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Wilkes County:Elk 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 923 100.0
      enrolled in school 118 100.0   Native 910 98.6
Nursery school, preschool 12 10.2       Born in United States 905 98.0
Kindergarten 0 0.0           State of residence 781 84.6
Elementary school (grades 1-8) 45 38.1           Different state 124 13.4
High school (grades 9-12) 43 36.4       Born outside United States 5 0.5
College or graduate school 18 15.3   Foreign born 13 1.4
                Entered 1990 to March 2000 13 1.4
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT           Naturalized citizen 0 0.0
  Population 25 years and over 716 100.0       Not a citizen 13 1.4
Less than 9th grade 187 26.1        
9th to 12th grade, no diploma 202 28.2   REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN    
High school graduate (includes equivalency) 145 20.3     Total (excluding born at sea) 13 100.0
Some college, no degree 133 18.6   Europe 0 0.0
Associate degree 15 2.1   Asia 13 100.0
Bachelor's degree 5 0.7   Africa 0 0.0
Graduate or professional degree 29 4.1   Oceania 0 0.0
        Latin America 0 0.0
Percent high school graduate or higher 45.7 (X)   Northern America 0 0.0
Percent bachelor's degree or higher 4.7 (X)        
        LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME    
MARITAL STATUS                 Population 5 years and over 875 100.0
          Population 15 years and over 824 100.0   English only 856 97.8
Never married 144 17.5   Language other than English 19 2.2
Now married, except separated 562 68.2           Speak English less than '"very well"' 13 1.5
Separated 14 1.7   Spanish 0 0.0
Widowed 52 6.3           Speak English less than '"very well"' 0 0.0
 Female 28 3.4   Other Indo-European languages 6 0.7
Divorced 52 6.3           Speak English less than '"very well"' 0 0.0
 Female 21 2.5   Asian and Pacific Island languages 13 1.5
                Speak English less than '"very well"' 13 1.5
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS            
          Grandparent living in household       ANCESTRY (single and multiple)    
           with one or more own grandchildren                 Total population 923 100.0
           under 18 years 43 100.0     Total ancestries reported 660 71.5
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren 22 51.2   Arab 0 0.0
        Czech¹ 0 0.0
VETERAN STATUS       Danish 0 0.0
          Civilian population 18 years and over 795 100.0   Dutch 38 4.1
Civilian veterans 55 6.9   English 90 9.8
        French (except Basque)¹ 12 1.3
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN       French Canadian¹ 0 0.0
 NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION       German 80 8.7
     Population 5 to 20 years 113 100.0   Greek 0 0.0
With a disability 4 3.5   Hungarian 0 0.0
     Population 21 to 64 years 644 100.0   Irish¹ 132 14.3
With a disability 207 32.1   Italian 0 0.0
 Percent employed 55.1 (X)   Lithuanian 0 0.0
No disability 437 67.9   Norwegian 0 0.0
 Percent employed 71.9 (X)   Polish 0 0.0
     Population 65 years and over 118 100.0   Portuguese 0 0.0
With a disability 56 47.5   Russian 0 0.0
        Scotch-Irish 26 2.8
        Scottish 8 0.9
RESIDENCE IN 1995       Slovak 0 0.0
  Population 5 years and over 875 100.0   Subsaharan African 0 0.0
Same house in 1995 570 65.1   Swedish 0 0.0
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 305 34.9   Swiss 0 0.0
 Same county 162 18.5   Ukrainian 0 0.0
 Different county 143 16.3   United States or American 175 19.0
  Same state 104 11.9   Welsh 0 0.0
  Different state 39 4.5   West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) 0 0.0
Elsewhere in 1995 0 0.0   Other ancestries 99 10.7
             
-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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