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Watauga County:Beaverdam 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 1,209 100.0
      enrolled in school 257 100.0   Native 1,198 99.1
Nursery school, preschool 25 9.7       Born in United States 1,198 99.1
Kindergarten 7 2.7           State of residence 901 74.5
Elementary school (grades 1-8) 92 35.8           Different state 297 24.6
High school (grades 9-12) 75 29.2       Born outside United States 0 0.0
College or graduate school 58 22.6   Foreign born 11 0.9
                Entered 1990 to March 2000 0 0.0
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT           Naturalized citizen 0 0.0
  Population 25 years and over 891 100.0       Not a citizen 11 0.9
Less than 9th grade 90 10.1        
9th to 12th grade, no diploma 174 19.5   REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN    
High school graduate (includes equivalency) 338 37.9     Total (excluding born at sea) 11 100.0
Some college, no degree 165 18.5   Europe 11 100.0
Associate degree 34 3.8   Asia 0 0.0
Bachelor's degree 58 6.5   Africa 0 0.0
Graduate or professional degree 32 3.6   Oceania 0 0.0
        Latin America 0 0.0
Percent high school graduate or higher 70.4 (X)   Northern America 0 0.0
Percent bachelor's degree or higher 10.1 (X)        
        LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME    
MARITAL STATUS                 Population 5 years and over 1,154 100.0
          Population 15 years and over 1,039 100.0   English only 1,137 98.5
Never married 165 15.9   Language other than English 17 1.5
Now married, except separated 675 65.0           Speak English less than '"very well"' 5 0.4
Separated 19 1.8   Spanish 11 1.0
Widowed 74 7.1           Speak English less than '"very well"' 5 0.4
 Female 65 6.3   Other Indo-European languages 6 0.5
Divorced 106 10.2           Speak English less than '"very well"' 0 0.0
 Female 30 2.9   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 1,209 100.0
           under 18 years 17 100.0     Total ancestries reported 824 68.2
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren 13 76.5   Arab 0 0.0
        Czech¹ 0 0.0
VETERAN STATUS       Danish 0 0.0
          Civilian population 18 years and over 990 100.0   Dutch 7 0.6
Civilian veterans 199 20.1   English 116 9.6
        French (except Basque)¹ 29 2.4
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN       French Canadian¹ 0 0.0
 NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION       German 105 8.7
     Population 5 to 20 years 207 100.0   Greek 0 0.0
With a disability 13 6.3   Hungarian 0 0.0
     Population 21 to 64 years 753 100.0   Irish¹ 102 8.4
With a disability 153 20.3   Italian 21 1.7
 Percent employed 41.8 (X)   Lithuanian 0 0.0
No disability 600 79.7   Norwegian 16 1.3
 Percent employed 86.0 (X)   Polish 0 0.0
     Population 65 years and over 194 100.0   Portuguese 0 0.0
With a disability 107 55.2   Russian 7 0.6
        Scotch-Irish 5 0.4
        Scottish 31 2.6
RESIDENCE IN 1995       Slovak 11 0.9
  Population 5 years and over 1,154 100.0   Subsaharan African 5 0.4
Same house in 1995 893 77.4   Swedish 18 1.5
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 255 22.1   Swiss 0 0.0
 Same county 145 12.6   Ukrainian 0 0.0
 Different county 110 9.5   United States or American 220 18.2
  Same state 73 6.3   Welsh 6 0.5
  Different state 37 3.2   West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) 0 0.0
Elsewhere in 1995 6 0.5   Other ancestries 125 10.3
             
-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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