Ocracoke, NC

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3748740, place: Ocracoke CDP, North Carolina)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 68 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 0 (0%)
Kindergarten: 7 (10.29%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 37 (54.41%)
High school (grades 9-12): 24 (35.29%)
College or graduate school: 0 (0%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 585 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 21 (3.59%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 62 (10.6%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 208 (35.56%)
Some college, no degree: 108 (18.46%)
Associate degree: 34 (5.81%)
Bachelor's degree: 131 (22.39%)
Graduate or professional degree: 21 (3.59%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 85.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 26%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 667 (100%)
Never married: 115 (17.24%)
Now married, except separated: 433 (64.92%)
Separated: 12 (1.8%)
Total Widowed: 42 (6.3%)
Widowed Female: 37 (5.55%)
Total Divorced: 65 (9.75%)
Divorced Female: 43 (6.45%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 30 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 14 (46.67%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 643 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 178 (27.68%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 112 (100%)
--With a disability: 7 (6.25%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 465 (100%)
--With a disability: 40 (8.6%)
----Percent employed: 62.5%
--No disability: 425 (91.4%)
----Percent employed: 68.5%
Population 65 years and over: 134 (100%)
--With a disability: 70 (52.24%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 711 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 492 (69.2%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 219 (30.8%)
--Same county: 65 (9.14%)
--Different county: 154 (21.66%)
----Same state: 48 (6.75%)
----Different state: 106 (14.91%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 730 (100%)
Native: 725 (99.32%)
--Born in United States: 725 (100%)
----State of residence: 380 (52.05%)
----Different state: 345 (47.26%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 5 (0.68%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 0 (0%)
--Not a citizen: 5 (0.68%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 5 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 5 (100%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 711 (100%)
English only: 702 (98.73%)
Language other than English: 9 (1.27%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Spanish: 9 (1.27%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 730 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 641% (87.81%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 0 (0%)
English: 168 (23.01%)
French (except Basque): 23 (3.15%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 118 (16.16%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 8 (1.1%)
Irish: 141 (19.32%)
Italian: 28 (3.84%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 19 (2.6%)
Scottish: 35 (4.79%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 40 (5.48%)
United States or American: 27 (3.7%)
Welsh: 22 (3.01%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 12 (1.64%)

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