Pender County, NC Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Pender county north carolina dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	9,203	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	479	5.2
Kindergarten	569	6.2
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	4,703	51.1
High school (grades 9-12)	2,113	23.0
College or graduate school	1,339	14.5

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	28,566	100.0
Less than 9th grade	2,130	7.5
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	4,486	15.7
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	9,574	33.5
Some college, no degree	6,682	23.4
Associate degree	1,822	6.4
Bachelor's degree	2,840	9.9
Graduate or professional degree	1,032	3.6

Percent high school graduate or higher	76.8	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	13.6	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	33,102	100.0
Never married	6,311	19.1
Now married, except separated	20,303	61.3
Separated	979	3.0
Widowed	2,606	7.9
Female	2,125	6.4
Divorced	2,903	8.8
Female	1,378	4.2

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	949	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	614	64.7

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	31,422	100.0
Civilian veterans	5,362	17.1

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	8,579	100.0
With a disability	753	8.8

Population 21 to 64 years	23,492	100.0
With a disability	5,963	25.4
Percent employed	54.3	(X)
No disability	17,529	74.6
Percent employed	73.4	(X)

Population 65 years and over	5,551	100.0
With a disability	2,639	47.5

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	38,726	100.0
Same house in 1995	21,627	55.8
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	16,368	42.3
Same county	5,874	15.2
Different county	10,494	27.1
Same state	6,861	17.7
Different state	3,633	9.4
Elsewhere in 1995	731	1.9

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	41,082	100.0
Native	39,619	96.4
Born in United States	39,459	96.0
State of residence	27,203	66.2
Different state	12,256	29.8
Born outside United States	160	0.4
Foreign born	1,463	3.6
Entered 1990 to March 2000	858	2.1
Naturalized citizen	471	1.1
Not a citizen	992	2.4

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	1,463	100.0
Europe	312	21.3
Asia	133	9.1
Africa	19	1.3
Oceania	6	0.4
Latin America	937	64.0
Northern America	56	3.8

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	38,726	100.0
English only	36,616	94.6
Language other than English	2,110	5.4
Speak English less than 'very well	1,042	2.7
Spanish	1,459	3.8
Speak English less than "very well"	869	2.2
Other Indo-European languages	506	1.3
Speak English less than "very well"	105	0.3
Asian and Pacific Island languages	95	0.2
Speak English less than "very well"	45	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	41,082	100.0
Total ancestries reported	36,183	88.1
Arab	46	0.1
Czech¹	169	0.4
Danish	88	0.2
Dutch	385	0.9
English	3,882	9.4
French (except Basque)¹	960	2.3
French Canadian¹	285	0.7
German	3,426	8.3
Greek	96	0.2
Hungarian	100	0.2
Irish¹	3,200	7.8
Italian	1,120	2.7
Lithuanian	35	0.1
Norwegian	124	0.3
Polish	533	1.3
Portuguese	28	0.1
Russian	80	0.2
Scotch-Irish	1,439	3.5
Scottish	835	2.0
Slovak	33	0.1
Subsaharan African	400	1.0
Swedish	199	0.5
Swiss	91	0.2
Ukrainian	67	0.2
United States or American	6,546	15.9
Welsh	171	0.4
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	46	0.1
Other ancestries	11,799	28.7

(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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