Wingate, NC

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3774760, place: Wingate town, North Carolina)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,078 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 27 (2.5%)
Kindergarten: 17 (1.58%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 197 (18.27%)
High school (grades 9-12): 123 (11.41%)
College or graduate school: 714 (66.23%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,095 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 82 (7.49%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 174 (15.89%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 273 (24.93%)
Some college, no degree: 196 (17.9%)
Associate degree: 77 (7.03%)
Bachelor's degree: 156 (14.25%)
Graduate or professional degree: 137 (12.51%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 76.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 26.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,031 (100%)
Never married: 722 (35.55%)
Now married, except separated: 973 (47.91%)
Separated: 86 (4.23%)
Total Widowed: 131 (6.45%)
Widowed Female: 96 (4.73%)
Total Divorced: 119 (5.86%)
Divorced Female: 69 (3.4%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 26 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 12 (46.15%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,978 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 155 (7.84%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 910 (100%)
--With a disability: 61 (6.7%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,126 (100%)
--With a disability: 284 (25.22%)
----Percent employed: 54.2%
--No disability: 842 (74.78%)
----Percent employed: 67.1%
Population 65 years and over: 238 (100%)
--With a disability: 127 (53.36%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,274 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,019 (44.81%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,188 (52.24%)
--Same county: 502 (22.08%)
--Different county: 686 (30.17%)
----Same state: 168 (7.39%)
----Different state: 518 (22.78%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 67 (2.95%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,424 (100%)
Native: 2,264 (93.4%)
--Born in United States: 2,253 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,211 (49.96%)
----Different state: 1,042 (42.99%)
--Born outside United States: 11 (0.45%)
Foreign born: 160 (6.6%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 90 (3.71%)
--Naturalized citizen: 19 (0.78%)
--Not a citizen: 141 (5.82%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 160 (100%)
Europe: 13 (8.13%)
Asia: 12 (7.5%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 135 (84.38%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,274 (100%)
English only: 1,950 (85.75%)
Language other than English: 324 (14.25%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 88 (3.87%)
--Spanish: 234 (10.29%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 87 (3.83%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 82 (3.61%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 8 (0.35%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1 (0.04%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,424 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,482% (61.14%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 13 (0.54%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 18 (0.74%)
English: 149 (6.15%)
French (except Basque): 13 (0.54%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 129 (5.32%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 3 (0.12%)
Irish: 91 (3.75%)
Italian: 49 (2.02%)
Lithuanian: 2 (0.08%)
Norwegian: 4 (0.17%)
Polish: 15 (0.62%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 81 (3.34%)
Scottish: 30 (1.24%)
Slovak: 3 (0.12%)
Subsaharan African: 4 (0.17%)
Swedish: 5 (0.21%)
Swiss: 5 (0.21%)
Ukrainian: 6 (0.25%)
United States or American: 186 (7.67%)
Welsh: 14 (0.58%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 662 (27.31%)

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