Lincoln County, NC Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Lincoln county north carolina dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	14,743	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	942	6.4
Kindergarten	894	6.1
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	7,546	51.2
High school (grades 9-12)	3,337	22.6
College or graduate school	2,024	13.7

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	43,259	100.0
Less than 9th grade	3,941	9.1
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	8,293	19.2
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	13,772	31.8
Some college, no degree	9,212	21.3
Associate degree	2,435	5.6
Bachelor's degree	4,147	9.6
Graduate or professional degree	1,459	3.4

Percent high school graduate or higher	71.7	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	13.0	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	50,356	100.0
Never married	9,651	19.2
Now married, except separated	32,136	63.8
Separated	1,219	2.4
Widowed	3,023	6.0
Female	2,481	4.9
Divorced	4,327	8.6
Female	2,325	4.6

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	1,194	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	604	50.6

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	47,949	100.0
Civilian veterans	5,936	12.4

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	13,734	100.0
With a disability	1,070	7.8

Population 21 to 64 years	38,312	100.0
With a disability	8,262	21.6
Percent employed	61.3	(X)
No disability	30,050	78.4
Percent employed	81.4	(X)

Population 65 years and over	6,944	100.0
With a disability	3,335	48.0

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	59,686	100.0
Same house in 1995	35,087	58.8
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	23,001	38.5
Same county	10,117	17.0
Different county	12,884	21.6
Same state	8,643	14.5
Different state	4,241	7.1
Elsewhere in 1995	1,598	2.7

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	63,780	100.0
Native	60,703	95.2
Born in United States	60,457	94.8
State of residence	45,595	71.5
Different state	14,862	23.3
Born outside United States	246	0.4
Foreign born	3,077	4.8
Entered 1990 to March 2000	2,324	3.6
Naturalized citizen	590	0.9
Not a citizen	2,487	3.9

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	3,077	100.0
Europe	286	9.3
Asia	87	2.8
Africa	20	0.6
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	2,629	85.4
Northern America	55	1.8

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	59,686	100.0
English only	55,654	93.2
Language other than English	4,032	6.8
Speak English less than 'very well	2,232	3.7
Spanish	3,504	5.9
Speak English less than "very well"	1,998	3.3
Other Indo-European languages	428	0.7
Speak English less than "very well"	169	0.3
Asian and Pacific Island languages	69	0.1
Speak English less than "very well"	44	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	63,780	100.0
Total ancestries reported	49,368	77.4
Arab	56	0.1
Czech¹	46	0.1
Danish	18	0.0
Dutch	1,164	1.8
English	4,363	6.8
French (except Basque)¹	770	1.2
French Canadian¹	192	0.3
German	9,050	14.2
Greek	153	0.2
Hungarian	119	0.2
Irish¹	4,174	6.5
Italian	947	1.5
Lithuanian	39	0.1
Norwegian	100	0.2
Polish	366	0.6
Portuguese	13	0.0
Russian	80	0.1
Scotch-Irish	1,825	2.9
Scottish	1,131	1.8
Slovak	12	0.0
Subsaharan African	75	0.1
Swedish	261	0.4
Swiss	66	0.1
Ukrainian	45	0.1
United States or American	12,974	20.3
Welsh	190	0.3
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	55	0.1
Other ancestries	11,084	17.4

(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. Census Bureau, Census 2000 Summary File 3, Matrices P18, P19, P21, P22, P24, P36, P37, P39, P42, PCT8, PCT16, PCT17, and PCT19

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