Lincolnton, NC

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3738320, place: Lincolnton city, North Carolina)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,306 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 257 (11.14%)
Kindergarten: 113 (4.9%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,150 (49.87%)
High school (grades 9-12): 361 (15.65%)
College or graduate school: 425 (18.43%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 6,685 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 931 (13.93%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,268 (18.97%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,732 (25.91%)
Some college, no degree: 1,223 (18.29%)
Associate degree: 356 (5.33%)
Bachelor's degree: 840 (12.57%)
Graduate or professional degree: 335 (5.01%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 67.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 17.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 7,688 (100%)
Never married: 1,575 (20.49%)
Now married, except separated: 4,396 (57.18%)
Separated: 281 (3.66%)
Total Widowed: 661 (8.6%)
Widowed Female: 568 (7.39%)
Total Divorced: 775 (10.08%)
Divorced Female: 497 (6.46%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 139 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 92 (66.19%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 7,433 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 861 (11.58%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,990 (100%)
--With a disability: 126 (6.33%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 5,248 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,342 (25.57%)
----Percent employed: 58.9%
--No disability: 3,906 (74.43%)
----Percent employed: 78.6%
Population 65 years and over: 1,521 (100%)
--With a disability: 753 (49.51%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 9,123 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 4,576 (50.16%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 3,673 (40.26%)
--Same county: 2,006 (21.99%)
--Different county: 1,667 (18.27%)
----Same state: 994 (10.9%)
----Different state: 673 (7.38%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 874 (9.58%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 9,830 (100%)
Native: 8,418 (85.64%)
--Born in United States: 8,389 (100%)
----State of residence: 6,555 (66.68%)
----Different state: 1,834 (18.66%)
--Born outside United States: 29 (0.3%)
Foreign born: 1,412 (14.36%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 1,242 (12.63%)
--Naturalized citizen: 151 (1.54%)
--Not a citizen: 1,261 (12.83%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,412 (100%)
Europe: 80 (5.67%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 1,324 (93.77%)
Northern America: 8 (0.57%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 9,123 (100%)
English only: 7,658 (83.94%)
Language other than English: 1,465 (16.06%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,047 (11.48%)
--Spanish: 1,339 (14.68%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 986 (10.81%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 119 (1.3%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 61 (0.67%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 7 (0.08%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 9,830 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 7,681% (78.14%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 13 (0.13%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 137 (1.39%)
English: 659 (6.7%)
French (except Basque): 104 (1.06%)
French Canadian: 21 (0.21%)
German: 1,254 (12.76%)
Greek: 9 (0.09%)
Hungarian: 18 (0.18%)
Irish: 343 (3.49%)
Italian: 167 (1.7%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 22 (0.22%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 22 (0.22%)
Scotch-Irish: 296 (3.01%)
Scottish: 139 (1.41%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 31 (0.32%)
Swedish: 48 (0.49%)
Swiss: 31 (0.32%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 1,403 (14.27%)
Welsh: 72 (0.73%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 6 (0.06%)
Other ancestries: 2,886 (29.36%)

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