Maxton, NC

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3742020, place: Maxton town, North Carolina)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 834 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 53 (6.35%)
Kindergarten: 45 (5.4%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 372 (44.6%)
High school (grades 9-12): 221 (26.5%)
College or graduate school: 143 (17.15%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,609 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 190 (11.81%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 294 (18.27%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 580 (36.05%)
Some college, no degree: 300 (18.65%)
Associate degree: 54 (3.36%)
Bachelor's degree: 156 (9.7%)
Graduate or professional degree: 35 (2.18%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 69.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 11.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,015 (100%)
Never married: 653 (32.41%)
Now married, except separated: 880 (43.67%)
Separated: 119 (5.91%)
Total Widowed: 243 (12.06%)
Widowed Female: 208 (10.32%)
Total Divorced: 120 (5.96%)
Divorced Female: 95 (4.71%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 115 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 77 (66.96%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,889 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 260 (13.76%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 719 (100%)
--With a disability: 43 (5.98%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,394 (100%)
--With a disability: 405 (29.05%)
----Percent employed: 53.8%
--No disability: 989 (70.95%)
----Percent employed: 64.8%
Population 65 years and over: 336 (100%)
--With a disability: 157 (46.73%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,463 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,560 (63.34%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 851 (34.55%)
--Same county: 481 (19.53%)
--Different county: 370 (15.02%)
----Same state: 192 (7.8%)
----Different state: 178 (7.23%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 52 (2.11%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,675 (100%)
Native: 2,631 (98.36%)
--Born in United States: 2,600 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,080 (77.76%)
----Different state: 520 (19.44%)
--Born outside United States: 31 (1.16%)
Foreign born: 44 (1.64%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 20 (0.75%)
--Naturalized citizen: 16 (0.6%)
--Not a citizen: 28 (1.05%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 44 (100%)
Europe: 4 (9.09%)
Asia: 14 (31.82%)
Africa: 17 (38.64%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 5 (11.36%)
Northern America: 4 (9.09%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,463 (100%)
English only: 2,323 (94.32%)
Language other than English: 140 (5.68%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 52 (2.11%)
--Spanish: 69 (2.8%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 34 (1.38%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 45 (1.83%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (0.16%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 18 (0.73%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6 (0.24%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,675 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,241% (83.78%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 5 (0.19%)
English: 85 (3.18%)
French (except Basque): 11 (0.41%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 48 (1.79%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 4 (0.15%)
Irish: 85 (3.18%)
Italian: 0 (0%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 6 (0.22%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 90 (3.36%)
Scottish: 36 (1.35%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 28 (1.05%)
Swedish: 6 (0.22%)
Swiss: 5 (0.19%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 181 (6.77%)
Welsh: 11 (0.41%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 5 (0.19%)
Other ancestries: 1,635 (61.12%)

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