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Watauga County:Shawneehaw 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 718 100.0
      enrolled in school 186 100.0   Native 706 98.3
Nursery school, preschool 14 7.5       Born in United States 704 98.1
Kindergarten 8 4.3           State of residence 435 60.6
Elementary school (grades 1-8) 84 45.2           Different state 269 37.5
High school (grades 9-12) 31 16.7       Born outside United States 2 0.3
College or graduate school 49 26.3   Foreign born 12 1.7
                Entered 1990 to March 2000 0 0.0
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT           Naturalized citizen 7 1.0
  Population 25 years and over 495 100.0       Not a citizen 5 0.7
Less than 9th grade 19 3.8        
9th to 12th grade, no diploma 62 12.5   REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN    
High school graduate (includes equivalency) 133 26.9     Total (excluding born at sea) 12 100.0
Some college, no degree 110 22.2   Europe 3 25.0
Associate degree 31 6.3   Asia 0 0.0
Bachelor's degree 78 15.8   Africa 0 0.0
Graduate or professional degree 62 12.5   Oceania 0 0.0
        Latin America 9 75.0
Percent high school graduate or higher 83.6 (X)   Northern America 0 0.0
Percent bachelor's degree or higher 28.3 (X)        
        LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME    
MARITAL STATUS                 Population 5 years and over 686 100.0
          Population 15 years and over 580 100.0   English only 669 97.5
Never married 134 23.1   Language other than English 17 2.5
Now married, except separated 385 66.4           Speak English less than '"very well"' 0 0.0
Separated 12 2.1   Spanish 12 1.7
Widowed 25 4.3           Speak English less than '"very well"' 0 0.0
 Female 25 4.3   Other Indo-European languages 5 0.7
Divorced 24 4.1           Speak English less than '"very well"' 0 0.0
 Female 11 1.9   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 718 100.0
           under 18 years 10 100.0     Total ancestries reported 838 116.7
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren 10 100.0   Arab 0 0.0
        Czech¹ 0 0.0
VETERAN STATUS       Danish 6 0.8
          Civilian population 18 years and over 545 100.0   Dutch 19 2.6
Civilian veterans 68 12.5   English 182 25.3
        French (except Basque)¹ 28 3.9
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN       French Canadian¹ 0 0.0
 NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION       German 141 19.6
     Population 5 to 20 years 150 100.0   Greek 2 0.3
With a disability 9 6.0   Hungarian 9 1.3
     Population 21 to 64 years 472 100.0   Irish¹ 99 13.8
With a disability 38 8.1   Italian 27 3.8
 Percent employed 76.3 (X)   Lithuanian 8 1.1
No disability 434 91.9   Norwegian 23 3.2
 Percent employed 79.3 (X)   Polish 0 0.0
     Population 65 years and over 64 100.0   Portuguese 0 0.0
With a disability 17 26.6   Russian 6 0.8
        Scotch-Irish 69 9.6
        Scottish 37 5.2
RESIDENCE IN 1995       Slovak 0 0.0
  Population 5 years and over 686 100.0   Subsaharan African 0 0.0
Same house in 1995 434 63.3   Swedish 7 1.0
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 252 36.7   Swiss 3 0.4
 Same county 96 14.0   Ukrainian 0 0.0
 Different county 156 22.7   United States or American 128 17.8
  Same state 56 8.2   Welsh 2 0.3
  Different state 100 14.6   West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) 0 0.0
Elsewhere in 1995 0 0.0   Other ancestries 42 5.8
             
-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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