 2,388 (69.42%)
Separated: 29 (0.84%)
Total Widowed: 154 (4.48%)
Widowed Female: 117 (3.4%)
Total Divorced: 245 (7.12%)
Divorced Female: 100 (2.91%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 44 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 17 (38.64%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 3,249 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 441 (13.57%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,182 (100%)
--With a disability: 35 (2.96%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,710 (100%)
--With a disability: 345 (12.73%)
----Percent employed: 65.2%
--No disability: 2,365 (87.27%)
----Percent employed: 81.6%
Population 65 years and over: 411 (100%)
--With a disability: 159 (38.69%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 4,303 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,259 (52.5%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,016 (46.85%)
--Same county: 460 (10.69%)
--Different county: 1,556 (36.16%)
----Same state: 894 (20.78%)
----Different state: 662 (15.38%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 28 (0.65%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 4,562 (100%)
Native: 4,524 (99.17%)
--Born in United States: 4,499 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,538 (55.63%)
----Different state: 1,961 (42.99%)
--Born outside United States: 25 (0.55%)
Foreign born: 38 (0.83%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 16 (0.35%)
--Naturalized citizen: 22 (0.48%)
--Not a citizen: 16 (0.35%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 38 (100%)
Europe: 16 (42.11%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 15 (39.47%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 7 (18.42%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 4,303 (100%)
English only: 4,142 (96.26%)
Language other than English: 161 (3.74%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 28 (0.65%)
--Spanish: 78 (1.81%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 12 (0.28%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 76 (1.77%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 9 (0.21%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 7 (0.16%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7 (0.16%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 4,562 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 3,719% (81.52%)
Arab: 8 (0.18%)
Czech: 36 (0.79%)
Danish: 63 (1.38%)
Dutch: 123 (2.7%)
English: 572 (12.54%)
French (except Basque): 151 (3.31%)
French Canadian: 17 (0.37%)
German: 509 (11.16%)
Greek: 31 (0.68%)
Hungarian: 7 (0.15%)
Irish: 693 (15.19%)
Italian: 89 (1.95%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 40 (0.88%)
Polish: 75 (1.64%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 26 (0.57%)
Scotch-Irish: 198 (4.34%)
Scottish: 54 (1.18%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 27 (0.59%)
Swedish: 19 (0.42%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 637 (13.96%)
Welsh: 32 (0.7%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 312 (6.84%)

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