Orange County, NC Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Orange 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 school44,716100.0
Nursery school, preschool1,9114.3
Kindergarten1,2632.8
Elementary school (grades 1-8)11,50625.7
High school (grades 9-12)5,36212.0
College or graduate school24,67455.2
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over69,530100.0
Less than 9th grade3,0704.4
9th to 12th grade, no diploma5,5458.0
High school graduate (includes equivalency)11,03115.9
Some college, no degree10,29814.8
Associate degree3,7875.4
Bachelor's degree16,94524.4
Graduate or professional degree18,85427.1
Percent high school graduate or higher87.6(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher51.5(X)
MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over98,275100.0
Never married39,91840.6
Now married, except separated44,51745.3
Separated2,1652.2
Widowed4,2794.4
Female
3,4483.5
Divorced7,3967.5
Female
4,4724.6
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years1,009100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren35835.5
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over94,169100.0
Civilian veterans7,9458.4
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years30,988100.0
With a disability2,2287.2
Population 21 to 64 years71,140100.0
With a disability8,28411.6
Percent employed
58.1(X)
No disability62,85688.4
Percent employed
79.7(X)
Population 65 years and over9,291100.0
With a disability3,87741.7
RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over112,444100.0
Same house in 199546,34841.2
Different house in the U.S. in 199560,89854.2
Same county
17,91615.9
Different county
42,98238.2
Same state
23,00320.5
Different state
19,97917.8
Elsewhere in 19955,1984.6
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population118,227100.0
Native107,51690.9
Born in United States
105,88889.6
State of residence
54,84546.4
Different state
51,04343.2
Born outside United States
1,6281.4
Foreign born10,7119.1
Entered 1990 to March 2000
6,5465.5
Naturalized citizen
2,6832.3
Not a citizen
8,0286.8
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)10,711100.0
Europe2,18420.4
Asia3,77635.3
Africa4844.5
Oceania540.5
Latin America3,60633.7
Northern America6075.7
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over112,444100.0
English only99,03588.1
Language other than English13,40911.9
Speak English less than 'very well
5,1894.6
Spanish
5,8805.2
Speak English less than "very well"
2,8582.5
Other Indo-European languages
3,5123.1
Speak English less than "very well"
5930.5
Asian and Pacific Island languages
3,3363.0
Speak English less than "very well"
1,6441.5
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population118,227100.0

Total ancestries reported

121,884103.1
Arab4030.3
Czech15220.4
Danish3860.3
Dutch1,8351.6
English16,44613.9
French (except Basque)13,0122.5
French Canadian17540.6
German15,62313.2
Greek5550.5
Hungarian5050.4
Irish112,52110.6
Italian4,6003.9
Lithuanian3100.3
Norwegian1,0680.9
Polish2,8522.4
Portuguese1990.2
Russian1,7411.5
Scotch-Irish4,8434.1
Scottish5,1174.3
Slovak2000.2
Subsaharan African1,5181.3
Swedish1,3171.1
Swiss3770.3
Ukrainian3100.3
United States or American8,4227.1
Welsh1,1711.0
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)3450.3
Other ancestries34,93229.5
(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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