Lumberton, NC

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3739700, place: Lumberton city, North Carolina)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 5,349 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 397 (7.42%)
Kindergarten: 226 (4.23%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 2,362 (44.16%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,199 (22.42%)
College or graduate school: 1,165 (21.78%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 13,169 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,555 (11.81%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 2,317 (17.59%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,958 (22.46%)
Some college, no degree: 2,842 (21.58%)
Associate degree: 815 (6.19%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,654 (12.56%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,028 (7.81%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 70.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 20.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 15,995 (100%)
Never married: 4,526 (28.3%)
Now married, except separated: 7,851 (49.08%)
Separated: 711 (4.45%)
Total Widowed: 1,422 (8.89%)
Widowed Female: 1,167 (7.3%)
Total Divorced: 1,485 (9.28%)
Divorced Female: 987 (6.17%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 515 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 317 (61.55%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 15,121 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,576 (10.42%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 4,459 (100%)
--With a disability: 398 (8.93%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 10,400 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,803 (26.95%)
----Percent employed: 39.9%
--No disability: 7,597 (73.05%)
----Percent employed: 72.5%
Population 65 years and over: 2,448 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,239 (50.61%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 18,908 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 10,037 (53.08%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 8,528 (45.1%)
--Same county: 5,069 (26.81%)
--Different county: 3,459 (18.29%)
----Same state: 2,067 (10.93%)
----Different state: 1,392 (7.36%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 343 (1.81%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 20,522 (100%)
Native: 20,040 (97.65%)
--Born in United States: 19,918 (100%)
----State of residence: 15,482 (75.44%)
----Different state: 4,436 (21.62%)
--Born outside United States: 122 (0.59%)
Foreign born: 482 (2.35%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 371 (1.81%)
--Naturalized citizen: 73 (0.36%)
--Not a citizen: 409 (1.99%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 482 (100%)
Europe: 49 (10.17%)
Asia: 102 (21.16%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 322 (66.8%)
Northern America: 9 (1.87%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 18,908 (100%)
English only: 18,095 (95.7%)
Language other than English: 813 (4.3%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 469 (2.48%)
--Spanish: 562 (2.97%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 320 (1.69%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 122 (0.65%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 48 (0.25%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 129 (0.68%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 101 (0.53%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 20,522 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 14,666% (71.46%)
Arab: 21 (0.1%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 14 (0.07%)
Dutch: 99 (0.48%)
English: 1,561 (7.61%)
French (except Basque): 129 (0.63%)
French Canadian: 70 (0.34%)
German: 648 (3.16%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 38 (0.19%)
Irish: 690 (3.36%)
Italian: 122 (0.59%)
Lithuanian: 16 (0.08%)
Norwegian: 21 (0.1%)
Polish: 73 (0.36%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 14 (0.07%)
Scotch-Irish: 717 (3.49%)
Scottish: 473 (2.3%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 199 (0.97%)
Swedish: 116 (0.57%)
Swiss: 14 (0.07%)
Ukrainian: 5 (0.02%)
United States or American: 1,533 (7.47%)
Welsh: 94 (0.46%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 18 (0.09%)
Other ancestries: 7,981 (38.89%)

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