Monroe, NC

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3743920, place: Monroe city, North Carolina)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 5,976 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 547 (9.15%)
Kindergarten: 478 (8%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 2,915 (48.78%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,160 (19.41%)
College or graduate school: 876 (14.66%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 16,034 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 2,385 (14.87%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 2,804 (17.49%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 4,347 (27.11%)
Some college, no degree: 3,141 (19.59%)
Associate degree: 854 (5.33%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,709 (10.66%)
Graduate or professional degree: 794 (4.95%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 67.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 15.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 20,077 (100%)
Never married: 5,920 (29.49%)
Now married, except separated: 10,154 (50.58%)
Separated: 656 (3.27%)
Total Widowed: 1,541 (7.68%)
Widowed Female: 1,254 (6.25%)
Total Divorced: 1,806 (9%)
Divorced Female: 1,002 (4.99%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 684 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 227 (33.19%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 19,189 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,989 (10.37%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 5,697 (100%)
--With a disability: 621 (10.9%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 15,037 (100%)
--With a disability: 3,628 (24.13%)
----Percent employed: 62.1%
--No disability: 11,409 (75.87%)
----Percent employed: 76.4%
Population 65 years and over: 2,620 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,208 (46.11%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 23,777 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 11,222 (47.2%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 10,730 (45.13%)
--Same county: 5,592 (23.52%)
--Different county: 5,138 (21.61%)
----Same state: 2,661 (11.19%)
----Different state: 2,477 (10.42%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 1,825 (7.68%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 25,953 (100%)
Native: 21,397 (82.45%)
--Born in United States: 21,153 (100%)
----State of residence: 14,892 (57.38%)
----Different state: 6,261 (24.12%)
--Born outside United States: 244 (0.94%)
Foreign born: 4,556 (17.55%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 3,634 (14%)
--Naturalized citizen: 695 (2.68%)
--Not a citizen: 3,861 (14.88%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 4,556 (100%)
Europe: 86 (1.89%)
Asia: 76 (1.67%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 8 (0.18%)
Latin America: 4,376 (96.05%)
Northern America: 10 (0.22%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 23,777 (100%)
English only: 18,884 (79.42%)
Language other than English: 4,893 (20.58%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3,921 (16.49%)
--Spanish: 4,469 (18.8%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3,749 (15.77%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 240 (1.01%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 55 (0.23%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 19 (0.08%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 19 (0.08%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 25,953 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 20,989% (80.87%)
Arab: 54 (0.21%)
Czech: 33 (0.13%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 205 (0.79%)
English: 2,000 (7.71%)
French (except Basque): 264 (1.02%)
French Canadian: 35 (0.13%)
German: 1,827 (7.04%)
Greek: 42 (0.16%)
Hungarian: 28 (0.11%)
Irish: 1,085 (4.18%)
Italian: 509 (1.96%)
Lithuanian: 67 (0.26%)
Norwegian: 50 (0.19%)
Polish: 174 (0.67%)
Portuguese: 7 (0.03%)
Russian: 27 (0.1%)
Scotch-Irish: 788 (3.04%)
Scottish: 247 (0.95%)
Slovak: 7 (0.03%)
Subsaharan African: 216 (0.83%)
Swedish: 71 (0.27%)
Swiss: 33 (0.13%)
Ukrainian: 36 (0.14%)
United States or American: 2,692 (10.37%)
Welsh: 98 (0.38%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 106 (0.41%)
Other ancestries: 10,288 (39.64%)

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