Macon County, NC Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Macon county north carolina dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics





NOTE: Data based on a sample except in P3, P4, H3, and H4. For information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, definitions, and count corrections see https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml.


Subject

Number

Percent

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school6,010100.0
Nursery school, preschool3225.4
Kindergarten4086.8
Elementary school (grades 1-8)2,80046.6
High school (grades 9-12)1,41823.6
College or graduate school1,06217.7
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over21,908100.0
Less than 9th grade1,9899.1
9th to 12th grade, no diploma2,98513.6
High school graduate (includes equivalency)7,04832.2
Some college, no degree4,86622.2
Associate degree1,4776.7
Bachelor's degree2,29310.5
Graduate or professional degree1,2505.7
Percent high school graduate or higher77.3(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher16.2(X)
MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over24,949100.0
Never married4,08216.4
Now married, except separated15,73163.1
Separated5762.3
Widowed2,2198.9
Female
1,8927.6
Divorced2,3419.4
Female
1,3355.4
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years482100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren25252.3
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over23,760100.0
Civilian veterans4,23417.8
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years5,455100.0
With a disability4538.3
Population 21 to 64 years16,147100.0
With a disability3,77423.4
Percent employed
56.5(X)
No disability12,37376.6
Percent employed
74.7(X)
Population 65 years and over6,470100.0
With a disability2,71241.9
RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over28,318100.0
Same house in 199516,44058.1
Different house in the U.S. in 199511,64341.1
Same county
4,39915.5
Different county
7,24425.6
Same state
1,6435.8
Different state
5,60119.8
Elsewhere in 19952350.8
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population29,811100.0
Native29,02797.4
Born in United States
28,88796.9
State of residence
14,01247.0
Different state
14,87549.9
Born outside United States
1400.5
Foreign born7842.6
Entered 1990 to March 2000
2881.0
Naturalized citizen
3401.1
Not a citizen
4441.5
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)784100.0
Europe28336.1
Asia22128.2
Africa101.3
Oceania00.0
Latin America23029.3
Northern America405.1
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over28,318100.0
English only27,31996.5
Language other than English9993.5
Speak English less than 'very well
3931.4
Spanish
4461.6
Speak English less than "very well"
2120.7
Other Indo-European languages
2801.0
Speak English less than "very well"
970.3
Asian and Pacific Island languages
2690.9
Speak English less than "very well"
840.3
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population29,811100.0

Total ancestries reported

26,46188.8
Arab110.0
Czech1650.2
Danish860.3
Dutch6082.0
English4,17214.0
French (except Basque)18853.0
French Canadian11550.5
German3,74612.6
Greek440.1
Hungarian590.2
Irish13,17710.7
Italian8963.0
Lithuanian160.1
Norwegian1980.7
Polish3491.2
Portuguese260.1
Russian1100.4
Scotch-Irish1,8436.2
Scottish1,5435.2
Slovak250.1
Subsaharan African210.1
Swedish3081.0
Swiss660.2
Ukrainian850.3
United States or American4,50515.1
Welsh1560.5
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)90.0
Other ancestries3,29711.1
(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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