General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3758420, place: Ruth town, North Carolina)SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school: 59 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 4 (6.78%)
Kindergarten: 2 (3.39%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 35 (59.32%)
High school (grades 9-12): 6 (10.17%)
College or graduate school: 12 (20.34%)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTPopulation 25 years and over: 189 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 32 (16.93%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 46 (24.34%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 64 (33.86%)
Some college, no degree: 20 (10.58%)
Associate degree: 10 (5.29%)
Bachelor's degree: 9 (4.76%)
Graduate or professional degree: 8 (4.23%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 58.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 9%
MARITIAL STATUSPopulation 15 years and over: 235 (100%)
Never married: 54 (22.98%)
Now married, except separated: 143 (60.85%)
Separated: 6 (2.55%)
Total Widowed: 22 (9.36%)
Widowed Female: 20 (8.51%)
Total Divorced: 10 (4.26%)
Divorced Female: 6 (2.55%)
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERSGrandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 5 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 5 (100%)
VETERAN STATUSCivilian population 18 years and over: 228 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 25 (10.96%)
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATIONPopulation 5 to 20 years: 60 (100%)
--With a disability: 3 (5%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 181 (100%)
--With a disability: 42 (23.2%)
----Percent employed: 66.7%
--No disability: 139 (76.8%)
----Percent employed: 83.5%
Population 65 years and over: 35 (100%)
--With a disability: 16 (45.71%)
RESIDENCE IN 1995Population 5 years and over: 276 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 157 (56.88%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 119 (43.12%)
--Same county: 89 (32.25%)
--Different county: 30 (10.87%)
----Same state: 12 (4.35%)
----Different state: 18 (6.52%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTHTotal population: 291 (100%)
Native: 289 (99.31%)
--Born in United States: 289 (100%)
----State of residence: 264 (90.72%)
----Different state: 25 (8.59%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 2 (0.69%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 0 (0%)
--Not a citizen: 2 (0.69%)
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORNTotal (excluding born at sea): 2 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 2 (100%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOMEPopulation 5 years and over: 276 (100%)
English only: 270 (97.83%)
Language other than English: 6 (2.17%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.72%)
--Spanish: 6 (2.17%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.72%)
--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: 291 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 144% (49.48%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 2 (0.69%)
Dutch: 2 (0.69%)
English: 23 (7.9%)
French (except Basque): 0 (0%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 18 (6.19%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 13 (4.47%)
Italian: 0 (0%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 0 (0%)
Scottish: 3 (1.03%)
Slovak: 2 (0.69%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 43 (14.78%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 38 (13.06%)
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