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Mount Olive, NC

Wayne County, North Carolina

Latitude: 35.195086     Longitude: -78.067528
Population 4,442 (2005)
Elevation of Mount Olive, North Carolina: 165 feet



General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3745100, place: Mount Olive town, North Carolina)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,492 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 79 (5.29%)
Kindergarten: 45 (3.02%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 537 (35.99%)
High school (grades 9-12): 301 (20.17%)
College or graduate school: 530 (35.52%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,959 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 312 (10.54%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 687 (23.22%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 914 (30.89%)
Some college, no degree: 545 (18.42%)
Associate degree: 140 (4.73%)
Bachelor's degree: 243 (8.21%)
Graduate or professional degree: 118 (3.99%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 66.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 12.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 3,807 (100%)
Never married: 1,215 (31.91%)
Now married, except separated: 1,549 (40.69%)
Separated: 179 (4.7%)
Total Widowed: 539 (14.16%)
Widowed Female: 485 (12.74%)
Total Divorced: 325 (8.54%)
Divorced Female: 243 (6.38%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 155 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 69 (44.52%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 3,637 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 365 (10.04%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,206 (100%)
--With a disability: 132 (10.95%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,306 (100%)
--With a disability: 766 (33.22%)
----Percent employed: 49.5%
--No disability: 1,540 (66.78%)
----Percent employed: 73.4%
Population 65 years and over: 839 (100%)
--With a disability: 511 (60.91%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 4,470 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,546 (56.96%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,835 (41.05%)
--Same county: 1,080 (24.16%)
--Different county: 755 (16.89%)
----Same state: 480 (10.74%)
----Different state: 275 (6.15%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 89 (1.99%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 4,705 (100%)
Native: 4,641 (98.64%)
--Born in United States: 4,574 (100%)
----State of residence: 3,840 (81.62%)
----Different state: 734 (15.6%)
--Born outside United States: 67 (1.42%)
Foreign born: 64 (1.36%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 44 (0.94%)
--Naturalized citizen: 39 (0.83%)
--Not a citizen: 25 (0.53%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 64 (100%)
Europe: 17 (26.56%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 6 (9.38%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 41 (64.06%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 4,470 (100%)
English only: 4,344 (97.18%)
Language other than English: 126 (2.82%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 57 (1.28%)
--Spanish: 94 (2.1%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 44 (0.98%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 22 (0.49%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 9 (0.2%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 10 (0.22%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (0.09%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 4,705 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 3,973% (84.44%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 10 (0.21%)
English: 280 (5.95%)
French (except Basque): 12 (0.26%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 172 (3.66%)
Greek: 8 (0.17%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 201 (4.27%)
Italian: 49 (1.04%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 31 (0.66%)
Polish: 3 (0.06%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 42 (0.89%)
Scottish: 69 (1.47%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 58 (1.23%)
Swedish: 13 (0.28%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 563 (11.97%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 5 (0.11%)
Other ancestries: 2,457 (52.22%)

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