Valdese, NC

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3769520, place: Valdese town, North Carolina)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 949 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 68 (7.17%)
Kindergarten: 78 (8.22%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 476 (50.16%)
High school (grades 9-12): 167 (17.6%)
College or graduate school: 160 (16.86%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 3,041 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 420 (13.81%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 472 (15.52%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 842 (27.69%)
Some college, no degree: 499 (16.41%)
Associate degree: 207 (6.81%)
Bachelor's degree: 411 (13.52%)
Graduate or professional degree: 190 (6.25%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 70.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 19.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 3,457 (100%)
Never married: 621 (17.96%)
Now married, except separated: 1,995 (57.71%)
Separated: 116 (3.36%)
Total Widowed: 335 (9.69%)
Widowed Female: 303 (8.76%)
Total Divorced: 390 (11.28%)
Divorced Female: 221 (6.39%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 77 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 31 (40.26%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 3,336 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 439 (13.16%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 846 (100%)
--With a disability: 70 (8.27%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,277 (100%)
--With a disability: 610 (26.79%)
----Percent employed: 63.3%
--No disability: 1,667 (73.21%)
----Percent employed: 82.1%
Population 65 years and over: 766 (100%)
--With a disability: 352 (45.95%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 4,056 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,314 (57.05%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,675 (41.3%)
--Same county: 904 (22.29%)
--Different county: 771 (19.01%)
----Same state: 404 (9.96%)
----Different state: 367 (9.05%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 67 (1.65%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 4,397 (100%)
Native: 4,133 (94%)
--Born in United States: 4,115 (100%)
----State of residence: 3,152 (71.69%)
----Different state: 963 (21.9%)
--Born outside United States: 18 (0.41%)
Foreign born: 264 (6%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 143 (3.25%)
--Naturalized citizen: 65 (1.48%)
--Not a citizen: 199 (4.53%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 264 (100%)
Europe: 27 (10.23%)
Asia: 80 (30.3%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 157 (59.47%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 4,056 (100%)
English only: 3,669 (90.46%)
Language other than English: 387 (9.54%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 218 (5.37%)
--Spanish: 192 (4.73%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 131 (3.23%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 57 (1.41%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 13 (0.32%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 138 (3.4%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 74 (1.82%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 4,397 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 3,214% (73.1%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 2 (0.05%)
Danish: 2 (0.05%)
Dutch: 72 (1.64%)
English: 360 (8.19%)
French (except Basque): 93 (2.12%)
French Canadian: 3 (0.07%)
German: 528 (12.01%)
Greek: 4 (0.09%)
Hungarian: 2 (0.05%)
Irish: 355 (8.07%)
Italian: 261 (5.94%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 5 (0.11%)
Polish: 33 (0.75%)
Portuguese: 3 (0.07%)
Russian: 2 (0.05%)
Scotch-Irish: 142 (3.23%)
Scottish: 96 (2.18%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 24 (0.55%)
Swiss: 4 (0.09%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 454 (10.33%)
Welsh: 11 (0.25%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 758 (17.24%)

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