Wilkesboro, NC

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3774020, place: Wilkesboro town, North Carolina)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 566 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 74 (13.07%)
Kindergarten: 43 (7.6%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 159 (28.09%)
High school (grades 9-12): 139 (24.56%)
College or graduate school: 151 (26.68%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,475 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 259 (10.46%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 194 (7.84%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 681 (27.52%)
Some college, no degree: 470 (18.99%)
Associate degree: 222 (8.97%)
Bachelor's degree: 410 (16.57%)
Graduate or professional degree: 239 (9.66%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 81.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 26.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,825 (100%)
Never married: 558 (19.75%)
Now married, except separated: 1,554 (55.01%)
Separated: 100 (3.54%)
Total Widowed: 314 (11.12%)
Widowed Female: 254 (8.99%)
Total Divorced: 299 (10.58%)
Divorced Female: 175 (6.19%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 75 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 48 (64%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,748 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 338 (12.3%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 421 (100%)
--With a disability: 59 (14.01%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,732 (100%)
--With a disability: 474 (27.37%)
----Percent employed: 67.1%
--No disability: 1,258 (72.63%)
----Percent employed: 81.2%
Population 65 years and over: 564 (100%)
--With a disability: 163 (28.9%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 3,053 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,472 (48.21%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,391 (45.56%)
--Same county: 845 (27.68%)
--Different county: 546 (17.88%)
----Same state: 272 (8.91%)
----Different state: 274 (8.97%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 190 (6.22%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 3,248 (100%)
Native: 3,019 (92.95%)
--Born in United States: 3,019 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,311 (71.15%)
----Different state: 708 (21.8%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 229 (7.05%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 193 (5.94%)
--Naturalized citizen: 36 (1.11%)
--Not a citizen: 193 (5.94%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 229 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 101 (44.1%)
Africa: 20 (8.73%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 97 (42.36%)
Northern America: 11 (4.8%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 3,053 (100%)
English only: 2,821 (92.4%)
Language other than English: 232 (7.6%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 161 (5.27%)
--Spanish: 104 (3.41%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 72 (2.36%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 111 (3.64%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 77 (2.52%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 17 (0.56%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 12 (0.39%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 3,248 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,629% (80.94%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 50 (1.54%)
English: 483 (14.87%)
French (except Basque): 53 (1.63%)
French Canadian: 11 (0.34%)
German: 213 (6.56%)
Greek: 6 (0.18%)
Hungarian: 7 (0.22%)
Irish: 318 (9.79%)
Italian: 15 (0.46%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 9 (0.28%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 21 (0.65%)
Scotch-Irish: 194 (5.97%)
Scottish: 50 (1.54%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 33 (1.02%)
Swedish: 24 (0.74%)
Swiss: 6 (0.18%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 452 (13.92%)
Welsh: 9 (0.28%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 675 (20.78%)

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