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Wilkes County:Jobs Cabin 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 438 100.0
      enrolled in school 45 100.0   Native 425 97.0
Nursery school, preschool 0 0.0       Born in United States 417 95.2
Kindergarten 0 0.0           State of residence 363 82.9
Elementary school (grades 1-8) 34 75.6           Different state 54 12.3
High school (grades 9-12) 11 24.4       Born outside United States 8 1.8
College or graduate school 0 0.0   Foreign born 13 3.0
                Entered 1990 to March 2000 8 1.8
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT           Naturalized citizen 5 1.1
  Population 25 years and over 325 100.0       Not a citizen 8 1.8
Less than 9th grade 66 20.3        
9th to 12th grade, no diploma 43 13.2   REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN    
High school graduate (includes equivalency) 120 36.9     Total (excluding born at sea) 13 100.0
Some college, no degree 57 17.5   Europe 13 100.0
Associate degree 0 0.0   Asia 0 0.0
Bachelor's degree 23 7.1   Africa 0 0.0
Graduate or professional degree 16 4.9   Oceania 0 0.0
        Latin America 0 0.0
Percent high school graduate or higher 66.5 (X)   Northern America 0 0.0
Percent bachelor's degree or higher 12.0 (X)        
        LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME    
MARITAL STATUS                 Population 5 years and over 406 100.0
          Population 15 years and over 367 100.0   English only 393 96.8
Never married 52 14.2   Language other than English 13 3.2
Now married, except separated 263 71.7           Speak English less than '"very well"' 13 3.2
Separated 6 1.6   Spanish 0 0.0
Widowed 29 7.9           Speak English less than '"very well"' 0 0.0
 Female 9 2.5   Other Indo-European languages 13 3.2
Divorced 17 4.6           Speak English less than '"very well"' 13 3.2
 Female 0 0.0   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 438 100.0
           under 18 years 0 N/A     Total ancestries reported 313 71.5
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 348 100.0   Dutch 0 0.0
Civilian veterans 53 15.2   English 43 9.8
        French (except Basque)¹ 0 0.0
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN       French Canadian¹ 0 0.0
 NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION       German 13 3.0
     Population 5 to 20 years 57 100.0   Greek 0 0.0
With a disability 7 12.3   Hungarian 0 0.0
     Population 21 to 64 years 270 100.0   Irish¹ 25 5.7
With a disability 70 25.9   Italian 0 0.0
 Percent employed 61.4 (X)   Lithuanian 0 0.0
No disability 200 74.1   Norwegian 0 0.0
 Percent employed 77.0 (X)   Polish 0 0.0
     Population 65 years and over 71 100.0   Portuguese 0 0.0
With a disability 44 62.0   Russian 8 1.8
        Scotch-Irish 0 0.0
        Scottish 9 2.1
RESIDENCE IN 1995       Slovak 0 0.0
  Population 5 years and over 406 100.0   Subsaharan African 0 0.0
Same house in 1995 296 72.9   Swedish 0 0.0
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 83 20.4   Swiss 0 0.0
 Same county 55 13.5   Ukrainian 0 0.0
 Different county 28 6.9   United States or American 175 40.0
  Same state 24 5.9   Welsh 0 0.0
  Different state 4 1.0   West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) 0 0.0
Elsewhere in 1995 27 6.7   Other ancestries 40 9.1
             
-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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