Wake Forest, NC

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3770540, place: Wake Forest town, North Carolina)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 3,953 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 323 (8.17%)
Kindergarten: 253 (6.4%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,579 (39.94%)
High school (grades 9-12): 637 (16.11%)
College or graduate school: 1,161 (29.37%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 7,922 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 310 (3.91%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 538 (6.79%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,333 (16.83%)
Some college, no degree: 1,639 (20.69%)
Associate degree: 692 (8.74%)
Bachelor's degree: 2,562 (32.34%)
Graduate or professional degree: 848 (10.7%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 89.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 43%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 9,332 (100%)
Never married: 2,008 (21.52%)
Now married, except separated: 5,959 (63.86%)
Separated: 241 (2.58%)
Total Widowed: 412 (4.41%)
Widowed Female: 346 (3.71%)
Total Divorced: 712 (7.63%)
Divorced Female: 435 (4.66%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 153 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 52 (33.99%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 8,886 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 916 (10.31%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,781 (100%)
--With a disability: 144 (5.18%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 7,523 (100%)
--With a disability: 891 (11.84%)
----Percent employed: 67.8%
--No disability: 6,632 (88.16%)
----Percent employed: 81.2%
Population 65 years and over: 832 (100%)
--With a disability: 377 (45.31%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 11,344 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 3,314 (29.21%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 7,774 (68.53%)
--Same county: 3,058 (26.96%)
--Different county: 4,716 (41.57%)
----Same state: 1,430 (12.61%)
----Different state: 3,286 (28.97%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 256 (2.26%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 12,550 (100%)
Native: 11,830 (94.26%)
--Born in United States: 11,696 (100%)
----State of residence: 5,461 (43.51%)
----Different state: 6,235 (49.68%)
--Born outside United States: 134 (1.07%)
Foreign born: 720 (5.74%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 423 (3.37%)
--Naturalized citizen: 239 (1.9%)
--Not a citizen: 481 (3.83%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 720 (100%)
Europe: 127 (17.64%)
Asia: 213 (29.58%)
Africa: 132 (18.33%)
Oceania: 2 (0.28%)
Latin America: 192 (26.67%)
Northern America: 54 (7.5%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 11,344 (100%)
English only: 10,531 (92.83%)
Language other than English: 813 (7.17%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 238 (2.1%)
--Spanish: 318 (2.8%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 101 (0.89%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 271 (2.39%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 57 (0.5%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 135 (1.19%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 53 (0.47%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 12,550 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 12,830% (102.23%)
Arab: 52 (0.41%)
Czech: 63 (0.5%)
Danish: 38 (0.3%)
Dutch: 160 (1.27%)
English: 1,687 (13.44%)
French (except Basque): 371 (2.96%)
French Canadian: 63 (0.5%)
German: 1,584 (12.62%)
Greek: 48 (0.38%)
Hungarian: 46 (0.37%)
Irish: 1,341 (10.69%)
Italian: 724 (5.77%)
Lithuanian: 16 (0.13%)
Norwegian: 79 (0.63%)
Polish: 306 (2.44%)
Portuguese: 17 (0.14%)
Russian: 75 (0.6%)
Scotch-Irish: 452 (3.6%)
Scottish: 366 (2.92%)
Slovak: 23 (0.18%)
Subsaharan African: 132 (1.05%)
Swedish: 98 (0.78%)
Swiss: 23 (0.18%)
Ukrainian: 66 (0.53%)
United States or American: 1,687 (13.44%)
Welsh: 69 (0.55%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 65 (0.52%)
Other ancestries: 3,179 (25.33%)

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