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Bakersville

DP-2. Selected Social Characteristics:2000


Subject

Number

Percent



         

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

       

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school

39

100.0

   
Nursery school, preschool 5 12.8    
Kindergarten 0 0.0    
Elementary school (grades 1-8) 28 71.8    
High school (grades 9-12) 6 15.4    
College or graduate school 0 0.0    
         

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

       

Population 25 years and over

223

100.0

   
Less than 9th grade 33 14.8    
9th to 12th grade, no diploma 20 9.0    
High school graduate (includes equivalency) 97 43.5    
Some college, no degree 46 20.6    
Associate degree 6 2.7    
Bachelor's degree 15 6.7    
Graduate or professional degree 6 2.7    
         
Percent high school graduate or higher 76.2      
Percent bachelor's degree or higher 9.4      
         

MARITAL STATUS

       

Population 15 years and over

251

100.0

   
Never married 36 14.3    
Now married, except separated 150 59.8    
Separated 1 0.4    
Widowed 35 13.9    

Female

32 12.7    
Divorced 29 11.6    

Female

17 6.8    
         

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS

       

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

3

100.0

   
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren 0 0.0    
         

VETERAN STATUS

       

Civilian population 18 years and over

247

100.0

   
Civilian veterans 35 14.2    
         

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION

       

Population 5 to 20 years

43

100.0

   
With a disability 0 0.0    
         

Population 21 to 64 years

146

100.0

   
With a disability 50 34.2    

Percent employed

32.0      
No disability 96 65.8    

Percent employed

82.3      
         

Population 65 years and over

76

100.0

   
With a disability 47 61.8    
         

RESIDENCE IN 1995

       

Population 5 years and over

280

100.0

   
Same house in 1995 178 63.6    
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 102 36.4    

Same county

62 22.1    

Different county

40 14.3    

Same state

11 3.9    

Different state

29 10.4    
Elsewhere in 1995 0 0.0    
         

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

       

Total population

312

100.0

   
Native 308 98.7    

Born in United States

308 98.7    

State of residence

237 76.0    

Different state

71 22.8    

Born outside United States

0 0.0    
Foreign born 4 1.3    

Entered 1990 to March 2000

0 0.0    

Naturalized citizen

4 1.3    

Not a citizen

0 0.0    
         

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN

       

Total (excluding born at sea)

4

100.0

   
Europe 0 0.0    
Asia 0 0.0    
Africa 0 0.0    
Oceania 4 100.0    
Latin America 0 0.0    
Northern America 0 0.0    
         

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

       

Population 5 years and over

280

100.0

   
English only 268 95.7    
Language other than English 12 4.3    

Speak English less than "very well"

4 1.4    

Spanish

10 3.6    

Speak English less than "very well"

4 1.4    

Other Indo-European languages

0 0.0    

Speak English less than "very well"

0 0.0    

Asian and Pacific Island languages

0 0.0    

Speak English less than "very well"

0 0.0    
         

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)

       

Total population

312

100.0

   

Total ancestries reported

205 65.7    
Arab 0 0.0    
Czech1 0 0.0    
Danish 2 0.6    
Dutch 2 0.6    
English 26 8.3    
French (except Basque)1 0 0.0    
French Canadian1 0 0.0    
German 32 10.3    
Greek 0 0.0    
Hungarian 0 0.0    
Irish1 12 3.8    
Italian 3 1.0    
Lithuanian 0 0.0    
Norwegian 0 0.0    
Polish 6 1.9    
Portuguese 0 0.0    
Russian 0 0.0    
Scotch-Irish 21 6.7    
Scottish 14 4.5    
Slovak 0 0.0    
Subsaharan African 0 0.0    
Swedish 2 0.6    
Swiss 0 0.0    
Ukrainian 0 0.0    
United States or American 54 17.3    
Welsh 8 2.6    
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) 0 0.0    
Other ancestries 23 7.4    
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.
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