Anson County, NC Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Anson county north carolina dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	6,464	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	354	5.5
Kindergarten	453	7.0
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	2,942	45.5
High school (grades 9-12)	1,608	24.9
College or graduate school	1,107	17.1

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	16,824	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,565	9.3
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	3,455	20.5
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	6,462	38.4
Some college, no degree	2,853	17.0
Associate degree	942	5.6
Bachelor's degree	1,106	6.6
Graduate or professional degree	441	2.6

Percent high school graduate or higher	70.2	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	9.2	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	19,964	100.0
Never married	5,337	26.7
Now married, except separated	10,045	50.3
Separated	923	4.6
Widowed	2,037	10.2
Female	1,652	8.3
Divorced	1,622	8.1
Female	753	3.8

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	1,021	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	450	44.1

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	18,903	100.0
Civilian veterans	2,158	11.4

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	5,593	100.0
With a disability	637	11.4

Population 21 to 64 years	13,224	100.0
With a disability	4,422	33.4
Percent employed	57.9	(X)
No disability	8,802	66.6
Percent employed	71.7	(X)

Population 65 years and over	3,475	100.0
With a disability	1,709	49.2

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	23,676	100.0
Same house in 1995	16,027	67.7
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	7,468	31.5
Same county	4,445	18.8
Different county	3,023	12.8
Same state	1,891	8.0
Different state	1,132	4.8
Elsewhere in 1995	181	0.8

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	25,275	100.0
Native	25,096	99.3
Born in United States	25,034	99.0
State of residence	21,121	83.6
Different state	3,913	15.5
Born outside United States	62	0.2
Foreign born	179	0.7
Entered 1990 to March 2000	93	0.4
Naturalized citizen	40	0.2
Not a citizen	139	0.5

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	179	100.0
Europe	56	31.3
Asia	25	14.0
Africa	3	1.7
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	92	51.4
Northern America	3	1.7

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	23,676	100.0
English only	23,012	97.2
Language other than English	664	2.8
Speak English less than 'very well	300	1.3
Spanish	445	1.9
Speak English less than "very well"	191	0.8
Other Indo-European languages	145	0.6
Speak English less than "very well"	73	0.3
Asian and Pacific Island languages	36	0.2
Speak English less than "very well"	11	0.0

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	25,275	100.0
Total ancestries reported	19,460	77.0
Arab	33	0.1
Czech¹	2	0.0
Danish	0	0.0
Dutch	212	0.8
English	1,360	5.4
French (except Basque)¹	114	0.5
French Canadian¹	47	0.2
German	942	3.7
Greek	25	0.1
Hungarian	0	0.0
Irish¹	812	3.2
Italian	78	0.3
Lithuanian	0	0.0
Norwegian	39	0.2
Polish	78	0.3
Portuguese	0	0.0
Russian	5	0.0
Scotch-Irish	570	2.3
Scottish	282	1.1
Slovak	0	0.0
Subsaharan African	226	0.9
Swedish	9	0.0
Swiss	0	0.0
Ukrainian	0	0.0
United States or American	3,310	13.1
Welsh	33	0.1
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	3	0.0
Other ancestries	11,280	44.6

(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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