Union County, NC Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Union 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 school32,693100.0
Nursery school, preschool2,9339.0
Kindergarten2,1776.7
Elementary school (grades 1-8)15,92748.7
High school (grades 9-12)6,87521.0
College or graduate school4,78114.6
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over78,878100.0
Less than 9th grade5,4586.9
9th to 12th grade, no diploma10,13112.8
High school graduate (includes equivalency)24,30830.8
Some college, no degree16,49020.9
Associate degree5,6727.2
Bachelor's degree12,37115.7
Graduate or professional degree4,4485.6
Percent high school graduate or higher80.2(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher21.3(X)
MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over94,030100.0
Never married19,64620.9
Now married, except separated60,54764.4
Separated2,0322.2
Widowed5,0265.3
Female
4,2244.5
Divorced6,7797.2
Female
3,7924.0
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years2,328100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren91939.5
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over89,060100.0
Civilian veterans10,44011.7
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years29,146100.0
With a disability2,1097.2
Population 21 to 64 years72,989100.0
With a disability13,65918.7
Percent employed
63.7(X)
No disability59,33081.3
Percent employed
80.3(X)
Population 65 years and over10,729100.0
With a disability4,69943.8
RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over113,722100.0
Same house in 199560,54553.2
Different house in the U.S. in 199550,38044.3
Same county
19,38117.0
Different county
30,99927.3
Same state
16,67814.7
Different state
14,32112.6
Elsewhere in 19952,7972.5
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population123,677100.0
Native116,63094.3
Born in United States
115,70793.6
State of residence
75,63261.2
Different state
40,07532.4
Born outside United States
9230.7
Foreign born7,0475.7
Entered 1990 to March 2000
4,8273.9
Naturalized citizen
1,5331.2
Not a citizen
5,5144.5
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)7,047100.0
Europe6779.6
Asia5417.7
Africa1241.8
Oceania150.2
Latin America5,47877.7
Northern America2123.0
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over113,722100.0
English only104,30891.7
Language other than English9,4148.3
Speak English less than 'very well
5,5754.9
Spanish
7,3596.5
Speak English less than "very well"
5,0154.4
Other Indo-European languages
1,4811.3
Speak English less than "very well"
2730.2
Asian and Pacific Island languages
3390.3
Speak English less than "very well"
1750.2
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population123,677100.0

Total ancestries reported

103,67583.8
Arab2420.2
Czech13170.3
Danish1230.1
Dutch1,4561.2
English11,6989.5
French (except Basque)12,0881.7
French Canadian14770.4
German14,57911.8
Greek2550.2
Hungarian3250.3
Irish19,6257.8
Italian3,7613.0
Lithuanian1030.1
Norwegian5500.4
Polish1,7471.4
Portuguese1150.1
Russian3660.3
Scotch-Irish5,7684.7
Scottish2,5962.1
Slovak1330.1
Subsaharan African4650.4
Swedish7180.6
Swiss2450.2
Ukrainian1680.1
United States or American17,73514.3
Welsh6340.5
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)2660.2
Other ancestries27,12021.9
(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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