Wendell, NC

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3771860, place: Wendell town, North Carolina)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,194 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 98 (8.21%)
Kindergarten: 76 (6.37%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 632 (52.93%)
High school (grades 9-12): 242 (20.27%)
College or graduate school: 146 (12.23%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,685 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 176 (6.55%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 350 (13.04%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 763 (28.42%)
Some college, no degree: 655 (24.39%)
Associate degree: 222 (8.27%)
Bachelor's degree: 408 (15.2%)
Graduate or professional degree: 111 (4.13%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 80.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 19.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 3,154 (100%)
Never married: 814 (25.81%)
Now married, except separated: 1,638 (51.93%)
Separated: 105 (3.33%)
Total Widowed: 282 (8.94%)
Widowed Female: 255 (8.08%)
Total Divorced: 315 (9.99%)
Divorced Female: 218 (6.91%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 56 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 41 (73.21%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,965 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 384 (12.95%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,051 (100%)
--With a disability: 89 (8.47%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,326 (100%)
--With a disability: 448 (19.26%)
----Percent employed: 56.3%
--No disability: 1,878 (80.74%)
----Percent employed: 83.9%
Population 65 years and over: 517 (100%)
--With a disability: 299 (57.83%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 3,896 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,970 (50.56%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,878 (48.2%)
--Same county: 1,194 (30.65%)
--Different county: 684 (17.56%)
----Same state: 330 (8.47%)
----Different state: 354 (9.09%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 48 (1.23%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 4,208 (100%)
Native: 4,047 (96.17%)
--Born in United States: 3,998 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,810 (66.78%)
----Different state: 1,188 (28.23%)
--Born outside United States: 49 (1.16%)
Foreign born: 161 (3.83%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 106 (2.52%)
--Naturalized citizen: 35 (0.83%)
--Not a citizen: 126 (2.99%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 161 (100%)
Europe: 20 (12.42%)
Asia: 14 (8.7%)
Africa: 2 (1.24%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 123 (76.4%)
Northern America: 2 (1.24%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 3,896 (100%)
English only: 3,608 (92.61%)
Language other than English: 288 (7.39%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 146 (3.75%)
--Spanish: 229 (5.88%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 128 (3.29%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 50 (1.28%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 14 (0.36%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 9 (0.23%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (0.1%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 4,208 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 3,835% (91.14%)
Arab: 10 (0.24%)
Czech: 12 (0.29%)
Danish: 7 (0.17%)
Dutch: 55 (1.31%)
English: 475 (11.29%)
French (except Basque): 60 (1.43%)
French Canadian: 18 (0.43%)
German: 382 (9.08%)
Greek: 10 (0.24%)
Hungarian: 2 (0.05%)
Irish: 330 (7.84%)
Italian: 105 (2.5%)
Lithuanian: 12 (0.29%)
Norwegian: 31 (0.74%)
Polish: 61 (1.45%)
Portuguese: 2 (0.05%)
Russian: 13 (0.31%)
Scotch-Irish: 131 (3.11%)
Scottish: 110 (2.61%)
Slovak: 3 (0.07%)
Subsaharan African: 27 (0.64%)
Swedish: 31 (0.74%)
Swiss: 8 (0.19%)
Ukrainian: 8 (0.19%)
United States or American: 501 (11.91%)
Welsh: 18 (0.43%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 9 (0.21%)
Other ancestries: 1,404 (33.37%)

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