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Yancey County

DP-2. Selected Social Characteristics:2000


Subject

Number

Percent



         

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

       

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school

3,307

100.0

 

 
Nursery school, preschool 99 3.0    
Kindergarten 203 6.1    
Elementary school (grades 1-8) 1,807 54.6    
High school (grades 9-12) 754 22.8    
College or graduate school 444 13.4    
         

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

       

Population 25 years and over

12,709

100.0

   
Less than 9th grade 1,513 11.9    
9th to 12th grade, no diploma 2,154 16.9    
High school graduate (includes equivalency) 4,687 36.9    
Some college, no degree 2,041 16.1    
Associate degree 646 5.1    
Bachelor's degree 1,130 8.9    
Graduate or professional degree 538 4.2    
         
Percent high school graduate or higher 71.1      
Percent bachelor's degree or higher 13.1      
         

MARITAL STATUS

       

Population 15 years and over

14,653

100.0

   
Never married 2,369 16.2    
Now married, except separated 9,416 64.3    
Separated 362 2.5    
Widowed 1,238 8.4    

Female

1,027 7.0    
Divorced 1,268 8.7    

Female

648 4.4    
         

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS

       

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

290

100.0

   
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren 156 53.8    
         

VETERAN STATUS

       

Civilian population 18 years and over

13,992

100.0

   
Civilian veterans 1,952 14.0    
         

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION

       

Population 5 to 20 years

3,409

100.0

   
With a disability 341 10.0    
         

Population 21 to 64 years

10,160

100.0

   
With a disability 2,570 25.3    

Percent employed

54.1      
No disability 7,590 74.7    

Percent employed

72.9      
         

Population 65 years and over

3,110

100.0

   
With a disability 1,595 51.3    
         

RESIDENCE IN 1995

       

Population 5 years and over

16,800

100.0

   
Same house in 1995 11,155 66.4    
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 5,254 31.3    

Same county

2,941 17.5    

Different county

2,313 13.8    

Same state

1,175 7.0    

Different state

1,138 6.8    
Elsewhere in 1995 391 2.3    
         

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

       

Total population

17,774

100.0

   
Native 17,284 97.2    

Born in United States

17,225 96.9    

State of residence

13,408 75.4    

Different state

3,817 21.5    

Born outside United States

59 0.3    
Foreign born 490 2.8    

Entered 1990 to March 2000

387 2.2    

Naturalized citizen

100 0.6    

Not a citizen

390 2.2    
         

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN

       

Total (excluding born at sea)

490

100.0

   
Europe 94 19.2    
Asia 18 3.7    
Africa 0 0.0    
Oceania 0 0.0    
Latin America 364 74.3    
Northern America 14 2.9    
         

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

       

Population 5 years and over

16,800

100.0

   
English only 16,150 96.1    
Language other than English 650 3.9    

Speak English less than "very well"

381 2.3    

Spanish

527 3.1    

Speak English less than "very well"

348 2.1    

Other Indo-European languages

93 0.6    

Speak English less than "very well"

19 0.1    

Asian and Pacific Island languages

23 0.1    

Speak English less than "very well"

14 0.1    
         

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)

       

Total population

17,774

100.0

   

Total ancestries reported

12,579 70.8    
Arab 1 0.0    
Czech1 9 0.1    
Danish 22 0.1    
Dutch 160 0.9    
English 1,599 9.0    
French (except Basque)1 141 0.8    
French Canadian1 18 0.1    
German 1,143 6.4    
Greek 10 0.1    
Hungarian 14 0.1    
Irish1 1,377 7.7    
Italian 170 1.0    
Lithuanian 11 0.1    
Norwegian 44 0.2    
Polish 105 0.6    
Portuguese 2 0.0    
Russian 41 0.2    
Scotch-Irish 1,085 6.1    
Scottish 472 2.7    
Slovak 0 0.0    
Subsaharan African 8 0.0    
Swedish 102 0.6    
Swiss 35 0.2    
Ukrainian 2 0.0    
United States or American 4,080 23.0    
Welsh 77 0.4    
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) 15 0.1    
Other ancestries 1,836 10.3    
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.
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