New Bern, NC

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3746340, place: New Bern city, North Carolina)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 5,579 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 465 (8.33%)
Kindergarten: 267 (4.79%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 2,566 (45.99%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,130 (20.25%)
College or graduate school: 1,151 (20.63%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 15,576 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,084 (6.96%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 2,109 (13.54%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 4,164 (26.73%)
Some college, no degree: 3,485 (22.37%)
Associate degree: 1,152 (7.4%)
Bachelor's degree: 2,441 (15.67%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,141 (7.33%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 79.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 23%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 18,394 (100%)
Never married: 4,716 (25.64%)
Now married, except separated: 8,660 (47.08%)
Separated: 992 (5.39%)
Total Widowed: 1,886 (10.25%)
Widowed Female: 1,611 (8.76%)
Total Divorced: 2,140 (11.63%)
Divorced Female: 1,280 (6.96%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 483 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 281 (58.18%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 17,315 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 3,116 (18%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 4,590 (100%)
--With a disability: 441 (9.61%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 12,261 (100%)
--With a disability: 3,013 (24.57%)
----Percent employed: 50.2%
--No disability: 9,248 (75.43%)
----Percent employed: 74.3%
Population 65 years and over: 3,982 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,746 (43.85%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 21,426 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 11,080 (51.71%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 9,905 (46.23%)
--Same county: 5,632 (26.29%)
--Different county: 4,273 (19.94%)
----Same state: 1,791 (8.36%)
----Different state: 2,482 (11.58%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 441 (2.06%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 22,909 (100%)
Native: 22,076 (96.36%)
--Born in United States: 21,813 (100%)
----State of residence: 14,362 (62.69%)
----Different state: 7,451 (32.52%)
--Born outside United States: 263 (1.15%)
Foreign born: 833 (3.64%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 426 (1.86%)
--Naturalized citizen: 292 (1.27%)
--Not a citizen: 541 (2.36%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 833 (100%)
Europe: 204 (24.49%)
Asia: 189 (22.69%)
Africa: 11 (1.32%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 392 (47.06%)
Northern America: 37 (4.44%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 21,426 (100%)
English only: 20,245 (94.49%)
Language other than English: 1,181 (5.51%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 603 (2.81%)
--Spanish: 608 (2.84%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 354 (1.65%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 387 (1.81%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 144 (0.67%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 175 (0.82%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 94 (0.44%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 22,909 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 21,683% (94.65%)
Arab: 11 (0.05%)
Czech: 35 (0.15%)
Danish: 65 (0.28%)
Dutch: 156 (0.68%)
English: 2,482 (10.83%)
French (except Basque): 433 (1.89%)
French Canadian: 119 (0.52%)
German: 1,941 (8.47%)
Greek: 28 (0.12%)
Hungarian: 41 (0.18%)
Irish: 1,955 (8.53%)
Italian: 417 (1.82%)
Lithuanian: 7 (0.03%)
Norwegian: 137 (0.6%)
Polish: 361 (1.58%)
Portuguese: 70 (0.31%)
Russian: 38 (0.17%)
Scotch-Irish: 330 (1.44%)
Scottish: 588 (2.57%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 270 (1.18%)
Swedish: 123 (0.54%)
Swiss: 128 (0.56%)
Ukrainian: 35 (0.15%)
United States or American: 2,312 (10.09%)
Welsh: 131 (0.57%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 38 (0.17%)
Other ancestries: 9,432 (41.17%)

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