Spencer, NC

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3763760, place: Spencer town, North Carolina)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 752 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 65 (8.64%)
Kindergarten: 37 (4.92%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 371 (49.34%)
High school (grades 9-12): 164 (21.81%)
College or graduate school: 115 (15.29%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,300 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 278 (12.09%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 332 (14.43%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 774 (33.65%)
Some college, no degree: 414 (18%)
Associate degree: 165 (7.17%)
Bachelor's degree: 294 (12.78%)
Graduate or professional degree: 43 (1.87%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 73.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 14.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,747 (100%)
Never married: 637 (23.19%)
Now married, except separated: 1,511 (55.01%)
Separated: 54 (1.97%)
Total Widowed: 300 (10.92%)
Widowed Female: 227 (8.26%)
Total Divorced: 245 (8.92%)
Divorced Female: 143 (5.21%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 131 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 79 (60.31%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,593 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 352 (13.58%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 745 (100%)
--With a disability: 101 (13.56%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,797 (100%)
--With a disability: 413 (22.98%)
----Percent employed: 47.9%
--No disability: 1,384 (77.02%)
----Percent employed: 82.5%
Population 65 years and over: 539 (100%)
--With a disability: 229 (42.49%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 3,188 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,750 (54.89%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,386 (43.48%)
--Same county: 848 (26.6%)
--Different county: 538 (16.88%)
----Same state: 255 (8%)
----Different state: 283 (8.88%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 52 (1.63%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 3,430 (100%)
Native: 3,238 (94.4%)
--Born in United States: 3,229 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,432 (70.9%)
----Different state: 797 (23.24%)
--Born outside United States: 9 (0.26%)
Foreign born: 192 (5.6%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 152 (4.43%)
--Naturalized citizen: 104 (3.03%)
--Not a citizen: 88 (2.57%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 192 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 9 (4.69%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 183 (95.31%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 3,188 (100%)
English only: 2,845 (89.24%)
Language other than English: 343 (10.76%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 169 (5.3%)
--Spanish: 289 (9.07%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 162 (5.08%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 35 (1.1%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7 (0.22%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 8 (0.25%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 3,430 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,829% (82.48%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 3 (0.09%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 13 (0.38%)
English: 232 (6.76%)
French (except Basque): 27 (0.79%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 433 (12.62%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 190 (5.54%)
Italian: 41 (1.2%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 14 (0.41%)
Polish: 12 (0.35%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 99 (2.89%)
Scottish: 88 (2.57%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 69 (2.01%)
Swedish: 10 (0.29%)
Swiss: 7 (0.2%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 523 (15.25%)
Welsh: 13 (0.38%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 1,055 (30.76%)

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