Hendersonville, NC

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3730720, place: Hendersonville city, North Carolina)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,955 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 149 (7.62%)
Kindergarten: 80 (4.09%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 871 (44.55%)
High school (grades 9-12): 452 (23.12%)
College or graduate school: 403 (20.61%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 7,688 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 652 (8.48%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 835 (10.86%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,704 (22.16%)
Some college, no degree: 1,780 (23.15%)
Associate degree: 376 (4.89%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,443 (18.77%)
Graduate or professional degree: 898 (11.68%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 80.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 30.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 8,822 (100%)
Never married: 1,850 (20.97%)
Now married, except separated: 4,327 (49.05%)
Separated: 303 (3.43%)
Total Widowed: 1,347 (15.27%)
Widowed Female: 1,142 (12.94%)
Total Divorced: 995 (11.28%)
Divorced Female: 601 (6.81%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 156 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 76 (48.72%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 8,546 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,322 (15.47%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,710 (100%)
--With a disability: 225 (13.16%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 4,773 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,210 (25.35%)
----Percent employed: 52.1%
--No disability: 3,563 (74.65%)
----Percent employed: 73.3%
Population 65 years and over: 2,806 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,107 (39.45%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 9,879 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 4,732 (47.9%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 4,761 (48.19%)
--Same county: 2,589 (26.21%)
--Different county: 2,172 (21.99%)
----Same state: 683 (6.91%)
----Different state: 1,489 (15.07%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 386 (3.91%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 10,372 (100%)
Native: 9,280 (89.47%)
--Born in United States: 9,205 (100%)
----State of residence: 4,134 (39.86%)
----Different state: 5,071 (48.89%)
--Born outside United States: 75 (0.72%)
Foreign born: 1,092 (10.53%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 683 (6.59%)
--Naturalized citizen: 310 (2.99%)
--Not a citizen: 782 (7.54%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,092 (100%)
Europe: 278 (25.46%)
Asia: 37 (3.39%)
Africa: 2 (0.18%)
Oceania: 2 (0.18%)
Latin America: 723 (66.21%)
Northern America: 50 (4.58%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 9,879 (100%)
English only: 8,570 (86.75%)
Language other than English: 1,309 (13.25%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 760 (7.69%)
--Spanish: 959 (9.71%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 668 (6.76%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 279 (2.82%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 67 (0.68%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 29 (0.29%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 10 (0.1%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 10,372 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 10,235% (98.68%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 15 (0.14%)
Danish: 151 (1.46%)
Dutch: 122 (1.18%)
English: 1,667 (16.07%)
French (except Basque): 269 (2.59%)
French Canadian: 75 (0.72%)
German: 1,253 (12.08%)
Greek: 38 (0.37%)
Hungarian: 48 (0.46%)
Irish: 915 (8.82%)
Italian: 240 (2.31%)
Lithuanian: 6 (0.06%)
Norwegian: 51 (0.49%)
Polish: 139 (1.34%)
Portuguese: 15 (0.14%)
Russian: 80 (0.77%)
Scotch-Irish: 499 (4.81%)
Scottish: 341 (3.29%)
Slovak: 14 (0.13%)
Subsaharan African: 65 (0.63%)
Swedish: 71 (0.68%)
Swiss: 32 (0.31%)
Ukrainian: 44 (0.42%)
United States or American: 1,027 (9.9%)
Welsh: 41 (0.4%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 29 (0.28%)
Other ancestries: 2,988 (28.81%)

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