Newton, NC

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3747000, place: Newton city, North Carolina)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,665 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 93 (3.49%)
Kindergarten: 215 (8.07%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,351 (50.69%)
High school (grades 9-12): 597 (22.4%)
College or graduate school: 409 (15.35%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 8,645 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 931 (10.77%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,596 (18.46%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,670 (30.88%)
Some college, no degree: 1,699 (19.65%)
Associate degree: 442 (5.11%)
Bachelor's degree: 976 (11.29%)
Graduate or professional degree: 331 (3.83%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 70.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 15.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 10,156 (100%)
Never married: 2,340 (23.04%)
Now married, except separated: 5,420 (53.37%)
Separated: 480 (4.73%)
Total Widowed: 1,017 (10.01%)
Widowed Female: 836 (8.23%)
Total Divorced: 899 (8.85%)
Divorced Female: 488 (4.81%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 371 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 197 (53.1%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 9,745 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,400 (14.37%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,689 (100%)
--With a disability: 277 (10.3%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 7,072 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,621 (22.92%)
----Percent employed: 65.3%
--No disability: 5,451 (77.08%)
----Percent employed: 85.5%
Population 65 years and over: 2,139 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,041 (48.67%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 11,909 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 6,342 (53.25%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 5,111 (42.92%)
--Same county: 3,036 (25.49%)
--Different county: 2,075 (17.42%)
----Same state: 1,113 (9.35%)
----Different state: 962 (8.08%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 456 (3.83%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 12,721 (100%)
Native: 11,610 (91.27%)
--Born in United States: 11,536 (100%)
----State of residence: 8,888 (69.87%)
----Different state: 2,648 (20.82%)
--Born outside United States: 74 (0.58%)
Foreign born: 1,111 (8.73%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 730 (5.74%)
--Naturalized citizen: 130 (1.02%)
--Not a citizen: 981 (7.71%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,111 (100%)
Europe: 20 (1.8%)
Asia: 165 (14.85%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 7 (0.63%)
Latin America: 917 (82.54%)
Northern America: 2 (0.18%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 11,909 (100%)
English only: 10,514 (88.29%)
Language other than English: 1,395 (11.71%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 906 (7.61%)
--Spanish: 1,022 (8.58%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 736 (6.18%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 98 (0.82%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 59 (0.5%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 252 (2.12%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 111 (0.93%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 12,721 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 10,546% (82.9%)
Arab: 54 (0.42%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 138 (1.08%)
English: 689 (5.42%)
French (except Basque): 152 (1.19%)
French Canadian: 16 (0.13%)
German: 2,058 (16.18%)
Greek: 20 (0.16%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 891 (7%)
Italian: 151 (1.19%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 5 (0.04%)
Polish: 51 (0.4%)
Portuguese: 1 (0.01%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 255 (2%)
Scottish: 298 (2.34%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 35 (0.28%)
Swedish: 107 (0.84%)
Swiss: 9 (0.07%)
Ukrainian: 6 (0.05%)
United States or American: 1,987 (15.62%)
Welsh: 33 (0.26%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 3,590 (28.22%)

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