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Ashe County

DP-2. Selected Social Characteristics:2000


Subject

Number

Percent

     

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

   

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school

4,610

100.0

Nursery school, preschool 249 5.4
Kindergarten 241 5.2
Elementary school (grades 1-8) 2,157 46.8
High school (grades 9-12) 1,168 25.3
College or graduate school 795 17.2
     

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

   

Population 25 years and over

17,722

100.0

Less than 9th grade 2,477 14.0
9th to 12th grade, no diploma 3,087 17.4
High school graduate (includes equivalency) 5,910 33.3
Some college, no degree 3,050 17.2
Associate degree 1,057 6.0
Bachelor's degree 1,449 8.2
Graduate or professional degree 692 3.9
     
Percent high school graduate or higher 68.6  
Percent bachelor's degree or higher 12.1  
     

MARITAL STATUS

   

Population 15 years and over

20,428

100.0

Never married 3,503 17.1
Now married, except separated 13,056 63.9
Separated 449 2.2
Widowed 1,784 8.7

Female

1,518 7.4
Divorced 1,636 8.0

Female

747 3.7
     

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS

   

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

226

100.0

Grandparent responsible for grandchildren 105 46.5
     

VETERAN STATUS

   

Civilian population 18 years and over

19,533

100.0

Civilian veterans 2,534 13.0
     

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION

   

Population 5 to 20 years

4,307

100.0

With a disability 390 9.1
     

Population 21 to 64 years

14,366

100.0

With a disability 3,547 24.7

Percent employed

50.6  
No disability 10,819 75.3

Percent employed

78.4  
     

Population 65 years and over

4,188

100.0

With a disability 2,115 50.5
     

RESIDENCE IN 1995

   

Population 5 years and over

23,091

100.0

Same house in 1995 14,920 64.6
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 8,000 34.6

Same county

4,791 20.7

Different county

3,209 13.9

Same state

1,852 8.0

Different state

1,357 5.9
Elsewhere in 1995 171 0.7
     

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

   

Total population

24,384

100.0

Native 23,917 98.1

Born in United States

23,844 97.8

State of residence

18,478 75.8

Different state

5,366 22.0

Born outside United States

73 0.3
Foreign born 467 1.9

Entered 1990 to March 2000

271 1.1

Naturalized citizen

121 0.5

Not a citizen

346 1.4
     

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN

   

Total (excluding born at sea)

467

100.0

Europe 63 13.5
Asia 33 7.1
Africa 2 0.4
Oceania 8 1.7
Latin America 346 74.1
Northern America 15 3.2
     

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

   

Population 5 years and over

23,091

100.0

English only 22,319 96.7
Language other than English 772 3.3

Speak English less than "very well"

384 1.7

Spanish

612 2.7

Speak English less than "very well"

307 1.3

Other Indo-European languages

121 0.5

Speak English less than "very well"

42 0.2

Asian and Pacific Island languages

36 0.2

Speak English less than "very well"

32 0.1
     

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)

   

Total population

24,384

100.0

Total ancestries reported

17,557 72.0
Arab 0 0.0
Czech1 0 0.0
Danish 5 0.0
Dutch 320 1.3
English 2,713 11.1
French (except Basque)1 343 1.4
French Canadian1 78 0.3
German 2,590 10.6
Greek 8 0.0
Hungarian 38 0.2
Irish1 1,608 6.6
Italian 306 1.3
Lithuanian 6 0.0
Norwegian 53 0.2
Polish 244 1.0
Portuguese 15 0.1
Russian 36 0.1
Scotch-Irish 734 3.0
Scottish 596 2.4
Slovak 1 0.0
Subsaharan African 4 0.0
Swedish 126 0.5
Swiss 18 0.1
Ukrainian 12 0.0
United States or American 5,601 23.0
Welsh 71 0.3
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) 5 0.0
Other ancestries 2,026 8.3
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.
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