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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: Charlotte city, North Carolina |
| NOTE: Corrected counts are available for one or more geographies displayed in this table. |
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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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Number |
Percent |
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SCHOOL ENROLLMENT |
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Population 3 years and over enrolled in school |
143,421 |
100.0 |
Nursery school, preschool |
12,102 |
8.4 |
Kindergarten |
7,938 |
5.5 |
Elementary school (grades 1-8) |
61,990 |
43.2 |
High school (grades 9-12) |
27,199 |
19.0 |
College or graduate school |
34,192 |
23.8 |
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EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT |
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Population 25 years and over |
352,546 |
100.0 |
Less than 9th grade |
17,777 |
5.0 |
9th to 12th grade, no diploma |
35,307 |
10.0 |
High school graduate (includes equivalency) |
70,422 |
20.0 |
Some college, no degree |
77,917 |
22.1 |
Associate degree |
22,696 |
6.4 |
Bachelor's degree |
91,547 |
26.0 |
Graduate or professional degree |
36,880 |
10.5 |
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Percent high school graduate or higher |
84.9 |
(X) |
Percent bachelor's degree or higher |
36.4 |
(X) |
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MARITAL STATUS |
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Population 15 years and over |
427,776 |
100.0 |
Never married |
139,992 |
32.7 |
Now married, except separated |
212,310 |
49.6 |
Separated |
12,905 |
3.0 |
Widowed |
22,234 |
5.2 |
Female |
18,283 |
4.3 |
Divorced |
40,335 |
9.4 |
Female |
24,098 |
5.6 |
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GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS |
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Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years |
10,747 |
100.0 |
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren |
5,175 |
48.2 |
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VETERAN STATUS |
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Civilian population 18 years and over |
408,107 |
100.0 |
Civilian veterans |
43,979 |
10.8 |
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DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION |
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Population 5 to 20 years |
117,471 |
100.0 |
With a disability |
9,849 |
8.4 |
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Population 21 to 64 years |
336,527 |
100.0 |
With a disability |
57,405 |
17.1 |
Percent employed |
65.9 |
(X) |
No disability |
279,122 |
82.9 |
Percent employed |
80.4 |
(X) |
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Population 65 years and over |
44,578 |
100.0 |
With a disability |
18,236 |
40.9 |
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RESIDENCE IN 1995 |
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Population 5 years and over |
503,789 |
100.0 |
Same house in 1995 |
221,530 |
44.0 |
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 |
257,810 |
51.2 |
Same county |
132,594 |
26.3 |
Different county |
125,216 |
24.9 |
Same state |
30,948 |
6.1 |
Different state |
94,268 |
18.7 |
Elsewhere in 1995 |
24,449 |
4.9 |
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NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH |
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Total population |
542,131 |
100.0 |
Native |
482,282 |
89.0 |
Born in United States |
476,986 |
88.0 |
State of residence |
251,169 |
46.3 |
Different state |
225,817 |
41.7 |
Born outside United States |
5,296 |
1.0 |
Foreign born |
59,849 |
11.0 |
Entered 1990 to March 2000 |
38,213 |
7.0 |
Naturalized citizen |
16,709 |
3.1 |
Not a citizen |
43,140 |
8.0 |
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REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN |
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Total (excluding born at sea) |
59,849 |
100.0 |
Europe |
7,487 |
12.5 |
Asia |
15,734 |
26.3 |
Africa |
4,722 |
7.9 |
Oceania |
281 |
0.5 |
Latin America |
30,127 |
50.3 |
Northern America |
1,498 |
2.5 |
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LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME |
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Population 5 years and over |
503,789 |
100.0 |
English only |
430,392 |
85.4 |
Language other than English |
73,397 |
14.6 |
Speak English less than 'very well |
39,047 |
7.8 |
Spanish |
40,165 |
8.0 |
Speak English less than "very well" |
25,229 |
5.0 |
Other Indo-European languages |
15,425 |
3.1 |
Speak English less than "very well" |
4,953 |
1.0 |
Asian and Pacific Island languages |
12,573 |
2.5 |
Speak English less than "very well" |
7,233 |
1.4 |
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ANCESTRY (single or multiple) |
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Total population |
542,131 |
100.0 |
Total ancestries reported |
526,323 |
97.1 |
Arab |
3,342 |
0.6 |
Czech1 |
1,473 |
0.3 |
Danish |
912 |
0.2 |
Dutch |
5,410 |
1.0 |
English |
46,020 |
8.5 |
French (except Basque)1 |
9,708 |
1.8 |
French Canadian1 |
1,949 |
0.4 |
German |
54,861 |
10.1 |
Greek |
3,612 |
0.7 |
Hungarian |
1,660 |
0.3 |
Irish1 |
42,493 |
7.8 |
Italian |
17,676 |
3.3 |
Lithuanian |
735 |
0.1 |
Norwegian |
2,553 |
0.5 |
Polish |
8,090 |
1.5 |
Portuguese |
567 |
0.1 |
Russian |
3,018 |
0.6 |
Scotch-Irish |
21,114 |
3.9 |
Scottish |
12,846 |
2.4 |
Slovak |
1,006 |
0.2 |
Subsaharan African |
8,902 |
1.6 |
Swedish |
3,417 |
0.6 |
Swiss |
987 |
0.2 |
Ukrainian |
1,075 |
0.2 |
United States or American |
36,557 |
6.7 |
Welsh |
3,208 |
0.6 |
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) |
2,453 |
0.5 |
Other ancestries |
230,679 |
42.6 |
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Number |
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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