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Wilkes County:Somers 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 1,060 100.0
      enrolled in school 239 100.0   Native 1,042 98.3
Nursery school, preschool 18 7.5       Born in United States 1,042 98.3
Kindergarten 17 7.1           State of residence 967 91.2
Elementary school (grades 1-8) 119 49.8           Different state 75 7.1
High school (grades 9-12) 51 21.3       Born outside United States 0 0.0
College or graduate school 34 14.2   Foreign born 18 1.7
                Entered 1990 to March 2000 18 1.7
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT           Naturalized citizen 0 0.0
  Population 25 years and over 755 100.0       Not a citizen 18 1.7
Less than 9th grade 92 12.2        
9th to 12th grade, no diploma 105 13.9   REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN    
High school graduate (includes equivalency) 333 44.1     Total (excluding born at sea) 18 100.0
Some college, no degree 127 16.8   Europe 0 0.0
Associate degree 59 7.8   Asia 0 0.0
Bachelor's degree 39 5.2   Africa 0 0.0
Graduate or professional degree 0 0.0   Oceania 0 0.0
        Latin America 18 100.0
Percent high school graduate or higher 73.9 (X)   Northern America 0 0.0
Percent bachelor's degree or higher 5.2 (X)        
        LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME    
MARITAL STATUS                 Population 5 years and over 1,020 100.0
          Population 15 years and over 874 100.0   English only 974 95.5
Never married 161 18.4   Language other than English 46 4.5
Now married, except separated 595 68.1           Speak English less than '"very well"' 24 2.4
Separated 10 1.1   Spanish 46 4.5
Widowed 73 8.4           Speak English less than '"very well"' 24 2.4
 Female 66 7.6   Other Indo-European languages 0 0.0
Divorced 35 4.0           Speak English less than '"very well"' 0 0.0
 Female 13 1.5   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 1,060 100.0
           under 18 years 0 N/A     Total ancestries reported 616 58.1
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 823 100.0   Dutch 0 0.0
Civilian veterans 27 3.3   English 239 22.5
        French (except Basque)¹ 0 0.0
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN       French Canadian¹ 0 0.0
 NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION       German 17 1.6
     Population 5 to 20 years 238 100.0   Greek 0 0.0
With a disability 18 7.6   Hungarian 0 0.0
     Population 21 to 64 years 602 100.0   Irish¹ 0 0.0
With a disability 109 18.1   Italian 0 0.0
 Percent employed 54.1 (X)   Lithuanian 0 0.0
No disability 493 81.9   Norwegian 0 0.0
 Percent employed 86.8 (X)   Polish 0 0.0
     Population 65 years and over 180 100.0   Portuguese 0 0.0
With a disability 83 46.1   Russian 0 0.0
        Scotch-Irish 34 3.2
        Scottish 0 0.0
RESIDENCE IN 1995       Slovak 0 0.0
  Population 5 years and over 1,020 100.0   Subsaharan African 0 0.0
Same house in 1995 850 83.3   Swedish 0 0.0
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 170 16.7   Swiss 0 0.0
 Same county 96 9.4   Ukrainian 0 0.0
 Different county 74 7.3   United States or American 238 22.5
  Same state 74 7.3   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 88 8.3
             
-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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