Oxford, NC

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3749800, place: Oxford city, North Carolina)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,965 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 124 (6.31%)
Kindergarten: 154 (7.84%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 982 (49.97%)
High school (grades 9-12): 458 (23.31%)
College or graduate school: 247 (12.57%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 5,483 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 565 (10.3%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,021 (18.62%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,672 (30.49%)
Some college, no degree: 890 (16.23%)
Associate degree: 305 (5.56%)
Bachelor's degree: 725 (13.22%)
Graduate or professional degree: 305 (5.56%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 71.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 18.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 6,450 (100%)
Never married: 1,798 (27.88%)
Now married, except separated: 2,784 (43.16%)
Separated: 216 (3.35%)
Total Widowed: 890 (13.8%)
Widowed Female: 721 (11.18%)
Total Divorced: 762 (11.81%)
Divorced Female: 476 (7.38%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 219 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 105 (47.95%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 6,135 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 683 (11.13%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,687 (100%)
--With a disability: 83 (4.92%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 4,263 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,061 (24.89%)
----Percent employed: 54.2%
--No disability: 3,202 (75.11%)
----Percent employed: 75.3%
Population 65 years and over: 1,266 (100%)
--With a disability: 696 (54.98%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 7,743 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 4,538 (58.61%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,885 (37.26%)
--Same county: 1,593 (20.57%)
--Different county: 1,292 (16.69%)
----Same state: 779 (10.06%)
----Different state: 513 (6.63%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 320 (4.13%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 8,244 (100%)
Native: 7,693 (93.32%)
--Born in United States: 7,632 (100%)
----State of residence: 6,350 (77.03%)
----Different state: 1,282 (15.55%)
--Born outside United States: 61 (0.74%)
Foreign born: 551 (6.68%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 436 (5.29%)
--Naturalized citizen: 79 (0.96%)
--Not a citizen: 472 (5.73%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 551 (100%)
Europe: 9 (1.63%)
Asia: 44 (7.99%)
Africa: 7 (1.27%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 484 (87.84%)
Northern America: 7 (1.27%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 7,743 (100%)
English only: 7,139 (92.2%)
Language other than English: 604 (7.8%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 518 (6.69%)
--Spanish: 498 (6.43%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 477 (6.16%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 94 (1.21%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 29 (0.37%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 12 (0.15%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 12 (0.15%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 8,244 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 6,750% (81.88%)
Arab: 20 (0.24%)
Czech: 14 (0.17%)
Danish: 9 (0.11%)
Dutch: 65 (0.79%)
English: 596 (7.23%)
French (except Basque): 145 (1.76%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 314 (3.81%)
Greek: 7 (0.08%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 124 (1.5%)
Italian: 23 (0.28%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 11 (0.13%)
Polish: 45 (0.55%)
Portuguese: 4 (0.05%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 257 (3.12%)
Scottish: 74 (0.9%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 28 (0.34%)
Swedish: 3 (0.04%)
Swiss: 10 (0.12%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 923 (11.2%)
Welsh: 44 (0.53%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 4,034 (48.93%)

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