Newport, NC

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3746860, place: Newport town, North Carolina)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 832 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 30 (3.61%)
Kindergarten: 50 (6.01%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 394 (47.36%)
High school (grades 9-12): 194 (23.32%)
College or graduate school: 164 (19.71%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,228 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 155 (6.96%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 385 (17.28%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 740 (33.21%)
Some college, no degree: 608 (27.29%)
Associate degree: 135 (6.06%)
Bachelor's degree: 118 (5.3%)
Graduate or professional degree: 87 (3.9%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 75.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 9.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,662 (100%)
Never married: 534 (20.06%)
Now married, except separated: 1,623 (60.97%)
Separated: 89 (3.34%)
Total Widowed: 163 (6.12%)
Widowed Female: 139 (5.22%)
Total Divorced: 253 (9.5%)
Divorced Female: 130 (4.88%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 63 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 34 (53.97%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,423 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 618 (25.51%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 705 (100%)
--With a disability: 77 (10.92%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,639 (100%)
--With a disability: 342 (20.87%)
----Percent employed: 56.7%
--No disability: 1,297 (79.13%)
----Percent employed: 76.6%
Population 65 years and over: 369 (100%)
--With a disability: 158 (42.82%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 3,129 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,383 (44.2%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,696 (54.2%)
--Same county: 771 (24.64%)
--Different county: 925 (29.56%)
----Same state: 525 (16.78%)
----Different state: 400 (12.78%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 50 (1.6%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 3,346 (100%)
Native: 3,230 (96.53%)
--Born in United States: 3,191 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,676 (50.09%)
----Different state: 1,515 (45.28%)
--Born outside United States: 39 (1.17%)
Foreign born: 116 (3.47%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 32 (0.96%)
--Naturalized citizen: 72 (2.15%)
--Not a citizen: 44 (1.32%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 116 (100%)
Europe: 16 (13.79%)
Asia: 46 (39.66%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 54 (46.55%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 3,129 (100%)
English only: 3,011 (96.23%)
Language other than English: 118 (3.77%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 30 (0.96%)
--Spanish: 66 (2.11%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 14 (0.45%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 22 (0.7%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 30 (0.96%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 16 (0.51%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 3,346 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,802% (83.74%)
Arab: 12 (0.36%)
Czech: 4 (0.12%)
Danish: 6 (0.18%)
Dutch: 8 (0.24%)
English: 339 (10.13%)
French (except Basque): 113 (3.38%)
French Canadian: 7 (0.21%)
German: 266 (7.95%)
Greek: 22 (0.66%)
Hungarian: 32 (0.96%)
Irish: 331 (9.89%)
Italian: 154 (4.6%)
Lithuanian: 4 (0.12%)
Norwegian: 19 (0.57%)
Polish: 76 (2.27%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 7 (0.21%)
Scotch-Irish: 78 (2.33%)
Scottish: 78 (2.33%)
Slovak: 13 (0.39%)
Subsaharan African: 12 (0.36%)
Swedish: 4 (0.12%)
Swiss: 3 (0.09%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 423 (12.64%)
Welsh: 19 (0.57%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 25 (0.75%)
Other ancestries: 747 (22.33%)

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