Silver Lake, NC

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3761950, place: Silver Lake CDP, North Carolina)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,419 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 153 (10.78%)
Kindergarten: 82 (5.78%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 609 (42.92%)
High school (grades 9-12): 258 (18.18%)
College or graduate school: 317 (22.34%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 3,802 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 128 (3.37%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 348 (9.15%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,137 (29.91%)
Some college, no degree: 1,010 (26.56%)
Associate degree: 261 (6.86%)
Bachelor's degree: 675 (17.75%)
Graduate or professional degree: 243 (6.39%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 87.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 24.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 4,504 (100%)
Never married: 1,013 (22.49%)
Now married, except separated: 2,634 (58.48%)
Separated: 156 (3.46%)
Total Widowed: 149 (3.31%)
Widowed Female: 138 (3.06%)
Total Divorced: 552 (12.26%)
Divorced Female: 313 (6.95%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 102 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 33 (32.35%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 4,305 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 630 (14.63%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,201 (100%)
--With a disability: 151 (12.57%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 3,704 (100%)
--With a disability: 525 (14.17%)
----Percent employed: 49.5%
--No disability: 3,179 (85.83%)
----Percent employed: 76.4%
Population 65 years and over: 415 (100%)
--With a disability: 162 (39.04%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 5,320 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,435 (45.77%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,800 (52.63%)
--Same county: 1,244 (23.38%)
--Different county: 1,556 (29.25%)
----Same state: 609 (11.45%)
----Different state: 947 (17.8%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 85 (1.6%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 5,760 (100%)
Native: 5,467 (94.91%)
--Born in United States: 5,409 (100%)
----State of residence: 3,090 (53.65%)
----Different state: 2,319 (40.26%)
--Born outside United States: 58 (1.01%)
Foreign born: 293 (5.09%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 112 (1.94%)
--Naturalized citizen: 110 (1.91%)
--Not a citizen: 183 (3.18%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 293 (100%)
Europe: 116 (39.59%)
Asia: 57 (19.45%)
Africa: 15 (5.12%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 105 (35.84%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 5,320 (100%)
English only: 4,964 (93.31%)
Language other than English: 356 (6.69%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 217 (4.08%)
--Spanish: 193 (3.63%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 135 (2.54%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 115 (2.16%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 43 (0.81%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 41 (0.77%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 32 (0.6%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 5,760 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 5,473% (95.02%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 25 (0.43%)
Danish: 18 (0.31%)
Dutch: 165 (2.86%)
English: 744 (12.92%)
French (except Basque): 120 (2.08%)
French Canadian: 53 (0.92%)
German: 838 (14.55%)
Greek: 24 (0.42%)
Hungarian: 15 (0.26%)
Irish: 836 (14.51%)
Italian: 326 (5.66%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 47 (0.82%)
Polish: 53 (0.92%)
Portuguese: 8 (0.14%)
Russian: 31 (0.54%)
Scotch-Irish: 210 (3.65%)
Scottish: 81 (1.41%)
Slovak: 44 (0.76%)
Subsaharan African: 62 (1.08%)
Swedish: 38 (0.66%)
Swiss: 25 (0.43%)
Ukrainian: 29 (0.5%)
United States or American: 575 (9.98%)
Welsh: 64 (1.11%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 1,042 (18.09%)

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