Oak Ridge, NC

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3748480, place: Oak Ridge town, North Carolina)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,193 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 103 (8.63%)
Kindergarten: 58 (4.86%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 598 (50.13%)
High school (grades 9-12): 186 (15.59%)
College or graduate school: 248 (20.79%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,637 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 66 (2.5%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 185 (7.02%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 538 (20.4%)
Some college, no degree: 629 (23.85%)
Associate degree: 159 (6.03%)
Bachelor's degree: 722 (27.38%)
Graduate or professional degree: 338 (12.82%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 90.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 40.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,992 (100%)
Never married: 462 (15.44%)
Now married, except separated: 2,279 (76.17%)
Separated: 25 (0.84%)
Total Widowed: 82 (2.74%)
Widowed Female: 64 (2.14%)
Total Divorced: 144 (4.81%)
Divorced Female: 76 (2.54%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 34 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 27 (79.41%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,827 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 321 (11.35%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 967 (100%)
--With a disability: 64 (6.62%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,468 (100%)
--With a disability: 310 (12.56%)
----Percent employed: 50.6%
--No disability: 2,158 (87.44%)
----Percent employed: 81.7%
Population 65 years and over: 262 (100%)
--With a disability: 85 (32.44%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 3,697 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,913 (51.74%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,776 (48.04%)
--Same county: 845 (22.86%)
--Different county: 931 (25.18%)
----Same state: 244 (6.6%)
----Different state: 687 (18.58%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 8 (0.22%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 3,993 (100%)
Native: 3,868 (96.87%)
--Born in United States: 3,845 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,077 (52.02%)
----Different state: 1,768 (44.28%)
--Born outside United States: 23 (0.58%)
Foreign born: 125 (3.13%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 40 (1%)
--Naturalized citizen: 66 (1.65%)
--Not a citizen: 59 (1.48%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 125 (100%)
Europe: 53 (42.4%)
Asia: 50 (40%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 12 (9.6%)
Northern America: 10 (8%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 3,697 (100%)
English only: 3,574 (96.67%)
Language other than English: 123 (3.33%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 16 (0.43%)
--Spanish: 36 (0.97%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5 (0.14%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 43 (1.16%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6 (0.16%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 44 (1.19%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5 (0.14%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 3,993 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 4,036% (101.08%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 6 (0.15%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 95 (2.38%)
English: 841 (21.06%)
French (except Basque): 183 (4.58%)
French Canadian: 37 (0.93%)
German: 579 (14.5%)
Greek: 21 (0.53%)
Hungarian: 8 (0.2%)
Irish: 532 (13.32%)
Italian: 163 (4.08%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 6 (0.15%)
Polish: 12 (0.3%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 21 (0.53%)
Scotch-Irish: 188 (4.71%)
Scottish: 58 (1.45%)
Slovak: 6 (0.15%)
Subsaharan African: 11 (0.28%)
Swedish: 76 (1.9%)
Swiss: 29 (0.73%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 609 (15.25%)
Welsh: 29 (0.73%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 526 (13.17%)

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