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Wilkes County

DP-2. Selected Social Characteristics:2000


Subject

Number

Percent

     

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

   

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school

13,770

100.0

Nursery school, preschool 1,024 7.4
Kindergarten 839 6.1
Elementary school (grades 1-8) 6,696 48.6
High school (grades 9-12) 3,187 23.1
College or graduate school 2,024 14.7
     

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

   

Population 25 years and over

45,498

100.0

Less than 9th grade 6,402 14.1
9th to 12th grade, no diploma 9,079 20.0
High school graduate (includes equivalency) 14,314 31.5
Some college, no degree 8,193 18.0
Associate degree 2,375 5.2
Bachelor's degree 3,487 7.7
Graduate or professional degree 1,648 3.6
     
Percent high school graduate or higher 66.0  
Percent bachelor's degree or higher 11.3  
     

MARITAL STATUS

   

Population 15 years and over

53,201

100.0

Never married 9,334 17.5
Now married, except separated 33,677 63.3
Separated 1,255 2.4
Widowed 4,281 8.0

Female

3,499 6.6
Divorced 4,654 8.7

Female

2,414 4.5
     

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS

   

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

1,032

100.0

Grandparent responsible for grandchildren 451 43.7
     

VETERAN STATUS

   

Civilian population 18 years and over

50,750

100.0

Civilian veterans 5,623 11.1
     

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION

   

Population 5 to 20 years

12,817

100.0

With a disability 1,179 9.2
     

Population 21 to 64 years

38,921

100.0

With a disability 9,364 24.1

Percent employed

54.8  
No disability 29,557 75.9

Percent employed

79.5  
     

Population 65 years and over

8,955

100.0

With a disability 4,471 49.9
     

RESIDENCE IN 1995

   

Population 5 years and over

61,500

100.0

Same house in 1995 39,817 64.7
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 20,631 33.5

Same county

13,339 21.7

Different county

7,292 11.9

Same state

4,085 6.6

Different state

3,207 5.2
Elsewhere in 1995 1,052 1.7
     

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

   

Total population

65,632

100.0

Native 63,686 97.0

Born in United States

63,513 96.8

State of residence

53,987 82.3

Different state

9,526 14.5

Born outside United States

173 0.3
Foreign born 1,946 3.0

Entered 1990 to March 2000

1,455 2.2

Naturalized citizen

360 0.5

Not a citizen

1,586 2.4
     

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN

   

Total (excluding born at sea)

1,946

100.0

Europe 119 6.1
Asia 270 13.9
Africa 80 4.1
Oceania 0 0.0
Latin America 1,443 74.2
Northern America 34 1.7
     

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

   

Population 5 years and over

61,500

100.0

English only 58,406 95.0
Language other than English 3,094 5.0

Speak English less than "very well"

1,752 2.8

Spanish

2,375 3.9

Speak English less than "very well"

1,426 2.3

Other Indo-European languages

455 0.7

Speak English less than "very well"

162 0.3

Asian and Pacific Island languages

159 0.3

Speak English less than "very well"

91 0.1
     

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)

   

Total population

65,632

100.0

Total ancestries reported

47,034 71.7
Arab 34 0.1
Czech1 50 0.1
Danish 45 0.1
Dutch 1,011 1.5
English 8,621 13.1
French (except Basque)1 687 1.0
French Canadian1 79 0.1
German 4,669 7.1
Greek 64 0.1
Hungarian 64 0.1
Irish1 4,469 6.8
Italian 681 1.0
Lithuanian 28 0.0
Norwegian 169 0.3
Polish 342 0.5
Portuguese 16 0.0
Russian 117 0.2
Scotch-Irish 1,850 2.8
Scottish 1,038 1.6
Slovak 8 0.0
Subsaharan African 117 0.2
Swedish 208 0.3
Swiss 66 0.1
Ukrainian 80 0.1
United States or American 14,370 21.9
Welsh 159 0.2
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) 0 0.0
Other ancestries 7,992 12.2
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.
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