Piney Green, NC

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3752260, place: Piney Green CDP, North Carolina)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 3,467 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 161 (4.64%)
Kindergarten: 216 (6.23%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,470 (42.4%)
High school (grades 9-12): 654 (18.86%)
College or graduate school: 966 (27.86%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 6,423 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 178 (2.77%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 609 (9.48%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,093 (32.59%)
Some college, no degree: 1,845 (28.72%)
Associate degree: 533 (8.3%)
Bachelor's degree: 878 (13.67%)
Graduate or professional degree: 287 (4.47%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 87.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 18.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 8,747 (100%)
Never married: 1,761 (20.13%)
Now married, except separated: 5,838 (66.74%)
Separated: 248 (2.84%)
Total Widowed: 268 (3.06%)
Widowed Female: 222 (2.54%)
Total Divorced: 632 (7.23%)
Divorced Female: 342 (3.91%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 277 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 165 (59.57%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 6,755 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,761 (26.07%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,870 (100%)
--With a disability: 238 (8.29%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 5,635 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,111 (19.72%)
----Percent employed: 61.1%
--No disability: 4,524 (80.28%)
----Percent employed: 75.8%
Population 65 years and over: 547 (100%)
--With a disability: 275 (50.27%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 10,549 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 3,805 (36.07%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 6,260 (59.34%)
--Same county: 2,148 (20.36%)
--Different county: 4,112 (38.98%)
----Same state: 716 (6.79%)
----Different state: 3,396 (32.19%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 484 (4.59%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 11,721 (100%)
Native: 11,156 (95.18%)
--Born in United States: 10,796 (100%)
----State of residence: 3,866 (32.98%)
----Different state: 6,930 (59.12%)
--Born outside United States: 360 (3.07%)
Foreign born: 565 (4.82%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 117 (1%)
--Naturalized citizen: 361 (3.08%)
--Not a citizen: 204 (1.74%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 565 (100%)
Europe: 107 (18.94%)
Asia: 196 (34.69%)
Africa: 19 (3.36%)
Oceania: 23 (4.07%)
Latin America: 205 (36.28%)
Northern America: 15 (2.65%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 10,549 (100%)
English only: 9,569 (90.71%)
Language other than English: 980 (9.29%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 241 (2.28%)
--Spanish: 512 (4.85%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 124 (1.18%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 225 (2.13%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 14 (0.13%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 240 (2.28%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 103 (0.98%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 11,721 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 11,929% (101.77%)
Arab: 5 (0.04%)
Czech: 44 (0.38%)
Danish: 6 (0.05%)
Dutch: 217 (1.85%)
English: 933 (7.96%)
French (except Basque): 486 (4.15%)
French Canadian: 110 (0.94%)
German: 1,651 (14.09%)
Greek: 76 (0.65%)
Hungarian: 24 (0.2%)
Irish: 1,332 (11.36%)
Italian: 500 (4.27%)
Lithuanian: 10 (0.09%)
Norwegian: 106 (0.9%)
Polish: 246 (2.1%)
Portuguese: 58 (0.49%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 207 (1.77%)
Scottish: 245 (2.09%)
Slovak: 39 (0.33%)
Subsaharan African: 81 (0.69%)
Swedish: 82 (0.7%)
Swiss: 7 (0.06%)
Ukrainian: 25 (0.21%)
United States or American: 967 (8.25%)
Welsh: 29 (0.25%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 34 (0.29%)
Other ancestries: 4,409 (37.62%)

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