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Watauga County

DP-2. Selected Social Characteristics:2000


Subject

Number

Percent

     

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

   

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school

16,832

100.0

Nursery school, preschool 525 3.1
Kindergarten 372 2.2
Elementary school (grades 1-8) 3,307 19.6
High school (grades 9-12) 1,676 10.0
College or graduate school 10,952 65.1
     

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

   

Population 25 years and over

23,939

100.0

Less than 9th grade 1,914 8.0
9th to 12th grade, no diploma 2,481 10.4
High school graduate (includes equivalency) 5,718 23.9
Some college, no degree 4,409 18.4
Associate degree 1,459 6.1
Bachelor's degree 4,489 18.8
Graduate or professional degree 3,469 14.5
     
Percent high school graduate or higher 81.6  
Percent bachelor's degree or higher 33.2  
     

MARITAL STATUS

   

Population 15 years and over

37,027

100.0

Never married 14,614 39.5
Now married, except separated 17,623 47.6
Separated 463 1.3
Widowed 1,661 4.5

Female

1,405 3.8
Divorced 2,666 7.2

Female

1,493 4.0
     

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS

   

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

375

100.0

Grandparent responsible for grandchildren 173 46.1
     

VETERAN STATUS

   

Civilian population 18 years and over

35,776

100.0

Civilian veterans 3,736 10.4
     

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION

   

Population 5 to 20 years

11,511

100.0

With a disability 882 7.7
     

Population 21 to 64 years

24,694

100.0

With a disability 3,519 14.3

Percent employed

58.5  
No disability 21,175 85.7

Percent employed

76.6  
     

Population 65 years and over

4,577

100.0

With a disability 1,937 42.3
     

RESIDENCE IN 1995

   

Population 5 years and over

41,021

100.0

Same house in 1995 19,095 46.5
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 21,264 51.8

Same county

6,622 16.1

Different county

14,642 35.7

Same state

9,126 22.2

Different state

5,516 13.4
Elsewhere in 1995 662 1.6
     

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

   

Total population

42,695

100.0

Native 41,869 98.1

Born in United States

41,473 97.1

State of residence

26,671 62.5

Different state

14,802 34.7

Born outside United States

396 0.9
Foreign born 826 1.9

Entered 1990 to March 2000

441 1.0

Naturalized citizen

231 0.5

Not a citizen

595 1.4
     

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN

   

Total (excluding born at sea)

826

100.0

Europe 304 36.8
Asia 184 22.3
Africa 29 3.5
Oceania 0 0.0
Latin America 231 28.0
Northern America 78 9.4
     

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

   

Population 5 years and over

41,021

100.0

English only 39,132 95.4
Language other than English 1,889 4.6

Speak English less than "very well"

433 1.1

Spanish

914 2.2

Speak English less than "very well"

251 0.6

Other Indo-European languages

768 1.9

Speak English less than "very well"

100 0.2

Asian and Pacific Island languages

122 0.3

Speak English less than "very well"

66 0.2
     

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)

   

Total population

42,695

100.0

Total ancestries reported

38,321 89.8
Arab 118 0.3
Czech1 83 0.2
Danish 63 0.1
Dutch 743 1.7
English 6,350 14.9
French (except Basque)1 1,035 2.4
French Canadian1 170 0.4
German 6,163 14.4
Greek 202 0.5
Hungarian 36 0.1
Irish1 4,040 9.5
Italian 1,378 3.2
Lithuanian 29 0.1
Norwegian 393 0.9
Polish 514 1.2
Portuguese 22 0.1
Russian 129 0.3
Scotch-Irish 2,685 6.3
Scottish 2,045 4.8
Slovak 11 0.0
Subsaharan African 49 0.1
Swedish 565 1.3
Swiss 156 0.4
Ukrainian 54 0.1
United States or American 5,530 13.0
Welsh 291 0.7
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) 57 0.1
Other ancestries 5,410 12.7
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.
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