Currituck County, NC Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Currituck county north carolina dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	4,264	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	268	6.3
Kindergarten	212	5.0
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	2,247	52.7
High school (grades 9-12)	982	23.0
College or graduate school	555	13.0

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	12,361	100.0
Less than 9th grade	797	6.4
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	1,978	16.0
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	4,256	34.4
Some college, no degree	3,114	25.2
Associate degree	575	4.7
Bachelor's degree	1,265	10.2
Graduate or professional degree	376	3.0

Percent high school graduate or higher	77.6	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	13.3	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	14,405	100.0
Never married	2,661	18.5
Now married, except separated	9,081	63.0
Separated	435	3.0
Widowed	980	6.8
Female	753	5.2
Divorced	1,248	8.7
Female	599	4.2

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	504	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	271	53.8

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	13,392	100.0
Civilian veterans	2,490	18.6

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	3,998	100.0
With a disability	295	7.4

Population 21 to 64 years	10,578	100.0
With a disability	2,663	25.2
Percent employed	64.1	(X)
No disability	7,915	74.8
Percent employed	77.1	(X)

Population 65 years and over	2,143	100.0
With a disability	1,050	49.0

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	17,091	100.0
Same house in 1995	9,978	58.4
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	7,016	41.1
Same county	2,042	11.9
Different county	4,974	29.1
Same state	1,295	7.6
Different state	3,679	21.5
Elsewhere in 1995	97	0.6

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	18,190	100.0
Native	17,936	98.6
Born in United States	17,784	97.8
State of residence	5,396	29.7
Different state	12,388	68.1
Born outside United States	152	0.8
Foreign born	254	1.4
Entered 1990 to March 2000	52	0.3
Naturalized citizen	119	0.7
Not a citizen	135	0.7

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	254	100.0
Europe	98	38.6
Asia	82	32.3
Africa	5	2.0
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	52	20.5
Northern America	17	6.7

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	17,091	100.0
English only	16,558	96.9
Language other than English	533	3.1
Speak English less than 'very well	184	1.1
Spanish	270	1.6
Speak English less than "very well"	101	0.6
Other Indo-European languages	117	0.7
Speak English less than "very well"	29	0.2
Asian and Pacific Island languages	118	0.7
Speak English less than "very well"	54	0.3

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	18,190	100.0
Total ancestries reported	15,074	82.9
Arab	0	0.0
Czech¹	31	0.2
Danish	15	0.1
Dutch	181	1.0
English	2,643	14.5
French (except Basque)¹	360	2.0
French Canadian¹	163	0.9
German	2,069	11.4
Greek	33	0.2
Hungarian	52	0.3
Irish¹	2,003	11.0
Italian	580	3.2
Lithuanian	5	0.0
Norwegian	127	0.7
Polish	235	1.3
Portuguese	12	0.1
Russian	24	0.1
Scotch-Irish	409	2.2
Scottish	427	2.3
Slovak	14	0.1
Subsaharan African	13	0.1
Swedish	39	0.2
Swiss	15	0.1
Ukrainian	32	0.2
United States or American	2,896	15.9
Welsh	124	0.7
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	5	0.0
Other ancestries	2,567	14.1

(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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