Northwest, NC

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3747860, place: Northwest city, North Carolina)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 159 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 4 (2.52%)
Kindergarten: 12 (7.55%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 77 (48.43%)
High school (grades 9-12): 56 (35.22%)
College or graduate school: 10 (6.29%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 476 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 42 (8.82%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 108 (22.69%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 210 (44.12%)
Some college, no degree: 44 (9.24%)
Associate degree: 24 (5.04%)
Bachelor's degree: 35 (7.35%)
Graduate or professional degree: 13 (2.73%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 68.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 10.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 549 (100%)
Never married: 154 (28.05%)
Now married, except separated: 287 (52.28%)
Separated: 11 (2%)
Total Widowed: 46 (8.38%)
Widowed Female: 40 (7.29%)
Total Divorced: 51 (9.29%)
Divorced Female: 19 (3.46%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 31 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 6 (19.35%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 503 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 64 (12.72%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 160 (100%)
--With a disability: 15 (9.38%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 394 (100%)
--With a disability: 97 (24.62%)
----Percent employed: 36.1%
--No disability: 297 (75.38%)
----Percent employed: 74.1%
Population 65 years and over: 90 (100%)
--With a disability: 47 (52.22%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 644 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 455 (70.65%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 189 (29.35%)
--Same county: 86 (13.35%)
--Different county: 103 (15.99%)
----Same state: 76 (11.8%)
----Different state: 27 (4.19%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 687 (100%)
Native: 680 (98.98%)
--Born in United States: 675 (100%)
----State of residence: 514 (74.82%)
----Different state: 161 (23.44%)
--Born outside United States: 5 (0.73%)
Foreign born: 7 (1.02%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 7 (1.02%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 7 (100%)
Europe: 2 (28.57%)
Asia: 1 (14.29%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 4 (57.14%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 644 (100%)
English only: 628 (97.52%)
Language other than English: 16 (2.48%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7 (1.09%)
--Spanish: 11 (1.71%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7 (1.09%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 4 (0.62%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 1 (0.16%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 687 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 615% (89.52%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 0 (0%)
English: 18 (2.62%)
French (except Basque): 2 (0.29%)
French Canadian: 10 (1.46%)
German: 22 (3.2%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 8 (1.16%)
Italian: 2 (0.29%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 6 (0.87%)
Scottish: 0 (0%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 1 (0.15%)
Swedish: 4 (0.58%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 58 (8.44%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 484 (70.45%)

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