Star, NC

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3764580, place: Star town, North Carolina)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 149 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 12 (8.05%)
Kindergarten: 8 (5.37%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 77 (51.68%)
High school (grades 9-12): 37 (24.83%)
College or graduate school: 15 (10.07%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 515 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 95 (18.45%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 89 (17.28%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 175 (33.98%)
Some college, no degree: 91 (17.67%)
Associate degree: 28 (5.44%)
Bachelor's degree: 24 (4.66%)
Graduate or professional degree: 13 (2.52%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 64.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 7.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 624 (100%)
Never married: 148 (23.72%)
Now married, except separated: 308 (49.36%)
Separated: 21 (3.37%)
Total Widowed: 74 (11.86%)
Widowed Female: 67 (10.74%)
Total Divorced: 73 (11.7%)
Divorced Female: 35 (5.61%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 15 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 6 (40%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 594 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 88 (14.81%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 144 (100%)
--With a disability: 15 (10.42%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 454 (100%)
--With a disability: 147 (32.38%)
----Percent employed: 46.3%
--No disability: 307 (67.62%)
----Percent employed: 78.2%
Population 65 years and over: 116 (100%)
--With a disability: 50 (43.1%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 714 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 460 (64.43%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 249 (34.87%)
--Same county: 142 (19.89%)
--Different county: 107 (14.99%)
----Same state: 80 (11.2%)
----Different state: 27 (3.78%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 5 (0.7%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 801 (100%)
Native: 778 (97.13%)
--Born in United States: 778 (100%)
----State of residence: 671 (83.77%)
----Different state: 107 (13.36%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 23 (2.87%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 18 (2.25%)
--Naturalized citizen: 6 (0.75%)
--Not a citizen: 17 (2.12%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 23 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 23 (100%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 714 (100%)
English only: 647 (90.62%)
Language other than English: 67 (9.38%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 30 (4.2%)
--Spanish: 59 (8.26%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 26 (3.64%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 4 (0.56%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (0.56%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 4 (0.56%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 801 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 556% (69.41%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 2 (0.25%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 1 (0.12%)
English: 41 (5.12%)
French (except Basque): 9 (1.12%)
French Canadian: 17 (2.12%)
German: 53 (6.62%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 45 (5.62%)
Italian: 8 (1%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 6 (0.75%)
Polish: 2 (0.25%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 25 (3.12%)
Scottish: 21 (2.62%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 169 (21.1%)
Welsh: 3 (0.37%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 154 (19.23%)

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