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DP-2. Profile of Selected Social Characteristics: 2000 Data Set: Census 2000 Summary File 3 (SF 3) - Sample Data Geographic Area: Rowan County, North Carolina |
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NOTE: Data based on a sample except in P3, P4, H3, and H4. For information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, definitions, and count corrections see http://factfinder.census.gov/home/en/datanotes/expsf3.htm.
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Percent |
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SCHOOL ENROLLMENT |
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Population 3 years and over enrolled in school |
31,855 |
100.0 |
Nursery school, preschool |
2,213 |
6.9 |
Kindergarten |
1,800 |
5.7 |
Elementary school (grades 1-8) |
15,173 |
47.6 |
High school (grades 9-12) |
7,051 |
22.1 |
College or graduate school |
5,618 |
17.6 |
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EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT |
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Population 25 years and over |
86,345 |
100.0 |
Less than 9th grade |
7,793 |
9.0 |
9th to 12th grade, no diploma |
14,485 |
16.8 |
High school graduate (includes equivalency) |
28,964 |
33.5 |
Some college, no degree |
17,550 |
20.3 |
Associate degree |
5,311 |
6.2 |
Bachelor's degree |
8,899 |
10.3 |
Graduate or professional degree |
3,343 |
3.9 |
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Percent high school graduate or higher |
74.2 |
(X) |
Percent bachelor's degree or higher |
14.2 |
(X) |
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MARITAL STATUS |
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Population 15 years and over |
103,349 |
100.0 |
Never married |
21,796 |
21.1 |
Now married, except separated |
61,492 |
59.5 |
Separated |
2,913 |
2.8 |
Widowed |
7,572 |
7.3 |
Female |
6,095 |
5.9 |
Divorced |
9,576 |
9.3 |
Female |
5,188 |
5.0 |
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GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS |
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Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years |
3,176 |
100.0 |
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren |
1,792 |
56.4 |
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VETERAN STATUS |
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Civilian population 18 years and over |
98,222 |
100.0 |
Civilian veterans |
13,994 |
14.2 |
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DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION |
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Population 5 to 20 years |
28,376 |
100.0 |
With a disability |
2,619 |
9.2 |
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Population 21 to 64 years |
73,587 |
100.0 |
With a disability |
17,071 |
23.2 |
Percent employed |
57.9 |
(X) |
No disability |
56,516 |
76.8 |
Percent employed |
80.2 |
(X) |
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Population 65 years and over |
16,824 |
100.0 |
With a disability |
8,079 |
48.0 |
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RESIDENCE IN 1995 |
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Population 5 years and over |
121,745 |
100.0 |
Same house in 1995 |
70,230 |
57.7 |
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 |
49,288 |
40.5 |
Same county |
27,410 |
22.5 |
Different county |
21,878 |
18.0 |
Same state |
12,630 |
10.4 |
Different state |
9,248 |
7.6 |
Elsewhere in 1995 |
2,227 |
1.8 |
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NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH |
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Total population |
130,340 |
100.0 |
Native |
125,468 |
96.3 |
Born in United States |
124,681 |
95.7 |
State of residence |
94,836 |
72.8 |
Different state |
29,845 |
22.9 |
Born outside United States |
787 |
0.6 |
Foreign born |
4,872 |
3.7 |
Entered 1990 to March 2000 |
3,287 |
2.5 |
Naturalized citizen |
821 |
0.6 |
Not a citizen |
4,051 |
3.1 |
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REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN |
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Total (excluding born at sea) |
4,872 |
100.0 |
Europe |
511 |
10.5 |
Asia |
632 |
13.0 |
Africa |
164 |
3.4 |
Oceania |
15 |
0.3 |
Latin America |
3,491 |
71.7 |
Northern America |
59 |
1.2 |
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LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME |
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Population 5 years and over |
121,745 |
100.0 |
English only |
114,644 |
94.2 |
Language other than English |
7,101 |
5.8 |
Speak English less than 'very well |
3,989 |
3.3 |
Spanish |
5,170 |
4.2 |
Speak English less than "very well" |
3,224 |
2.6 |
Other Indo-European languages |
1,231 |
1.0 |
Speak English less than "very well" |
380 |
0.3 |
Asian and Pacific Island languages |
576 |
0.5 |
Speak English less than "very well" |
361 |
0.3 |
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ANCESTRY (single or multiple) |
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Total population |
130,340 |
100.0 |
Total ancestries reported |
103,532 |
79.4 |
Arab |
176 |
0.1 |
Czech1 |
77 |
0.1 |
Danish |
56 |
0.0 |
Dutch |
2,016 |
1.5 |
English |
8,266 |
6.3 |
French (except Basque)1 |
1,611 |
1.2 |
French Canadian1 |
336 |
0.3 |
German |
18,384 |
14.1 |
Greek |
243 |
0.2 |
Hungarian |
236 |
0.2 |
Irish1 |
7,400 |
5.7 |
Italian |
1,469 |
1.1 |
Lithuanian |
15 |
0.0 |
Norwegian |
258 |
0.2 |
Polish |
869 |
0.7 |
Portuguese |
89 |
0.1 |
Russian |
160 |
0.1 |
Scotch-Irish |
4,294 |
3.3 |
Scottish |
1,886 |
1.4 |
Slovak |
101 |
0.1 |
Subsaharan African |
916 |
0.7 |
Swedish |
357 |
0.3 |
Swiss |
226 |
0.2 |
Ukrainian |
65 |
0.0 |
United States or American |
24,171 |
18.5 |
Welsh |
420 |
0.3 |
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) |
159 |
0.1 |
Other ancestries |
29,276 |
22.5 |
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Percent |
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(X) Not applicable. 1 The data represent a combination of two ancestries shown separately in Summary File 3. Czech includes Czechoslovakian. French includes Alsatian. French Canadian includes Acadian/Cajun. Irish includes Celtic. Ancestry Code List (PDF 35KB) Place of Birth Code List (PDF 74KB) Language Code List (PDF 17KB) Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000 Summary File 3, Matrices P18, P19, P21, P22, P24, P36, P37, P39, P42, PCT8, PCT16, PCT17, and PCT19 |
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