Red Oak, NC

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3755640, place: Red Oak town, North Carolina)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 734 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 35 (4.77%)
Kindergarten: 45 (6.13%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 374 (50.95%)
High school (grades 9-12): 156 (21.25%)
College or graduate school: 124 (16.89%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,789 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 89 (4.97%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 192 (10.73%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 624 (34.88%)
Some college, no degree: 340 (19.01%)
Associate degree: 197 (11.01%)
Bachelor's degree: 288 (16.1%)
Graduate or professional degree: 59 (3.3%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 84.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 19.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,090 (100%)
Never married: 364 (17.42%)
Now married, except separated: 1,447 (69.23%)
Separated: 32 (1.53%)
Total Widowed: 119 (5.69%)
Widowed Female: 97 (4.64%)
Total Divorced: 128 (6.12%)
Divorced Female: 79 (3.78%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 52 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 25 (48.08%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,956 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 270 (13.8%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 677 (100%)
--With a disability: 32 (4.73%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,620 (100%)
--With a disability: 285 (17.59%)
----Percent employed: 55.4%
--No disability: 1,335 (82.41%)
----Percent employed: 82.6%
Population 65 years and over: 241 (100%)
--With a disability: 108 (44.81%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,540 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,692 (66.61%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 830 (32.68%)
--Same county: 600 (23.62%)
--Different county: 230 (9.06%)
----Same state: 145 (5.71%)
----Different state: 85 (3.35%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 18 (0.71%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,720 (100%)
Native: 2,691 (98.93%)
--Born in United States: 2,676 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,158 (79.34%)
----Different state: 518 (19.04%)
--Born outside United States: 15 (0.55%)
Foreign born: 29 (1.07%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 12 (0.44%)
--Naturalized citizen: 17 (0.63%)
--Not a citizen: 12 (0.44%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 29 (100%)
Europe: 8 (27.59%)
Asia: 3 (10.34%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 13 (44.83%)
Northern America: 5 (17.24%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,540 (100%)
English only: 2,456 (96.69%)
Language other than English: 84 (3.31%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 27 (1.06%)
--Spanish: 60 (2.36%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 19 (0.75%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 21 (0.83%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5 (0.2%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 3 (0.12%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3 (0.12%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,720 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,039% (74.96%)
Arab: 7 (0.26%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 16 (0.59%)
Dutch: 24 (0.88%)
English: 382 (14.04%)
French (except Basque): 16 (0.59%)
French Canadian: 15 (0.55%)
German: 193 (7.1%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 175 (6.43%)
Italian: 33 (1.21%)
Lithuanian: 2 (0.07%)
Norwegian: 1 (0.04%)
Polish: 8 (0.29%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 4 (0.15%)
Scotch-Irish: 43 (1.58%)
Scottish: 84 (3.09%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 4 (0.15%)
Swedish: 5 (0.18%)
Swiss: 3 (0.11%)
Ukrainian: 1 (0.04%)
United States or American: 592 (21.76%)
Welsh: 10 (0.37%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 421 (15.48%)

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