ACS: 2000 C2SS Tabular Profile for Hickory--Morganton--Lenoir, NC MSA -- Table 2

Census 2000 Supplementary Survey Profile Hickory--Morganton--Lenoir, NC MSA

TABLE 2. PROFILE OF SELECTED SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS
	Estimate	Lower Bound	Upper Bound
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	76,451	71,831	81,071
Nursery school, preschool	4,152	2,459	5,845
Kindergarten	6,141	3,928	8,354
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	38,829	36,326	41,332
High school grade (grades 9-12)	18,449	15,826	21,073
College or graduate school	8,880	6,314	11,446

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	226,781	224,961	228,601
Less than 9th grade	23,901	18,510	29,292
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	35,899	29,824	41,974
High school graduate (including equivalency)	72,377	64,510	80,244
Some college, no degree	42,630	36,723	48,537
Associate degree	13,431	10,020	16,842
Bachelor's degree	29,187	24,329	34,045
Graduate or professional degree	9,356	6,686	12,026

Percent high school graduate or higher	73.6	70.1	77.1
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	17.0	14.4	19.6

MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over	129,788	127,407	132,169
Never married	34,159	29,697	38,621
Now married, except separated	77,157	72,121	82,193
Separated	4,290	2,115	6,465
Widowed	3,074	1,761	4,387
Divorced	11,108	8,184	14,032

Females 15 years and over	136,090	134,245	137,935
Never married	21,930	18,769	25,091
Now married, except separated	77,468	72,843	82,093
Separated	5,300	2,815	7,785
Widowed	15,453	12,607	18,299
Divorced	15,939	12,370	19,508

FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had
a birth in the past 12 months	2,474	794	4,154
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)	417	0	836
Per 1,000 unmarried women	13	0	26
As a percent of all women with a birth	16.9	0.0	34.7
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old	29	9	49
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old	44	0	89
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old	52	6	98
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old	7	0	15

GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren
under 18 years in households	4,967	2,962	6,972
Responsible for grandchildren	2,276	931	3,621
less than 1 year	668	0	1,485
1 or 2 years	231	0	637
3 or 4 years	0	0	464
5 or more years	1,377	415	2,339

Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent who are female	65.5	49.0	82.0
Percent who are married	74.2	50.6	97.8
Percent who are in labor force	83.8	65.0	100.0
Percent who are in poverty	0.0	0.0	19.5

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	250,190	248,924	251,456
Civilian veterans	28,169	23,993	32,345

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	71,742	68,640	74,844
With a disability	5,001	3,041	6,961

Population 21 to 64 years	199,132	196,784	201,480
With a disability	38,343	32,337	44,349
Percent employed	54.7	46.0	63.4
No disability	160,789	154,473	167,105
Percent employed	80.1	76.8	83.4

Population 65 years and over	41,128	40,399	41,857
With a disability	15,425	12,600	18,250

RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over	333,146	331,879	334,413
Same house	285,561	275,658	295,464
Different house in the U.S.	45,944	36,577	55,311
Same county	23,516	17,277	29,755
Different county	22,428	14,889	29,967
Same state	14,481	8,402	20,560
Different state	7,947	2,708	13,186
Abroad	1,641	0	3,298

PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population	334,715	*****	*****
Native	319,845	317,061	322,629
Born in United States	316,393	312,687	320,099
State of residence	240,484	230,601	250,368
Different state	75,909	65,768	86,050
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or
born abroad to American parent(s)	3,452	891	6,013
Foreign born	14,870	12,086	17,654
Naturalized citizen	2,821	0	5,874
Not a citizen	12,049	8,264	15,834
Entered 1990 or later	5,536	956	10,116
Entered before 1990	9,334	5,237	13,431

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported	14,870	12,086	17,654
Europe	1,559	0	3,268
Asia	2,842	1,496	4,188
Africa	0	0	464
Oceania	0	0	464
Latin America	10,267	9,120	11,414
Northern America	202	0	529

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	312,663	310,437	314,889
English only	290,791	286,296	295,286
Language other than English	21,872	16,691	27,053
Speak English less than "very well"	15,555	12,026	19,084
Spanish	12,542	10,905	14,179
Speak English less than "very well"	10,966	9,407	12,525
Other Indo-European languages	3,162	933	5,391
Speak English less than "very well"	1,550	24	3,076
Asian and Pacific Islander languages	6,168	2,637	9,699
Speak English less than "very well"	3,039	874	5,204
Other languages	0	0	464
Speak English less than "very well"	0	0	464

ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population	334,715	*****	*****
Arab	0	0	464
Czech	87	0	234
Danish	197	0	530
Dutch	12,051	7,009	17,093
English	33,984	26,840	41,129
French (except Basque)	5,620	3,105	8,135
French Canadian	848	20	1,676
German	60,738	50,950	70,526
Greek	945	0	1,930
Hungarian	0	0	464
Irish	32,534	24,612	40,456
Italian	3,449	1,355	5,543
Lithuanian	0	0	464
Norwegian	732	0	1,717
Polish	1,989	125	3,854
Portuguese	0	0	464
Russian	262	0	712
Scotch-Irish	13,929	10,253	17,605
Scottish	12,084	7,527	16,641
Slovak	0	0	464
Subsaharan African	2,107	0	4,453
Swedish	431	0	934
Swiss	210	0	555
Ukrainian	0	0	464
United States or American	65,486	54,530	76,442
Welsh	903	81	1,725
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)	0	0	464

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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