ACS: 2000 C2SS Tabular Profile for North Carolina -- Table 2

Census 2000 Supplementary Survey Profile North Carolina

TABLE 2. PROFILE OF SELECTED SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS
	Estimate	Lower Bound	Upper Bound
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	1,932,791	1,893,087	1,972,495
Nursery school, preschool	100,619	90,912	110,326
Kindergarten	108,055	96,738	119,372
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	912,753	895,636	929,870
High school grade (grades 9-12)	390,829	376,588	405,070
College or graduate school	420,535	377,478	463,592

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	5,150,795	5,138,536	5,163,055
Less than 9th grade	410,657	389,968	431,346
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	753,029	680,132	825,926
High school graduate (including equivalency)	1,515,641	1,438,551	1,592,731
Some college, no degree	986,491	936,927	1,036,055
Associate degree	353,766	332,135	375,398
Bachelor's degree	788,215	734,229	842,201
Graduate or professional degree	342,996	312,415	373,577

Percent high school graduate or higher	77.4	75.9	78.9
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	22.0	20.5	23.5

MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over	2,952,828	2,939,824	2,965,832
Never married	789,953	760,811	819,095
Now married, except separated	1,775,374	1,742,260	1,808,488
Separated	77,031	65,729	88,334
Widowed	69,775	62,817	76,733
Divorced	240,695	226,124	255,266

Females 15 years and over	3,191,452	3,180,229	3,202,675
Never married	694,125	667,481	720,769
Now married, except separated	1,715,411	1,683,972	1,746,850
Separated	115,236	103,151	127,321
Widowed	351,151	337,925	364,377
Divorced	315,529	302,261	328,797

FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had
a birth in the past 12 months	123,809	112,688	134,930
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)	44,953	38,536	51,370
Per 1,000 unmarried women	51	44	58
As a percent of all women with a birth	36.3	32.7	39.9
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old	60	55	65
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old	51	38	64
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old	114	99	129
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old	16	13	19

GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren
under 18 years in households	155,530	141,366	169,694
Responsible for grandchildren	87,721	76,816	98,626
less than 1 year	31,994	21,507	42,481
1 or 2 years	11,238	8,024	14,452
3 or 4 years	10,912	7,081	14,743
5 or more years	33,577	26,654	40,500

Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent who are female	67.2	64.2	70.2
Percent who are married	70.7	65.6	75.8
Percent who are in labor force	58.9	55.1	62.7
Percent who are in poverty	21.8	14.4	29.2

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	5,780,076	5,735,354	5,824,798
Civilian veterans	721,832	678,127	765,537

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	1,678,442	1,666,042	1,690,842
With a disability	125,343	110,777	139,909

Population 21 to 64 years	4,603,651	4,562,479	4,644,823
With a disability	711,371	669,928	752,814
Percent employed	47.0	44.2	49.8
No disability	3,892,280	3,833,702	3,950,858
Percent employed	79.7	79.0	80.4

Population 65 years and over	908,104	902,827	913,381
With a disability	405,328	385,921	424,735

RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over	7,696,081	7,686,900	7,705,262
Same house	6,400,952	6,330,730	6,471,174
Different house in the U.S.	1,238,836	1,171,790	1,305,882
Same county	688,273	655,489	721,057
Different county	550,563	495,701	605,426
Same state	312,651	275,929	349,373
Different state	237,912	199,188	276,636
Abroad	56,293	42,676	69,910

PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population	7,795,432	*****	*****
Native	7,387,138	7,370,717	7,403,559
Born in United States	7,318,913	7,297,315	7,340,512
State of residence	4,994,241	4,841,248	5,147,234
Different state	2,324,672	2,167,866	2,481,478
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or
born abroad to American parent(s)	68,225	57,934	78,516
Foreign born	408,294	391,873	424,715
Naturalized citizen	95,629	83,163	108,095
Not a citizen	312,665	297,049	328,281
Entered 1990 or later	250,174	230,966	269,382
Entered before 1990	158,120	144,461	171,779

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported	408,294	391,873	424,715
Europe	50,904	41,973	59,835
Asia	84,128	75,540	92,716
Africa	17,411	10,946	23,876
Oceania	3,172	1,045	5,299
Latin America	241,598	227,248	255,948
Northern America	11,081	7,514	14,648

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	7,255,097	7,249,353	7,260,841
English only	6,736,359	6,717,628	6,755,090
Language other than English	518,738	499,346	538,130
Speak English less than "very well"	246,568	229,085	264,051
Spanish	333,995	321,412	346,578
Speak English less than "very well"	186,176	170,767	201,585
Other Indo-European languages	86,149	71,347	100,951
Speak English less than "very well"	20,082	13,880	26,284
Asian and Pacific Islander languages	80,935	71,287	90,583
Speak English less than "very well"	35,521	29,513	41,529
Other languages	17,659	11,239	24,079
Speak English less than "very well"	4,789	1,446	8,132

ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population	7,795,432	*****	*****
Arab	22,104	12,717	31,491
Czech	13,426	9,143	17,709
Danish	12,619	8,265	16,973
Dutch	101,656	90,547	112,765
English	883,703	829,796	937,610
French (except Basque)	161,081	136,684	185,478
French Canadian	23,261	15,730	30,792
German	921,121	855,109	987,133
Greek	21,836	14,929	28,743
Hungarian	14,247	10,134	18,360
Irish	687,306	655,271	719,341
Italian	191,942	161,975	221,909
Lithuanian	5,401	1,903	8,899
Norwegian	37,536	30,005	45,067
Polish	86,823	73,196	100,450
Portuguese	8,466	3,211	13,721
Russian	29,666	22,490	36,842
Scotch-Irish	299,152	259,974	338,330
Scottish	202,504	180,780	224,228
Slovak	5,704	2,963	8,445
Subsaharan African	39,651	30,292	49,010
Swedish	43,098	32,804	53,392
Swiss	9,064	5,673	12,455
Ukrainian	6,411	3,784	9,038
United States or American	1,116,700	999,867	1,233,533
Welsh	39,105	31,347	46,863
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)	10,786	6,268	15,304

The Census 2000 Supplementary Survey universe is limited to the household population and excludes the population living in institutions, college dormitories, and other group quarters. Data are based on a sample and are subject to sampling variability. The degree of uncertainty for an estimate is represented through the use of a confidence interval. The confidence interval computed here is a 90 percent confidence interval and can be interpreted roughly as providing 90 percent certainty that the true number falls between the lower and upper bounds.

School enrollment estimates from the Census 2000 Supplementary Survey will tend to be lower than similar estimates from Census 2000 and the Current Population Survey because the school enrollment estimates from the Census 2000 Supplementary Survey do not include individuals residing in group quarters, such as college dormitories.

Ancestry listed in this table refers to the total number of reports; for example, the estimate given for Russian represents the number of people who listed Russian as either their first or second ancestry. This table lists only the largest ancestry groups; see the Detailed Tables for more categories. Race and Hispanic origin groups are not included in this table because official data for those groups come from the Race and Hispanic origin questions rather than the ancestry question (see Table 1).

1. An '*' entry in the lower and upper bound columns indicates that too few sample observations were available to compute a standard error and thus the lower and upper bounds. A statistical test is not appropriate.
2. An '**' entry in the lower and upper bound columns indicates that no sample observations were available to compute a standard error and thus the lower and upper bounds. A statistical test is not appropriate.
3. An '-' entry in the estimate column indicates that no sample observations were available to compute an estimate.
4. An '-' following a median estimate means the median falls in the lowest interval of an open-ended distribution.
5. An '+' following a median estimate means the median falls in the upper interval of an open-ended distribution.
6. An '***' entry in the lower and upper bound columns indicates that the median falls in the lowest interval or upper interval of an open-ended distribution. A statistical test is not appropriate.
7. An '*****' entry in the lower and upper bound columns indicates that the estimate is controlled. A statistical test is not appropriate.
8. An 'N' entry in the estimate, lower bound, and upper bound columns indicates that data for this geographic area cannot be displayed because the number of sample cases is too small.

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