La Grange, NC

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3736400, place: La Grange town, North Carolina)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 704 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 77 (10.94%)
Kindergarten: 48 (6.82%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 310 (44.03%)
High school (grades 9-12): 200 (28.41%)
College or graduate school: 69 (9.8%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,891 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 229 (12.11%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 290 (15.34%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 626 (33.1%)
Some college, no degree: 416 (22%)
Associate degree: 117 (6.19%)
Bachelor's degree: 179 (9.47%)
Graduate or professional degree: 34 (1.8%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 72.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 11.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,343 (100%)
Never married: 815 (34.78%)
Now married, except separated: 1,029 (43.92%)
Separated: 86 (3.67%)
Total Widowed: 190 (8.11%)
Widowed Female: 159 (6.79%)
Total Divorced: 223 (9.52%)
Divorced Female: 140 (5.98%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 91 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 32 (35.16%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,168 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 224 (10.33%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 719 (100%)
--With a disability: 85 (11.82%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,637 (100%)
--With a disability: 533 (32.56%)
----Percent employed: 56.8%
--No disability: 1,104 (67.44%)
----Percent employed: 67.8%
Population 65 years and over: 367 (100%)
--With a disability: 153 (41.69%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,740 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,661 (60.62%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,039 (37.92%)
--Same county: 570 (20.8%)
--Different county: 469 (17.12%)
----Same state: 341 (12.45%)
----Different state: 128 (4.67%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 40 (1.46%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,936 (100%)
Native: 2,821 (96.08%)
--Born in United States: 2,809 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,335 (79.53%)
----Different state: 474 (16.14%)
--Born outside United States: 12 (0.41%)
Foreign born: 115 (3.92%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 74 (2.52%)
--Naturalized citizen: 4 (0.14%)
--Not a citizen: 111 (3.78%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 115 (100%)
Europe: 40 (34.78%)
Asia: 24 (20.87%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 51 (44.35%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,740 (100%)
English only: 2,588 (94.45%)
Language other than English: 152 (5.55%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 69 (2.52%)
--Spanish: 117 (4.27%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 56 (2.04%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 11 (0.4%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 24 (0.88%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 13 (0.47%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,936 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,540% (86.51%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 16 (0.54%)
Dutch: 0 (0%)
English: 164 (5.59%)
French (except Basque): 27 (0.92%)
French Canadian: 4 (0.14%)
German: 55 (1.87%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 2 (0.07%)
Irish: 81 (2.76%)
Italian: 27 (0.92%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 22 (0.75%)
Polish: 30 (1.02%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 29 (0.99%)
Scottish: 19 (0.65%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 1 (0.03%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 268 (9.13%)
Welsh: 10 (0.34%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 1,785 (60.8%)

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