Mooresville, NC

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3744220, place: Mooresville town, North Carolina)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 4,902 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 341 (6.96%)
Kindergarten: 410 (8.36%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 2,490 (50.8%)
High school (grades 9-12): 964 (19.67%)
College or graduate school: 697 (14.22%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 12,197 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 704 (5.77%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,448 (11.87%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 3,383 (27.74%)
Some college, no degree: 2,814 (23.07%)
Associate degree: 1,064 (8.72%)
Bachelor's degree: 2,042 (16.74%)
Graduate or professional degree: 742 (6.08%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 82.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 22.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 14,375 (100%)
Never married: 3,084 (21.45%)
Now married, except separated: 8,900 (61.91%)
Separated: 310 (2.16%)
Total Widowed: 855 (5.95%)
Widowed Female: 709 (4.93%)
Total Divorced: 1,226 (8.53%)
Divorced Female: 708 (4.93%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 268 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 148 (55.22%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 13,661 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,701 (12.45%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 4,442 (100%)
--With a disability: 427 (9.61%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 10,929 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,829 (16.74%)
----Percent employed: 63.1%
--No disability: 9,100 (83.26%)
----Percent employed: 79.2%
Population 65 years and over: 1,771 (100%)
--With a disability: 863 (48.73%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 17,506 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 6,815 (38.93%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 10,406 (59.44%)
--Same county: 2,971 (16.97%)
--Different county: 7,435 (42.47%)
----Same state: 2,584 (14.76%)
----Different state: 4,851 (27.71%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 285 (1.63%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 19,106 (100%)
Native: 18,388 (96.24%)
--Born in United States: 18,294 (100%)
----State of residence: 10,101 (52.87%)
----Different state: 8,193 (42.88%)
--Born outside United States: 94 (0.49%)
Foreign born: 718 (3.76%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 442 (2.31%)
--Naturalized citizen: 180 (0.94%)
--Not a citizen: 538 (2.82%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 718 (100%)
Europe: 139 (19.36%)
Asia: 212 (29.53%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 231 (32.17%)
Northern America: 136 (18.94%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 17,506 (100%)
English only: 16,730 (95.57%)
Language other than English: 776 (4.43%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 395 (2.26%)
--Spanish: 400 (2.28%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 228 (1.3%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 214 (1.22%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 75 (0.43%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 154 (0.88%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 92 (0.53%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 19,106 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 17,061% (89.3%)
Arab: 62 (0.32%)
Czech: 26 (0.14%)
Danish: 30 (0.16%)
Dutch: 234 (1.22%)
English: 1,622 (8.49%)
French (except Basque): 454 (2.38%)
French Canadian: 123 (0.64%)
German: 2,887 (15.11%)
Greek: 34 (0.18%)
Hungarian: 68 (0.36%)
Irish: 1,945 (10.18%)
Italian: 792 (4.15%)
Lithuanian: 13 (0.07%)
Norwegian: 148 (0.77%)
Polish: 343 (1.8%)
Portuguese: 21 (0.11%)
Russian: 57 (0.3%)
Scotch-Irish: 811 (4.24%)
Scottish: 375 (1.96%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 44 (0.23%)
Swedish: 137 (0.72%)
Swiss: 38 (0.2%)
Ukrainian: 8 (0.04%)
United States or American: 2,616 (13.69%)
Welsh: 122 (0.64%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 24 (0.13%)
Other ancestries: 4,027 (21.08%)

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