General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3736500, place: Lake Lure town, North Carolina)SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school: 105 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 6 (5.71%)
Kindergarten: 8 (7.62%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 45 (42.86%)
High school (grades 9-12): 24 (22.86%)
College or graduate school: 22 (20.95%)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTPopulation 25 years and over: 829 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 15 (1.81%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 41 (4.95%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 183 (22.07%)
Some college, no degree: 233 (28.11%)
Associate degree: 75 (9.05%)
Bachelor's degree: 195 (23.52%)
Graduate or professional degree: 87 (10.49%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 93.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 34%
MARITIAL STATUSPopulation 15 years and over: 870 (100%)
Never married: 109 (12.53%)
Now married, except separated: 660 (75.86%)
Separated: 14 (1.61%)
Total Widowed: 44 (5.06%)
Widowed Female: 31 (3.56%)
Total Divorced: 43 (4.94%)
Divorced Female: 20 (2.3%)
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERSGrandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 6 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 2 (33.33%)
VETERAN STATUSCivilian population 18 years and over: 855 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 231 (27.02%)
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATIONPopulation 5 to 20 years: 94 (100%)
--With a disability: 7 (7.45%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 492 (100%)
--With a disability: 98 (19.92%)
----Percent employed: 52%
--No disability: 394 (80.08%)
----Percent employed: 63.5%
Population 65 years and over: 348 (100%)
--With a disability: 81 (23.28%)
RESIDENCE IN 1995Population 5 years and over: 934 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 486 (52.03%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 441 (47.22%)
--Same county: 76 (8.14%)
--Different county: 365 (39.08%)
----Same state: 105 (11.24%)
----Different state: 260 (27.84%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 7 (0.75%)
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTHTotal population: 975 (100%)
Native: 943 (96.72%)
--Born in United States: 935 (100%)
----State of residence: 299 (30.67%)
----Different state: 636 (65.23%)
--Born outside United States: 8 (0.82%)
Foreign born: 32 (3.28%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 4 (0.41%)
--Naturalized citizen: 21 (2.15%)
--Not a citizen: 11 (1.13%)
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORNTotal (excluding born at sea): 32 (100%)
Europe: 13 (40.63%)
Asia: 6 (18.75%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 4 (12.5%)
Northern America: 9 (28.13%)
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOMEPopulation 5 years and over: 934 (100%)
English only: 897 (96.04%)
Language other than English: 37 (3.96%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 10 (1.07%)
--Spanish: 21 (2.25%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7 (0.75%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 9 (0.96%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1 (0.11%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 7 (0.75%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.21%)
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)Total population: 975 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,160% (118.97%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 36 (3.69%)
English: 250 (25.64%)
French (except Basque): 52 (5.33%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 268 (27.49%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 2 (0.21%)
Irish: 155 (15.9%)
Italian: 36 (3.69%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 7 (0.72%)
Polish: 30 (3.08%)
Portuguese: 4 (0.41%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 79 (8.1%)
Scottish: 45 (4.62%)
Slovak: 3 (0.31%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 10 (1.03%)
Swiss: 5 (0.51%)
Ukrainian: 4 (0.41%)
United States or American: 80 (8.21%)
Welsh: 12 (1.23%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 82 (8.41%)
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