Wilson, NC

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3774540, place: Wilson city, North Carolina)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 11,493 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 717 (6.24%)
Kindergarten: 731 (6.36%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 5,138 (44.71%)
High school (grades 9-12): 2,604 (22.66%)
College or graduate school: 2,303 (20.04%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 28,196 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 3,471 (12.31%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 5,181 (18.37%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 7,636 (27.08%)
Some college, no degree: 5,054 (17.92%)
Associate degree: 1,445 (5.12%)
Bachelor's degree: 3,961 (14.05%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,448 (5.14%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 69.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 19.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 34,612 (100%)
Never married: 10,449 (30.19%)
Now married, except separated: 16,195 (46.79%)
Separated: 1,777 (5.13%)
Total Widowed: 3,021 (8.73%)
Widowed Female: 2,585 (7.47%)
Total Divorced: 3,170 (9.16%)
Divorced Female: 1,889 (5.46%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 1,081 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 583 (53.93%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 32,685 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 3,623 (11.08%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 10,350 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,022 (9.87%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 24,480 (100%)
--With a disability: 6,987 (28.54%)
----Percent employed: 57.6%
--No disability: 17,493 (71.46%)
----Percent employed: 74.2%
Population 65 years and over: 5,254 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,582 (49.14%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 41,085 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 20,458 (49.79%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 19,403 (47.23%)
--Same county: 12,920 (31.45%)
--Different county: 6,483 (15.78%)
----Same state: 3,638 (8.85%)
----Different state: 2,845 (6.92%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 1,224 (2.98%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 44,308 (100%)
Native: 41,395 (93.43%)
--Born in United States: 41,199 (100%)
----State of residence: 34,181 (77.14%)
----Different state: 7,018 (15.84%)
--Born outside United States: 196 (0.44%)
Foreign born: 2,913 (6.57%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 2,173 (4.9%)
--Naturalized citizen: 545 (1.23%)
--Not a citizen: 2,368 (5.34%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 2,913 (100%)
Europe: 73 (2.51%)
Asia: 362 (12.43%)
Africa: 42 (1.44%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 2,414 (82.87%)
Northern America: 22 (0.76%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 41,085 (100%)
English only: 36,981 (90.01%)
Language other than English: 4,104 (9.99%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2,737 (6.66%)
--Spanish: 3,513 (8.55%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2,502 (6.09%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 353 (0.86%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 128 (0.31%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 142 (0.35%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 50 (0.12%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 44,308 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 35,594% (80.33%)
Arab: 176 (0.4%)
Czech: 30 (0.07%)
Danish: 13 (0.03%)
Dutch: 144 (0.32%)
English: 2,951 (6.66%)
French (except Basque): 198 (0.45%)
French Canadian: 47 (0.11%)
German: 1,632 (3.68%)
Greek: 70 (0.16%)
Hungarian: 13 (0.03%)
Irish: 1,529 (3.45%)
Italian: 480 (1.08%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 122 (0.28%)
Polish: 131 (0.3%)
Portuguese: 20 (0.05%)
Russian: 7 (0.02%)
Scotch-Irish: 698 (1.58%)
Scottish: 618 (1.39%)
Slovak: 33 (0.07%)
Subsaharan African: 300 (0.68%)
Swedish: 37 (0.08%)
Swiss: 39 (0.09%)
Ukrainian: 53 (0.12%)
United States or American: 5,022 (11.33%)
Welsh: 129 (0.29%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 43 (0.1%)
Other ancestries: 21,059 (47.53%)

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