Spring Lake, NC

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3764180, place: Spring Lake town, North Carolina)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,261 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 139 (6.15%)
Kindergarten: 88 (3.89%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,085 (47.99%)
High school (grades 9-12): 442 (19.55%)
College or graduate school: 507 (22.42%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 4,289 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 225 (5.25%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 630 (14.69%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,291 (30.1%)
Some college, no degree: 1,328 (30.96%)
Associate degree: 449 (10.47%)
Bachelor's degree: 269 (6.27%)
Graduate or professional degree: 97 (2.26%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 80.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 8.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 6,012 (100%)
Never married: 1,624 (27.01%)
Now married, except separated: 2,916 (48.5%)
Separated: 484 (8.05%)
Total Widowed: 234 (3.89%)
Widowed Female: 177 (2.94%)
Total Divorced: 754 (12.54%)
Divorced Female: 352 (5.85%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 234 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 177 (75.64%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 4,676 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,191 (25.47%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,004 (100%)
--With a disability: 233 (11.63%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 3,888 (100%)
--With a disability: 921 (23.69%)
----Percent employed: 50.3%
--No disability: 2,967 (76.31%)
----Percent employed: 60.6%
Population 65 years and over: 449 (100%)
--With a disability: 190 (42.32%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 7,309 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 3,028 (41.43%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 3,590 (49.12%)
--Same county: 1,249 (17.09%)
--Different county: 2,341 (32.03%)
----Same state: 518 (7.09%)
----Different state: 1,823 (24.94%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 691 (9.45%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 8,193 (100%)
Native: 7,355 (89.77%)
--Born in United States: 6,981 (100%)
----State of residence: 3,140 (38.33%)
----Different state: 3,841 (46.88%)
--Born outside United States: 374 (4.56%)
Foreign born: 838 (10.23%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 371 (4.53%)
--Naturalized citizen: 279 (3.41%)
--Not a citizen: 559 (6.82%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 838 (100%)
Europe: 174 (20.76%)
Asia: 246 (29.36%)
Africa: 9 (1.07%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 409 (48.81%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 7,309 (100%)
English only: 6,171 (84.43%)
Language other than English: 1,138 (15.57%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 537 (7.35%)
--Spanish: 730 (9.99%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 406 (5.55%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 192 (2.63%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 11 (0.15%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 202 (2.76%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 120 (1.64%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 8,193 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 7,741% (94.48%)
Arab: 9 (0.11%)
Czech: 24 (0.29%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 70 (0.85%)
English: 162 (1.98%)
French (except Basque): 105 (1.28%)
French Canadian: 71 (0.87%)
German: 512 (6.25%)
Greek: 13 (0.16%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 407 (4.97%)
Italian: 83 (1.01%)
Lithuanian: 5 (0.06%)
Norwegian: 15 (0.18%)
Polish: 23 (0.28%)
Portuguese: 11 (0.13%)
Russian: 12 (0.15%)
Scotch-Irish: 15 (0.18%)
Scottish: 76 (0.93%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 165 (2.01%)
Swedish: 19 (0.23%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 433 (5.28%)
Welsh: 16 (0.2%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 111 (1.35%)
Other ancestries: 5,384 (65.71%)

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