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Avery County

DP-2. Selected Social Characteristics:2000


Subject

Number

Percent

     

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

   

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school

3,841

100.0

Nursery school, preschool 208 5.4
Kindergarten 188 4.9
Elementary school (grades 1-8) 1,488 38.7
High school (grades 9-12) 933 24.3
College or graduate school 1,024 26.7
     

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

   

Population 25 years and over

12,058

100.0

Less than 9th grade 1,399 11.6
9th to 12th grade, no diploma 2,147 17.8
High school graduate (includes equivalency) 3,838 31.8
Some college, no degree 2,171 18.0
Associate degree 754 6.3
Bachelor's degree 1,117 9.3
Graduate or professional degree 632 5.2
     
Percent high school graduate or higher 70.6  
Percent bachelor's degree or higher 14.5  
     

MARITAL STATUS

   

Population 15 years and over

14,416

100.0

Never married 3,042 21.1
Now married, except separated 8,564 59.4
Separated 368 2.6
Widowed 1,120 7.8

Female

961 6.7
Divorced 1,322 9.2

Female

604 4.2
     

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS

   

Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years

186

100.0

Grandparent responsible for grandchildren 95 51.1
     

VETERAN STATUS

   

Civilian population 18 years and over

13,810

100.0

Civilian veterans 1,543 11.2
     

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION

   

Population 5 to 20 years

3,212

100.0

With a disability 285 8.9
     

Population 21 to 64 years

9,079

100.0

With a disability 2,148 23.7

Percent employed

54.6  
No disability 6,931 76.3

Percent employed

75.8  
     

Population 65 years and over

2,565

100.0

With a disability 1,374 53.6
     

RESIDENCE IN 1995

   

Population 5 years and over

16,304

100.0

Same house in 1995 9,978 61.2
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 6,021 36.9

Same county

2,356 14.5

Different county

3,665 22.5

Same state

2,213 13.6

Different state

1,452 8.9
Elsewhere in 1995 305 1.9
     

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

   

Total population

17,167

100.0

Native 16,729 97.4

Born in United States

16,651 97.0

State of residence

12,521 72.9

Different state

4,130 24.1

Born outside United States

78 0.5
Foreign born 438 2.6

Entered 1990 to March 2000

219 1.3

Naturalized citizen

115 0.7

Not a citizen

323 1.9
     

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN

   

Total (excluding born at sea)

438

100.0

Europe 87 19.9
Asia 67 15.3
Africa 4 0.9
Oceania 3 0.7
Latin America 255 58.2
Northern America 22 5.0
     

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

   

Population 5 years and over

16,304

100.0

English only 15,536 95.3
Language other than English 768 4.7

Speak English less than "very well"

415 2.5

Spanish

474 2.9

Speak English less than "very well"

332 2.0

Other Indo-European languages

211 1.3

Speak English less than "very well"

40 0.2

Asian and Pacific Island languages

79 0.5

Speak English less than "very well"

43 0.3
     

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)

   

Total population

17,167

100.0

Total ancestries reported

12,213 71.1
Arab 1 0.0
Czech1 43 0.3
Danish 6 0.0
Dutch 182 1.1
English 1,875 10.9
French (except Basque)1 187 1.1
French Canadian1 9 0.1
German 1,376 8.0
Greek 38 0.2
Hungarian 17 0.1
Irish1 1,178 6.9
Italian 112 0.7
Lithuanian 9 0.1
Norwegian 44 0.3
Polish 80 0.5
Portuguese 8 0.0
Russian 23 0.1
Scotch-Irish 1,028 6.0
Scottish 820 4.8
Slovak 2 0.0
Subsaharan African 21 0.1
Swedish 52 0.3
Swiss 19 0.1
Ukrainian 8 0.0
United States or American 3,117 18.2
Welsh 136 0.8
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) 7 0.0
Other ancestries 1,815 10.6
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.
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