Surf City, NC

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3766040, place: Surf City town, North Carolina)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 243 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 13 (5.35%)
Kindergarten: 7 (2.88%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 116 (47.74%)
High school (grades 9-12): 53 (21.81%)
College or graduate school: 54 (22.22%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,105 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 21 (1.9%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 84 (7.6%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 284 (25.7%)
Some college, no degree: 297 (26.88%)
Associate degree: 102 (9.23%)
Bachelor's degree: 220 (19.91%)
Graduate or professional degree: 97 (8.78%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 90.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 28.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,234 (100%)
Never married: 209 (16.94%)
Now married, except separated: 771 (62.48%)
Separated: 22 (1.78%)
Total Widowed: 94 (7.62%)
Widowed Female: 81 (6.56%)
Total Divorced: 138 (11.18%)
Divorced Female: 77 (6.24%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 31 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 23 (74.19%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,141 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 240 (21.03%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 208 (100%)
--With a disability: 29 (13.94%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 868 (100%)
--With a disability: 141 (16.24%)
----Percent employed: 61.7%
--No disability: 727 (83.76%)
----Percent employed: 73%
Population 65 years and over: 232 (100%)
--With a disability: 92 (39.66%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,364 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 501 (36.73%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 852 (62.46%)
--Same county: 110 (8.06%)
--Different county: 742 (54.4%)
----Same state: 429 (31.45%)
----Different state: 313 (22.95%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 11 (0.81%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,438 (100%)
Native: 1,402 (97.5%)
--Born in United States: 1,402 (100%)
----State of residence: 785 (54.59%)
----Different state: 617 (42.91%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 36 (2.5%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 16 (1.11%)
--Naturalized citizen: 25 (1.74%)
--Not a citizen: 11 (0.76%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 36 (100%)
Europe: 10 (27.78%)
Asia: 17 (47.22%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 9 (25%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,364 (100%)
English only: 1,280 (93.84%)
Language other than English: 84 (6.16%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 9 (0.66%)
--Spanish: 41 (3.01%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 39 (2.86%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7 (0.51%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 4 (0.29%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.15%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,438 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,248% (86.79%)
Arab: 3 (0.21%)
Czech: 5 (0.35%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 19 (1.32%)
English: 179 (12.45%)
French (except Basque): 43 (2.99%)
French Canadian: 3 (0.21%)
German: 183 (12.73%)
Greek: 3 (0.21%)
Hungarian: 9 (0.63%)
Irish: 188 (13.07%)
Italian: 34 (2.36%)
Lithuanian: 3 (0.21%)
Norwegian: 3 (0.21%)
Polish: 8 (0.56%)
Portuguese: 2 (0.14%)
Russian: 3 (0.21%)
Scotch-Irish: 61 (4.24%)
Scottish: 39 (2.71%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 9 (0.63%)
Swiss: 1 (0.07%)
Ukrainian: 3 (0.21%)
United States or American: 315 (21.91%)
Welsh: 2 (0.14%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 130 (9.04%)

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