Locust, NC

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3738860, place: Locust city, North Carolina)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 614 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 66 (10.75%)
Kindergarten: 44 (7.17%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 278 (45.28%)
High school (grades 9-12): 131 (21.34%)
College or graduate school: 95 (15.47%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,599 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 91 (5.69%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 272 (17.01%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 617 (38.59%)
Some college, no degree: 352 (22.01%)
Associate degree: 101 (6.32%)
Bachelor's degree: 108 (6.75%)
Graduate or professional degree: 58 (3.63%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 77.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 10.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,879 (100%)
Never married: 330 (17.56%)
Now married, except separated: 1,288 (68.55%)
Separated: 35 (1.86%)
Total Widowed: 111 (5.91%)
Widowed Female: 99 (5.27%)
Total Divorced: 115 (6.12%)
Divorced Female: 62 (3.3%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 23 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 5 (21.74%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,782 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 233 (13.08%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 505 (100%)
--With a disability: 24 (4.75%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,428 (100%)
--With a disability: 318 (22.27%)
----Percent employed: 68.6%
--No disability: 1,110 (77.73%)
----Percent employed: 87.1%
Population 65 years and over: 279 (100%)
--With a disability: 145 (51.97%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,218 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,423 (64.16%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 795 (35.84%)
--Same county: 252 (11.36%)
--Different county: 543 (24.48%)
----Same state: 444 (20.02%)
----Different state: 99 (4.46%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,412 (100%)
Native: 2,379 (98.63%)
--Born in United States: 2,368 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,856 (76.95%)
----Different state: 512 (21.23%)
--Born outside United States: 11 (0.46%)
Foreign born: 33 (1.37%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 27 (1.12%)
--Naturalized citizen: 5 (0.21%)
--Not a citizen: 28 (1.16%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 33 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 9 (27.27%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 24 (72.73%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,218 (100%)
English only: 2,180 (98.29%)
Language other than English: 38 (1.71%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 20 (0.9%)
--Spanish: 26 (1.17%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 12 (0.54%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 12 (0.54%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 8 (0.36%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,412 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,679% (69.61%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 4 (0.17%)
Danish: 12 (0.5%)
Dutch: 56 (2.32%)
English: 157 (6.51%)
French (except Basque): 44 (1.82%)
French Canadian: 2 (0.08%)
German: 314 (13.02%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 8 (0.33%)
Irish: 159 (6.59%)
Italian: 29 (1.2%)
Lithuanian: 15 (0.62%)
Norwegian: 7 (0.29%)
Polish: 18 (0.75%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 80 (3.32%)
Scottish: 8 (0.33%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 9 (0.37%)
Ukrainian: 13 (0.54%)
United States or American: 496 (20.56%)
Welsh: 13 (0.54%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 235 (9.74%)

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