Chatham County, NC Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Chatham county north carolina dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	10,643	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	719	6.8
Kindergarten	646	6.1
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	5,194	48.8
High school (grades 9-12)	2,287	21.5
College or graduate school	1,797	16.9

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	34,920	100.0
Less than 9th grade	3,063	8.8
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	4,642	13.3
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	9,337	26.7
Some college, no degree	6,089	17.4
Associate degree	2,158	6.2
Bachelor's degree	5,583	16.0
Graduate or professional degree	4,048	11.6

Percent high school graduate or higher	77.9	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	27.6	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	39,978	100.0
Never married	8,587	21.5
Now married, except separated	24,067	60.2
Separated	824	2.1
Widowed	3,191	8.0
Female	2,661	6.7
Divorced	3,309	8.3
Female	1,927	4.8

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	810	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	361	44.6

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	38,249	100.0
Civilian veterans	4,851	12.7

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	9,350	100.0
With a disability	648	6.9

Population 21 to 64 years	29,113	100.0
With a disability	5,033	17.3
Percent employed	63.6	(X)
No disability	24,080	82.7
Percent employed	80.8	(X)

Population 65 years and over	7,267	100.0
With a disability	2,745	37.8

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	46,331	100.0
Same house in 1995	27,567	59.5
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	16,996	36.7
Same county	6,431	13.9
Different county	10,565	22.8
Same state	6,389	13.8
Different state	4,176	9.0
Elsewhere in 1995	1,768	3.8

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	49,329	100.0
Native	45,020	91.3
Born in United States	44,726	90.7
State of residence	30,949	62.7
Different state	13,777	27.9
Born outside United States	294	0.6
Foreign born	4,309	8.7
Entered 1990 to March 2000	2,975	6.0
Naturalized citizen	634	1.3
Not a citizen	3,675	7.4

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	4,309	100.0
Europe	273	6.3
Asia	225	5.2
Africa	54	1.3
Oceania	5	0.1
Latin America	3,690	85.6
Northern America	62	1.4

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	46,331	100.0
English only	41,352	89.3
Language other than English	4,979	10.7
Speak English less than 'very well	3,166	6.8
Spanish	4,307	9.3
Speak English less than "very well"	2,966	6.4
Other Indo-European languages	438	0.9
Speak English less than "very well"	153	0.3
Asian and Pacific Island languages	146	0.3
Speak English less than "very well"	47	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	49,329	100.0
Total ancestries reported	45,281	91.8
Arab	120	0.2
Czech¹	100	0.2
Danish	117	0.2
Dutch	513	1.0
English	6,188	12.5
French (except Basque)¹	864	1.8
French Canadian¹	71	0.1
German	4,935	10.0
Greek	95	0.2
Hungarian	149	0.3
Irish¹	4,046	8.2
Italian	1,136	2.3
Lithuanian	85	0.2
Norwegian	201	0.4
Polish	647	1.3
Portuguese	19	0.0
Russian	316	0.6
Scotch-Irish	1,759	3.6
Scottish	1,586	3.2
Slovak	25	0.1
Subsaharan African	402	0.8
Swedish	295	0.6
Swiss	91	0.2
Ukrainian	58	0.1
United States or American	6,697	13.6
Welsh	288	0.6
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	39	0.1
Other ancestries	14,439	29.3

(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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