Waynesville, NC

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3771500, place: Waynesville town, North Carolina)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,175 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 119 (5.47%)
Kindergarten: 75 (3.45%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 968 (44.51%)
High school (grades 9-12): 514 (23.63%)
College or graduate school: 499 (22.94%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 6,799 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 768 (11.3%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,081 (15.9%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,830 (26.92%)
Some college, no degree: 1,367 (20.11%)
Associate degree: 584 (8.59%)
Bachelor's degree: 761 (11.19%)
Graduate or professional degree: 408 (6%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 72.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 17.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 7,681 (100%)
Never married: 1,233 (16.05%)
Now married, except separated: 4,156 (54.11%)
Separated: 278 (3.62%)
Total Widowed: 964 (12.55%)
Widowed Female: 846 (11.01%)
Total Divorced: 1,050 (13.67%)
Divorced Female: 600 (7.81%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 132 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 60 (45.45%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 7,329 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,318 (17.98%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,721 (100%)
--With a disability: 227 (13.19%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 4,962 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,408 (28.38%)
----Percent employed: 53.7%
--No disability: 3,554 (71.62%)
----Percent employed: 76.1%
Population 65 years and over: 1,921 (100%)
--With a disability: 857 (44.61%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 8,851 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 5,031 (56.84%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 3,800 (42.93%)
--Same county: 2,170 (24.52%)
--Different county: 1,630 (18.42%)
----Same state: 576 (6.51%)
----Different state: 1,054 (11.91%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 20 (0.23%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 9,349 (100%)
Native: 9,233 (98.76%)
--Born in United States: 9,190 (100%)
----State of residence: 6,392 (68.37%)
----Different state: 2,798 (29.93%)
--Born outside United States: 43 (0.46%)
Foreign born: 116 (1.24%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 23 (0.25%)
--Naturalized citizen: 74 (0.79%)
--Not a citizen: 42 (0.45%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 116 (100%)
Europe: 59 (50.86%)
Asia: 21 (18.1%)
Africa: 4 (3.45%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 30 (25.86%)
Northern America: 2 (1.72%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 8,851 (100%)
English only: 8,512 (96.17%)
Language other than English: 339 (3.83%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 154 (1.74%)
--Spanish: 178 (2.01%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 77 (0.87%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 129 (1.46%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 60 (0.68%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 26 (0.29%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 17 (0.19%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 9,349 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 7,923% (84.75%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 35 (0.37%)
Danish: 14 (0.15%)
Dutch: 209 (2.24%)
English: 1,102 (11.79%)
French (except Basque): 172 (1.84%)
French Canadian: 13 (0.14%)
German: 994 (10.63%)
Greek: 34 (0.36%)
Hungarian: 6 (0.06%)
Irish: 1,098 (11.74%)
Italian: 96 (1.03%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 44 (0.47%)
Polish: 129 (1.38%)
Portuguese: 8 (0.09%)
Russian: 20 (0.21%)
Scotch-Irish: 686 (7.34%)
Scottish: 273 (2.92%)
Slovak: 20 (0.21%)
Subsaharan African: 10 (0.11%)
Swedish: 69 (0.74%)
Swiss: 32 (0.34%)
Ukrainian: 21 (0.22%)
United States or American: 1,688 (18.06%)
Welsh: 26 (0.28%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 1,124 (12.02%)

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