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Yancey County:Pensacola 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 598 100.0
      enrolled in school 88 100.0   Native 596 99.7
Nursery school, preschool 0 0.0       Born in United States 596 99.7
Kindergarten 3 3.4           State of residence 436 72.9
Elementary school (grades 1-8) 55 62.5           Different state 160 26.8
High school (grades 9-12) 18 20.5       Born outside United States 0 0.0
College or graduate school 12 13.6   Foreign born 2 0.3
                Entered 1990 to March 2000 0 0.0
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT           Naturalized citizen 2 0.3
  Population 25 years and over 453 100.0       Not a citizen 0 0.0
Less than 9th grade 29 6.4        
9th to 12th grade, no diploma 88 19.4   REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN    
High school graduate (includes equivalency) 198 43.7     Total (excluding born at sea) 2 100.0
Some college, no degree 84 18.5   Europe 2 100.0
Associate degree 22 4.9   Asia 0 0.0
Bachelor's degree 26 5.7   Africa 0 0.0
Graduate or professional degree 6 1.3   Oceania 0 0.0
        Latin America 0 0.0
Percent high school graduate or higher 74.2 (X)   Northern America 0 0.0
Percent bachelor's degree or higher 7.1 (X)        
        LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME    
MARITAL STATUS                 Population 5 years and over 573 100.0
          Population 15 years and over 513 100.0   English only 554 96.7
Never married 76 14.8   Language other than English 19 3.3
Now married, except separated 355 69.2           Speak English less than '"very well"' 3 0.5
Separated 18 3.5   Spanish 13 2.3
Widowed 48 9.4           Speak English less than '"very well"' 0 0.0
 Female 30 5.8   Other Indo-European languages 6 1.0
Divorced 16 3.1           Speak English less than '"very well"' 3 0.5
 Female 11 2.1   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 598 100.0
           under 18 years 25 100.0     Total ancestries reported 446 74.6
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren 24 96.0   Arab 0 0.0
        Czech¹ 0 0.0
VETERAN STATUS       Danish 0 0.0
          Civilian population 18 years and over 493 100.0   Dutch 17 2.8
Civilian veterans 104 21.1   English 47 7.9
        French (except Basque)¹ 18 3.0
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN       French Canadian¹ 2 0.3
 NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION       German 66 11.0
     Population 5 to 20 years 87 100.0   Greek 3 0.5
With a disability 12 13.8   Hungarian 0 0.0
     Population 21 to 64 years 327 100.0   Irish¹ 56 9.4
With a disability 94 28.7   Italian 12 2.0
 Percent employed 75.5 (X)   Lithuanian 0 0.0
No disability 233 71.3   Norwegian 0 0.0
 Percent employed 73.0 (X)   Polish 0 0.0
     Population 65 years and over 159 100.0   Portuguese 0 0.0
With a disability 79 49.7   Russian 4 0.7
        Scotch-Irish 91 15.2
        Scottish 8 1.3
RESIDENCE IN 1995       Slovak 0 0.0
  Population 5 years and over 573 100.0   Subsaharan African 0 0.0
Same house in 1995 371 64.7   Swedish 0 0.0
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 196 34.2   Swiss 4 0.7
 Same county 133 23.2   Ukrainian 0 0.0
 Different county 63 11.0   United States or American 88 14.7
  Same state 19 3.3   Welsh 10 1.7
  Different state 44 7.7   West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) 0 0.0
Elsewhere in 1995 6 1.0   Other ancestries 20 3.3
             
-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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