Lowell, NC

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3739480, place: Lowell city, North Carolina)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 524 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 34 (6.49%)
Kindergarten: 49 (9.35%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 237 (45.23%)
High school (grades 9-12): 118 (22.52%)
College or graduate school: 86 (16.41%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,865 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 312 (16.73%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 426 (22.84%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 528 (28.31%)
Some college, no degree: 347 (18.61%)
Associate degree: 110 (5.9%)
Bachelor's degree: 115 (6.17%)
Graduate or professional degree: 27 (1.45%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 60.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 7.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,138 (100%)
Never married: 452 (21.14%)
Now married, except separated: 1,122 (52.48%)
Separated: 89 (4.16%)
Total Widowed: 229 (10.71%)
Widowed Female: 187 (8.75%)
Total Divorced: 246 (11.51%)
Divorced Female: 143 (6.69%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 89 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 46 (51.69%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,052 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 235 (11.45%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 491 (100%)
--With a disability: 48 (9.78%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,518 (100%)
--With a disability: 410 (27.01%)
----Percent employed: 60.5%
--No disability: 1,108 (72.99%)
----Percent employed: 78.6%
Population 65 years and over: 428 (100%)
--With a disability: 242 (56.54%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,483 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,395 (56.18%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,037 (41.76%)
--Same county: 780 (31.41%)
--Different county: 257 (10.35%)
----Same state: 151 (6.08%)
----Different state: 106 (4.27%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 51 (2.05%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,666 (100%)
Native: 2,598 (97.45%)
--Born in United States: 2,598 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,978 (74.19%)
----Different state: 620 (23.26%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 68 (2.55%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 68 (2.55%)
--Naturalized citizen: 0 (0%)
--Not a citizen: 68 (2.55%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 68 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 50 (73.53%)
Northern America: 18 (26.47%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,483 (100%)
English only: 2,401 (96.7%)
Language other than English: 82 (3.3%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 62 (2.5%)
--Spanish: 75 (3.02%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 62 (2.5%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 7 (0.28%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,666 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,671% (62.68%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 19 (0.71%)
English: 176 (6.6%)
French (except Basque): 15 (0.56%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 177 (6.64%)
Greek: 4 (0.15%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 197 (7.39%)
Italian: 24 (0.9%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 18 (0.68%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 79 (2.96%)
Scottish: 31 (1.16%)
Slovak: 16 (0.6%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 5 (0.19%)
Ukrainian: 9 (0.34%)
United States or American: 643 (24.12%)
Welsh: 2 (0.08%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 256 (9.6%)

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