Jamestown, NC

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3734300, place: Jamestown town, North Carolina)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 681 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 77 (11.31%)
Kindergarten: 21 (3.08%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 319 (46.84%)
High school (grades 9-12): 168 (24.67%)
College or graduate school: 96 (14.1%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,994 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 88 (4.41%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 89 (4.46%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 302 (15.15%)
Some college, no degree: 418 (20.96%)
Associate degree: 129 (6.47%)
Bachelor's degree: 711 (35.66%)
Graduate or professional degree: 257 (12.89%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 91.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 48.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,323 (100%)
Never married: 436 (18.77%)
Now married, except separated: 1,572 (67.67%)
Separated: 43 (1.85%)
Total Widowed: 77 (3.31%)
Widowed Female: 60 (2.58%)
Total Divorced: 195 (8.39%)
Divorced Female: 125 (5.38%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 24 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0 (0%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,185 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 293 (13.41%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 609 (100%)
--With a disability: 26 (4.27%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,735 (100%)
--With a disability: 209 (12.05%)
----Percent employed: 70.8%
--No disability: 1,526 (87.95%)
----Percent employed: 83.9%
Population 65 years and over: 386 (100%)
--With a disability: 91 (23.58%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,730 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,394 (51.06%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,336 (48.94%)
--Same county: 705 (25.82%)
--Different county: 631 (23.11%)
----Same state: 271 (9.93%)
----Different state: 360 (13.19%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,886 (100%)
Native: 2,810 (97.37%)
--Born in United States: 2,790 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,555 (53.88%)
----Different state: 1,235 (42.79%)
--Born outside United States: 20 (0.69%)
Foreign born: 76 (2.63%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 17 (0.59%)
--Naturalized citizen: 29 (1%)
--Not a citizen: 47 (1.63%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 76 (100%)
Europe: 26 (34.21%)
Asia: 24 (31.58%)
Africa: 7 (9.21%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 8 (10.53%)
Northern America: 11 (14.47%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,730 (100%)
English only: 2,636 (96.56%)
Language other than English: 94 (3.44%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 13 (0.48%)
--Spanish: 37 (1.36%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 8 (0.29%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 36 (1.32%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5 (0.18%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,886 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,940% (101.87%)
Arab: 28 (0.97%)
Czech: 41 (1.42%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 17 (0.59%)
English: 465 (16.11%)
French (except Basque): 94 (3.26%)
French Canadian: 8 (0.28%)
German: 460 (15.94%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 7 (0.24%)
Irish: 274 (9.49%)
Italian: 86 (2.98%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 45 (1.56%)
Polish: 68 (2.36%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 13 (0.45%)
Scotch-Irish: 92 (3.19%)
Scottish: 93 (3.22%)
Slovak: 7 (0.24%)
Subsaharan African: 8 (0.28%)
Swedish: 34 (1.18%)
Swiss: 7 (0.24%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 573 (19.85%)
Welsh: 20 (0.69%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 500 (17.33%)

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