Mount Airy, NC

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3744800, place: Mount Airy city, North Carolina)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,005 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 136 (6.78%)
Kindergarten: 100 (4.99%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 978 (48.78%)
High school (grades 9-12): 310 (15.46%)
College or graduate school: 481 (23.99%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 6,098 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,036 (16.99%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,048 (17.19%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,392 (22.83%)
Some college, no degree: 1,078 (17.68%)
Associate degree: 314 (5.15%)
Bachelor's degree: 920 (15.09%)
Graduate or professional degree: 310 (5.08%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 65.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 20.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 6,862 (100%)
Never married: 1,247 (18.17%)
Now married, except separated: 3,514 (51.21%)
Separated: 276 (4.02%)
Total Widowed: 1,029 (15%)
Widowed Female: 892 (13%)
Total Divorced: 796 (11.6%)
Divorced Female: 481 (7.01%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 128 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 64 (50%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 6,637 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 933 (14.06%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,651 (100%)
--With a disability: 145 (8.78%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 4,246 (100%)
--With a disability: 996 (23.46%)
----Percent employed: 50.4%
--No disability: 3,250 (76.54%)
----Percent employed: 80.7%
Population 65 years and over: 1,667 (100%)
--With a disability: 860 (51.59%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 8,055 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 4,371 (54.26%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 3,496 (43.4%)
--Same county: 2,058 (25.55%)
--Different county: 1,438 (17.85%)
----Same state: 473 (5.87%)
----Different state: 965 (11.98%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 188 (2.33%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 8,460 (100%)
Native: 7,941 (93.87%)
--Born in United States: 7,912 (100%)
----State of residence: 5,522 (65.27%)
----Different state: 2,390 (28.25%)
--Born outside United States: 29 (0.34%)
Foreign born: 519 (6.13%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 318 (3.76%)
--Naturalized citizen: 39 (0.46%)
--Not a citizen: 480 (5.67%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 519 (100%)
Europe: 46 (8.86%)
Asia: 165 (31.79%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 308 (59.34%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 8,055 (100%)
English only: 7,316 (90.83%)
Language other than English: 739 (9.17%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 509 (6.32%)
--Spanish: 428 (5.31%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 323 (4.01%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 75 (0.93%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7 (0.09%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 236 (2.93%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 179 (2.22%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 8,460 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 6,401% (75.66%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 7 (0.08%)
Dutch: 47 (0.56%)
English: 869 (10.27%)
French (except Basque): 80 (0.95%)
French Canadian: 12 (0.14%)
German: 483 (5.71%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 6 (0.07%)
Irish: 492 (5.82%)
Italian: 60 (0.71%)
Lithuanian: 17 (0.2%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 29 (0.34%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 11 (0.13%)
Scotch-Irish: 241 (2.85%)
Scottish: 184 (2.17%)
Slovak: 46 (0.54%)
Subsaharan African: 50 (0.59%)
Swedish: 23 (0.27%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 10 (0.12%)
United States or American: 1,754 (20.73%)
Welsh: 33 (0.39%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 1,947 (23.01%)

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