Guilford County, NC Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Guilford county north carolina dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics






Subject

Number

Percent

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school114,435100.0
Nursery school, preschool7,8336.8
Kindergarten6,1765.4
Elementary school (grades 1-8)46,44540.6
High school (grades 9-12)21,45718.8
College or graduate school32,52428.4
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over275,494100.0
Less than 9th grade14,7935.4
9th to 12th grade, no diploma32,11911.7
High school graduate (includes equivalency)69,25625.1
Some college, no degree59,43221.6
Associate degree16,4506.0
Bachelor's degree58,55721.3
Graduate or professional degree24,8879.0
Percent high school graduate or higher83.0(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher30.3(X)
MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over336,511100.0
Never married95,96428.5
Now married, except separated177,97152.9
Separated9,6792.9
Widowed21,1906.3
Female
17,5885.2
Divorced31,7079.4
Female
19,0055.6
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years7,231100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren3,27145.2
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over321,377100.0
Civilian veterans39,03712.1
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years92,952100.0
With a disability7,8598.5
Population 21 to 64 years250,476100.0
With a disability46,90418.7
Percent employed
62.6(X)
No disability203,57281.3
Percent employed
81.3(X)
Population 65 years and over47,094100.0
With a disability19,96542.4
RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over393,748100.0
Same house in 1995194,60949.4
Different house in the U.S. in 1995186,77447.4
Same county
106,27527.0
Different county
80,49920.4
Same state
35,4369.0
Different state
45,06311.4
Elsewhere in 199512,3653.1
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population421,048100.0
Native393,73193.5
Born in United States
390,67592.8
State of residence
257,78761.2
Different state
132,88831.6
Born outside United States
3,0560.7
Foreign born27,3176.5
Entered 1990 to March 2000
17,8914.2
Naturalized citizen
6,9011.6
Not a citizen
20,4164.8
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)27,317100.0
Europe3,90614.3
Asia8,23230.1
Africa3,16011.6
Oceania1130.4
Latin America10,91740.0
Northern America9893.6
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over393,748100.0
English only357,62390.8
Language other than English36,1259.2
Speak English less than 'very well
18,1784.6
Spanish
18,2624.6
Speak English less than "very well"
10,1982.6
Other Indo-European languages
8,6362.2
Speak English less than "very well"
2,8650.7
Asian and Pacific Island languages
6,4701.6
Speak English less than "very well"
4,0971.0
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population421,048100.0

Total ancestries reported

388,88592.4
Arab1,4990.4
Czech18520.2
Danish5370.1
Dutch5,0381.2
English43,10910.2
French (except Basque)17,2511.7
French Canadian11,5420.4
German40,7869.7
Greek1,2490.3
Hungarian1,0410.2
Irish130,4027.2
Italian10,4852.5
Lithuanian2160.1
Norwegian1,7940.4
Polish4,9371.2
Portuguese3290.1
Russian1,5610.4
Scotch-Irish14,9403.5
Scottish9,7192.3
Slovak4000.1
Subsaharan African5,8261.4
Swedish2,7140.6
Swiss8990.2
Ukrainian5050.1
United States or American43,78110.4
Welsh2,2270.5
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)1,1600.3
Other ancestries154,08636.6
(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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