Kings Mountain, NC

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3735880, place: Kings Mountain city, North Carolina)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,069 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 106 (5.12%)
Kindergarten: 113 (5.46%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,253 (60.56%)
High school (grades 9-12): 354 (17.11%)
College or graduate school: 243 (11.74%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 6,417 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 624 (9.72%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,378 (21.47%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,038 (31.76%)
Some college, no degree: 1,177 (18.34%)
Associate degree: 441 (6.87%)
Bachelor's degree: 576 (8.98%)
Graduate or professional degree: 183 (2.85%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 68.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 11.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 7,385 (100%)
Never married: 1,360 (18.42%)
Now married, except separated: 4,033 (54.61%)
Separated: 321 (4.35%)
Total Widowed: 777 (10.52%)
Widowed Female: 631 (8.54%)
Total Divorced: 894 (12.11%)
Divorced Female: 536 (7.26%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 245 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 121 (49.39%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 7,072 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 913 (12.91%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,993 (100%)
--With a disability: 234 (11.74%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 5,137 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,577 (30.7%)
----Percent employed: 58.2%
--No disability: 3,560 (69.3%)
----Percent employed: 77.1%
Population 65 years and over: 1,432 (100%)
--With a disability: 717 (50.07%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 8,823 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 5,290 (59.96%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 3,466 (39.28%)
--Same county: 1,917 (21.73%)
--Different county: 1,549 (17.56%)
----Same state: 1,155 (13.09%)
----Different state: 394 (4.47%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 67 (0.76%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 9,457 (100%)
Native: 9,303 (98.37%)
--Born in United States: 9,278 (100%)
----State of residence: 7,258 (76.75%)
----Different state: 2,020 (21.36%)
--Born outside United States: 25 (0.26%)
Foreign born: 154 (1.63%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 76 (0.8%)
--Naturalized citizen: 53 (0.56%)
--Not a citizen: 101 (1.07%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 154 (100%)
Europe: 18 (11.69%)
Asia: 55 (35.71%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 51 (33.12%)
Northern America: 30 (19.48%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 8,823 (100%)
English only: 8,525 (96.62%)
Language other than English: 298 (3.38%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 181 (2.05%)
--Spanish: 189 (2.14%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 126 (1.43%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 28 (0.32%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 11 (0.12%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 50 (0.57%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 32 (0.36%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 9,457 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 7,196% (76.09%)
Arab: 12 (0.13%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 153 (1.62%)
English: 783 (8.28%)
French (except Basque): 33 (0.35%)
French Canadian: 25 (0.26%)
German: 712 (7.53%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 9 (0.1%)
Irish: 542 (5.73%)
Italian: 84 (0.89%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 7 (0.07%)
Polish: 18 (0.19%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 8 (0.08%)
Scotch-Irish: 277 (2.93%)
Scottish: 59 (0.62%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 120 (1.27%)
Swedish: 7 (0.07%)
Swiss: 15 (0.16%)
Ukrainian: 31 (0.33%)
United States or American: 1,852 (19.58%)
Welsh: 18 (0.19%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 2,431 (25.71%)

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