General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3742620, place: Micro town, North Carolina)SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school: 99 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 5 (5.05%)
Kindergarten: 7 (7.07%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 68 (68.69%)
High school (grades 9-12): 9 (9.09%)
College or graduate school: 10 (10.1%)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTPopulation 25 years and over: 317 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 31 (9.78%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 66 (20.82%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 104 (32.81%)
Some college, no degree: 57 (17.98%)
Associate degree: 27 (8.52%)
Bachelor's degree: 28 (8.83%)
Graduate or professional degree: 4 (1.26%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 69.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 10.1%
MARITIAL STATUSPopulation 15 years and over: 379 (100%)
Never married: 75 (19.79%)
Now married, except separated: 217 (57.26%)
Separated: 6 (1.58%)
Total Widowed: 61 (16.09%)
Widowed Female: 54 (14.25%)
Total Divorced: 20 (5.28%)
Divorced Female: 18 (4.75%)
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERSGrandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 4 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 1 (25%)
VETERAN STATUSCivilian population 18 years and over: 373 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 42 (11.26%)
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATIONPopulation 5 to 20 years: 100 (100%)
--With a disability: 7 (7%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 268 (100%)
--With a disability: 70 (26.12%)
----Percent employed: 64.3%
--No disability: 198 (73.88%)
----Percent employed: 84.8%
Population 65 years and over: 86 (100%)
--With a disability: 56 (65.12%)
RESIDENCE IN 1995Population 5 years and over: 454 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 234 (51.54%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 205 (45.15%)
--Same county: 135 (29.74%)
--Different county: 70 (15.42%)
----Same state: 32 (7.05%)
----Different state: 38 (8.37%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 15 (3.3%)
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTHTotal population: 496 (100%)
Native: 463 (93.35%)
--Born in United States: 461 (100%)
----State of residence: 386 (77.82%)
----Different state: 75 (15.12%)
--Born outside United States: 2 (0.4%)
Foreign born: 33 (6.65%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 21 (4.23%)
--Naturalized citizen: 2 (0.4%)
--Not a citizen: 31 (6.25%)
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORNTotal (excluding born at sea): 33 (100%)
Europe: 2 (6.06%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 31 (93.94%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOMEPopulation 5 years and over: 454 (100%)
English only: 409 (90.09%)
Language other than English: 45 (9.91%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 26 (5.73%)
--Spanish: 35 (7.71%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 24 (5.29%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 8 (1.76%)
----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: 496 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 415% (83.67%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 4 (0.81%)
English: 37 (7.46%)
French (except Basque): 4 (0.81%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 7 (1.41%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 3 (0.6%)
Irish: 42 (8.47%)
Italian: 1 (0.2%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 4 (0.81%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 2 (0.4%)
Scotch-Irish: 17 (3.43%)
Scottish: 0 (0%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 132 (26.61%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 162 (32.66%)
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