New Hanover County, NC Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

New hanover county north carolina dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics





NOTE: Data based on a sample except in P3, P4, H3, and H4. For information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, definitions, and count corrections see https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml.


Subject

Number

Percent

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school42,293100.0
Nursery school, preschool2,9216.9
Kindergarten1,8934.5
Elementary school (grades 1-8)15,13335.8
High school (grades 9-12)7,38417.5
College or graduate school14,96235.4
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over107,671100.0
Less than 9th grade3,8183.5
9th to 12th grade, no diploma10,93810.2
High school graduate (includes equivalency)26,32724.5
Some college, no degree24,76723.0
Associate degree8,4817.9
Bachelor's degree23,98522.3
Graduate or professional degree9,3558.7
Percent high school graduate or higher86.3(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher31.0(X)
MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over132,207100.0
Never married36,92027.9
Now married, except separated69,51152.6
Separated3,6302.7
Widowed8,7856.6
Female
7,3115.5
Divorced13,36110.1
Female
7,7925.9
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years2,264100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren1,17351.8
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over126,397100.0
Civilian veterans18,62714.7
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years32,457100.0
With a disability2,8218.7
Population 21 to 64 years96,918100.0
With a disability17,52218.1
Percent employed
58.7(X)
No disability79,39681.9
Percent employed
78.4(X)
Population 65 years and over20,012100.0
With a disability8,49942.5
RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over151,073100.0
Same house in 199568,58745.4
Different house in the U.S. in 199580,13253.0
Same county
37,20024.6
Different county
42,93228.4
Same state
19,99313.2
Different state
22,93915.2
Elsewhere in 19952,3541.6
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population160,307100.0
Native155,09896.8
Born in United States
153,63795.8
State of residence
88,38355.1
Different state
65,25440.7
Born outside United States
1,4610.9
Foreign born5,2093.2
Entered 1990 to March 2000
2,3641.5
Naturalized citizen
2,0991.3
Not a citizen
3,1101.9
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)5,209100.0
Europe1,69532.5
Asia1,11021.3
Africa2284.4
Oceania811.6
Latin America1,77534.1
Northern America3206.1
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over151,073100.0
English only142,93494.6
Language other than English8,1395.4
Speak English less than 'very well
2,8381.9
Spanish
4,2002.8
Speak English less than "very well"
1,7631.2
Other Indo-European languages
2,6841.8
Speak English less than "very well"
5310.4
Asian and Pacific Island languages
9010.6
Speak English less than "very well"
4170.3
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population160,307100.0

Total ancestries reported

157,30398.1
Arab5690.4
Czech14710.3
Danish4480.3
Dutch2,3381.5
English23,07614.4
French (except Basque)14,0912.6
French Canadian19440.6
German20,51612.8
Greek8840.6
Hungarian7960.5
Irish118,61211.6
Italian6,9754.4
Lithuanian1350.1
Norwegian8950.6
Polish2,8641.8
Portuguese3050.2
Russian7530.5
Scotch-Irish7,3804.6
Scottish5,3053.3
Slovak2110.1
Subsaharan African9810.6
Swedish1,4710.9
Swiss3140.2
Ukrainian4460.3
United States or American16,23610.1
Welsh1,4220.9
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)3050.2
Other ancestries38,56024.1
(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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