Wilkes County, NC Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Wilkes county north carolina dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics






Subject

Number

Percent

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school13,770100.0
Nursery school, preschool1,0247.4
Kindergarten8396.1
Elementary school (grades 1-8)6,69648.6
High school (grades 9-12)3,18723.1
College or graduate school2,02414.7
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over45,498100.0
Less than 9th grade6,40214.1
9th to 12th grade, no diploma9,07920.0
High school graduate (includes equivalency)14,31431.5
Some college, no degree8,19318.0
Associate degree2,3755.2
Bachelor's degree3,4877.7
Graduate or professional degree1,6483.6
Percent high school graduate or higher66.0(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher11.3(X)
MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over53,201100.0
Never married9,33417.5
Now married, except separated33,67763.3
Separated1,2552.4
Widowed4,2818.0
Female
3,4996.6
Divorced4,6548.7
Female
2,4144.5
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years1,032100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren45143.7
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over50,750100.0
Civilian veterans5,62311.1
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years12,817100.0
With a disability1,1799.2
Population 21 to 64 years38,921100.0
With a disability9,36424.1
Percent employed
54.8(X)
No disability29,55775.9
Percent employed
79.5(X)
Population 65 years and over8,955100.0
With a disability4,47149.9
RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over61,500100.0
Same house in 199539,81764.7
Different house in the U.S. in 199520,63133.5
Same county
13,33921.7
Different county
7,29211.9
Same state
4,0856.6
Different state
3,2075.2
Elsewhere in 19951,0521.7
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population65,632100.0
Native63,68697.0
Born in United States
63,51396.8
State of residence
53,98782.3
Different state
9,52614.5
Born outside United States
1730.3
Foreign born1,9463.0
Entered 1990 to March 2000
1,4552.2
Naturalized citizen
3600.5
Not a citizen
1,5862.4
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)1,946100.0
Europe1196.1
Asia27013.9
Africa804.1
Oceania00.0
Latin America1,44374.2
Northern America341.7
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over61,500100.0
English only58,40695.0
Language other than English3,0945.0
Speak English less than 'very well
1,7522.8
Spanish
2,3753.9
Speak English less than "very well"
1,4262.3
Other Indo-European languages
4550.7
Speak English less than "very well"
1620.3
Asian and Pacific Island languages
1590.3
Speak English less than "very well"
910.1
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population65,632100.0

Total ancestries reported

47,03471.7
Arab340.1
Czech1500.1
Danish450.1
Dutch1,0111.5
English8,62113.1
French (except Basque)16871.0
French Canadian1790.1
German4,6697.1
Greek640.1
Hungarian640.1
Irish14,4696.8
Italian6811.0
Lithuanian280.0
Norwegian1690.3
Polish3420.5
Portuguese160.0
Russian1170.2
Scotch-Irish1,8502.8
Scottish1,0381.6
Slovak80.0
Subsaharan African1170.2
Swedish2080.3
Swiss660.1
Ukrainian800.1
United States or American14,37021.9
Welsh1590.2
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)00.0
Other ancestries7,99212.2
(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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