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Watauga County:Bald Mountain Township:2000

DP-2. Profile of Selected Social Characteristics

Subject Number Percent   Subject Number Percent
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT       NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH    
     Population 3 years and over            Total poplulation 556 100.0
      enrolled in school 141 100.0   Native 550 98.9
Nursery school, preschool 7 5.0       Born in United States 550 98.9
Kindergarten 0 0.0           State of residence 335 60.3
Elementary school (grades 1-8) 77 54.6           Different state 215 38.7
High school (grades 9-12) 20 14.2       Born outside United States 0 0.0
College or graduate school 37 26.2   Foreign born 6 1.1
                Entered 1990 to March 2000 0 0.0
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT           Naturalized citizen 6 1.1
  Population 25 years and over 367 100.0       Not a citizen 0 0.0
Less than 9th grade 36 9.8        
9th to 12th grade, no diploma 26 7.1   REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN    
High school graduate (includes equivalency) 86 23.4     Total (excluding born at sea) 6 100.0
Some college, no degree 58 15.8   Europe 6 100.0
Associate degree 47 12.8   Asia 0 0.0
Bachelor's degree 85 23.2   Africa 0 0.0
Graduate or professional degree 29 7.9   Oceania 0 0.0
        Latin America 0 0.0
Percent high school graduate or higher 83.1 (X)   Northern America 0 0.0
Percent bachelor's degree or higher 31.1 (X)        
        LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME    
MARITAL STATUS                 Population 5 years and over 532 100.0
          Population 15 years and over 443 100.0   English only 527 99.1
Never married 93 21.0   Language other than English 5 0.9
Now married, except separated 298 67.3           Speak English less than '"very well"' 5 0.9
Separated 0 0.0   Spanish 5 0.9
Widowed 30 6.8           Speak English less than '"very well"' 5 0.9
 Female 30 6.8   Other Indo-European languages 0 0.0
Divorced 22 5.0           Speak English less than '"very well"' 0 0.0
 Female 14 3.2   Asian and Pacific Island languages 0 0.0
                Speak English less than '"very well"' 0 0.0
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS            
          Grandparent living in household       ANCESTRY (single and multiple)    
           with one or more own grandchildren                 Total population 556 100.0
           under 18 years 0 N/A     Total ancestries reported 502 90.3
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren 0 N/A   Arab 13 2.3
        Czech¹ 0 0.0
VETERAN STATUS       Danish 0 0.0
          Civilian population 18 years and over 423 100.0   Dutch 6 1.1
Civilian veterans 56 13.2   English 105 18.9
        French (except Basque)¹ 6 1.1
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN       French Canadian¹ 0 0.0
 NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION       German 44 7.9
     Population 5 to 20 years 109 100.0   Greek 14 2.5
With a disability 4 3.7   Hungarian 0 0.0
     Population 21 to 64 years 359 100.0   Irish¹ 12 2.2
With a disability 41 11.4   Italian 9 1.6
 Percent employed 61.0 (X)   Lithuanian 0 0.0
No disability 318 88.6   Norwegian 10 1.8
 Percent employed 76.7 (X)   Polish 5 0.9
     Population 65 years and over 64 100.0   Portuguese 0 0.0
With a disability 24 37.5   Russian 0 0.0
        Scotch-Irish 0 0.0
        Scottish 23 4.1
RESIDENCE IN 1995       Slovak 0 0.0
  Population 5 years and over 532 100.0   Subsaharan African 0 0.0
Same house in 1995 290 54.5   Swedish 8 1.4
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 242 45.5   Swiss 0 0.0
 Same county 76 14.3   Ukrainian 0 0.0
 Different county 166 31.2   United States or American 106 19.1
  Same state 97 18.2   Welsh 5 0.9
  Different state 69 13.0   West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) 0 0.0
Elsewhere in 1995 0 0.0   Other ancestries 136 24.5
             
-Represent zero or rounds to zero.    (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.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.
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