Sawmills, NC

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3759540, place: Sawmills town, North Carolina)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,136 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 56 (4.93%)
Kindergarten: 134 (11.8%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 502 (44.19%)
High school (grades 9-12): 269 (23.68%)
College or graduate school: 175 (15.4%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 3,148 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 310 (9.85%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 713 (22.65%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,165 (37.01%)
Some college, no degree: 620 (19.7%)
Associate degree: 92 (2.92%)
Bachelor's degree: 154 (4.89%)
Graduate or professional degree: 94 (2.99%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 67.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 7.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 3,779 (100%)
Never married: 788 (20.85%)
Now married, except separated: 2,126 (56.26%)
Separated: 184 (4.87%)
Total Widowed: 229 (6.06%)
Widowed Female: 190 (5.03%)
Total Divorced: 452 (11.96%)
Divorced Female: 234 (6.19%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 73 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 35 (47.95%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 3,548 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 321 (9.05%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,101 (100%)
--With a disability: 95 (8.63%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 3,029 (100%)
--With a disability: 782 (25.82%)
----Percent employed: 65%
--No disability: 2,247 (74.18%)
----Percent employed: 86.6%
Population 65 years and over: 340 (100%)
--With a disability: 179 (52.65%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 4,479 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,521 (56.28%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,925 (42.98%)
--Same county: 1,292 (28.85%)
--Different county: 633 (14.13%)
----Same state: 318 (7.1%)
----Different state: 315 (7.03%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 33 (0.74%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 4,853 (100%)
Native: 4,773 (98.35%)
--Born in United States: 4,754 (100%)
----State of residence: 3,905 (80.47%)
----Different state: 849 (17.49%)
--Born outside United States: 19 (0.39%)
Foreign born: 80 (1.65%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 51 (1.05%)
--Naturalized citizen: 32 (0.66%)
--Not a citizen: 48 (0.99%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 80 (100%)
Europe: 14 (17.5%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 66 (82.5%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 4,479 (100%)
English only: 4,319 (96.43%)
Language other than English: 160 (3.57%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 96 (2.14%)
--Spanish: 108 (2.41%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 73 (1.63%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 52 (1.16%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 23 (0.51%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 4,853 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 3,750% (77.27%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 118 (2.43%)
English: 342 (7.05%)
French (except Basque): 79 (1.63%)
French Canadian: 12 (0.25%)
German: 515 (10.61%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 31 (0.64%)
Irish: 455 (9.38%)
Italian: 76 (1.57%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 29 (0.6%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 131 (2.7%)
Scottish: 80 (1.65%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 1,197 (24.67%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 685 (14.11%)

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