Spruce Pine, NC

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3764260, place: Spruce Pine town, North Carolina)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 420 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 11 (2.62%)
Kindergarten: 16 (3.81%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 241 (57.38%)
High school (grades 9-12): 80 (19.05%)
College or graduate school: 72 (17.14%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,442 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 196 (13.59%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 229 (15.88%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 444 (30.79%)
Some college, no degree: 308 (21.36%)
Associate degree: 71 (4.92%)
Bachelor's degree: 116 (8.04%)
Graduate or professional degree: 78 (5.41%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 70.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 13.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,710 (100%)
Never married: 272 (15.91%)
Now married, except separated: 960 (56.14%)
Separated: 53 (3.1%)
Total Widowed: 215 (12.57%)
Widowed Female: 179 (10.47%)
Total Divorced: 210 (12.28%)
Divorced Female: 111 (6.49%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 21 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 12 (57.14%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,642 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 250 (15.23%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 426 (100%)
--With a disability: 39 (9.15%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,092 (100%)
--With a disability: 338 (30.95%)
----Percent employed: 45.9%
--No disability: 754 (69.05%)
----Percent employed: 76.7%
Population 65 years and over: 464 (100%)
--With a disability: 246 (53.02%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,982 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,251 (63.12%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 680 (34.31%)
--Same county: 426 (21.49%)
--Different county: 254 (12.82%)
----Same state: 196 (9.89%)
----Different state: 58 (2.93%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 51 (2.57%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,099 (100%)
Native: 1,993 (94.95%)
--Born in United States: 1,966 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,642 (78.23%)
----Different state: 324 (15.44%)
--Born outside United States: 27 (1.29%)
Foreign born: 106 (5.05%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 61 (2.91%)
--Naturalized citizen: 24 (1.14%)
--Not a citizen: 82 (3.91%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 106 (100%)
Europe: 13 (12.26%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 6 (5.66%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 69 (65.09%)
Northern America: 18 (16.98%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,982 (100%)
English only: 1,849 (93.29%)
Language other than English: 133 (6.71%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 70 (3.53%)
--Spanish: 79 (3.99%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 64 (3.23%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 37 (1.87%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6 (0.3%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,099 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,598% (76.13%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 20 (0.95%)
Dutch: 12 (0.57%)
English: 279 (13.29%)
French (except Basque): 34 (1.62%)
French Canadian: 2 (0.1%)
German: 129 (6.15%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 7 (0.33%)
Irish: 144 (6.86%)
Italian: 15 (0.71%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 1 (0.05%)
Polish: 11 (0.52%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 113 (5.38%)
Scottish: 90 (4.29%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 7 (0.33%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 480 (22.87%)
Welsh: 32 (1.52%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 222 (10.58%)

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