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Wilkes County:Beaver Creek 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 525 100.0
      enrolled in school 50 100.0   Native 517 98.5
Nursery school, preschool 0 0.0       Born in United States 517 98.5
Kindergarten 7 14.0           State of residence 491 93.5
Elementary school (grades 1-8) 36 72.0           Different state 26 5.0
High school (grades 9-12) 7 14.0       Born outside United States 0 0.0
College or graduate school 0 0.0   Foreign born 8 1.5
                Entered 1990 to March 2000 0 0.0
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT           Naturalized citizen 8 1.5
  Population 25 years and over 418 100.0       Not a citizen 0 0.0
Less than 9th grade 87 20.8        
9th to 12th grade, no diploma 132 31.6   REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN    
High school graduate (includes equivalency) 130 31.1     Total (excluding born at sea) 8 100.0
Some college, no degree 37 8.9   Europe 8 100.0
Associate degree 9 2.2   Asia 0 0.0
Bachelor's degree 0 0.0   Africa 0 0.0
Graduate or professional degree 23 5.5   Oceania 0 0.0
        Latin America 0 0.0
Percent high school graduate or higher 47.6 (X)   Northern America 0 0.0
Percent bachelor's degree or higher 5.5 (X)        
        LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME    
MARITAL STATUS                 Population 5 years and over 505 100.0
          Population 15 years and over 462 100.0   English only 483 95.6
Never married 44 9.5   Language other than English 22 4.4
Now married, except separated 320 69.3           Speak English less than '"very well"' 13 2.6
Separated 0 0.0   Spanish 22 4.4
Widowed 53 11.5           Speak English less than '"very well"' 13 2.6
 Female 53 11.5   Other Indo-European languages 0 0.0
Divorced 45 9.7           Speak English less than '"very well"' 0 0.0
 Female 27 5.8   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 525 100.0
           under 18 years 0 N/A     Total ancestries reported 433 82.5
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren 0 N/A   Arab 0 0.0
        Czech¹ 0 0.0
VETERAN STATUS       Danish 0 0.0
          Civilian population 18 years and over 455 100.0   Dutch 19 3.6
Civilian veterans 47 10.3   English 46 8.8
        French (except Basque)¹ 0 0.0
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN       French Canadian¹ 0 0.0
 NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION       German 28 5.3
     Population 5 to 20 years 53 100.0   Greek 0 0.0
With a disability 0 0.0   Hungarian 0 0.0
     Population 21 to 64 years 328 100.0   Irish¹ 52 9.9
With a disability 115 35.1   Italian 0 0.0
 Percent employed 43.5 (X)   Lithuanian 0 0.0
No disability 213 64.9   Norwegian 0 0.0
 Percent employed 77.0 (X)   Polish 0 0.0
     Population 65 years and over 124 100.0   Portuguese 0 0.0
With a disability 31 25.0   Russian 0 0.0
        Scotch-Irish 28 5.3
        Scottish 42 8.0
RESIDENCE IN 1995       Slovak 0 0.0
  Population 5 years and over 505 100.0   Subsaharan African 0 0.0
Same house in 1995 415 82.2   Swedish 0 0.0
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 90 17.8   Swiss 0 0.0
 Same county 77 15.2   Ukrainian 0 0.0
 Different county 13 2.6   United States or American 154 29.3
  Same state 13 2.6   Welsh 0 0.0
  Different state 0 0.0   West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) 0 0.0
Elsewhere in 1995 0 0.0   Other ancestries 64 12.2
             
-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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