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DP-2. Profile of Selected Social Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: Caldwell County
[Data based on a sample. For information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, and definitions, see text]
Subject Number Percent Subject Number Percent
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT       NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH    
     Population 3 years and over            Total poplulation 8,969 100.0
      enrolled in school 2,186 100.0   Native 8,931 99.6
Nursery school, preschool 147 6.7       Born in United States 8,894 99.2
Kindergarten 146 6.7           State of residence 6,906 77.0
Elementary school (grades 1-8) 1,220 55.8           Different state 1,988 22.2
High school (grades 9-12) 474 21.7       Born outside United States 37 0.4
College or graduate school 199 9.1   Foreign born 38 0.4
                Entered 1990 to March 2000 15 0.2
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT           Naturalized citizen 24 0.3
  Population 25 years and over 5,890 100.0       Not a citizen 14 0.2
Less than 9th grade 325 5.5        
9th to 12th grade, no diploma 762 12.9   REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN    
High school graduate (includes equivalency) 2,722 46.2     Total (excluding born at sea) 38 100.0
Some college, no degree 1,146 19.5   Europe 24 63.2
Associate degree 243 4.1   Asia 6 15.8
Bachelor's degree 510 8.7   Africa 0 0.0
Graduate or professional degree 182 3.1   Oceania 0 0.0
        Latin America 5 13.2
Percent high school graduate or higher 81.5 (X)   Northern America 3 7.9
Percent bachelor's degree or higher 11.7 (X)        
        LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME    
MARITAL STATUS                 Population 5 years and over 8,397 100.0
          Population 15 years and over 6,956 100.0   English only 8,277 98.6
Never married 1,253 18.0   Language other than English 120 1.4
Now married, except separated 4,326 62.2           Speak English less than '"very well"' 32 0.4
Separated 113 1.6   Spanish 83 1.0
Widowed 607 8.7           Speak English less than '"very well"' 19 0.2
 Female 463 6.7   Other Indo-European languages 29 0.3
Divorced 657 9.4           Speak English less than '"very well"' 7 0.1
 Female 337 4.8   Asian and Pacific Island languages 6 0.1
                Speak English less than '"very well"' 4 0.0
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS            
          Grandparent living in household       ANCESTRY (single and multiple)    
           with one or more own grandchildren                 Total population 8,969 100.0
           under 18 years 115 100.0     Total ancestries reported 7,311 81.5
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren 64 55.7   Arab 2 0.0
        Czech¹ 14 0.2
VETERAN STATUS       Danish 17 0.2
          Civilian population 18 years and over 6,540 100.0   Dutch 266 3.0
Civilian veterans 1,107 16.9   English 1,063 11.9
        French (except Basque)¹ 234 2.6
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN       French Canadian¹ 20 0.2
 NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION       German 1,579 17.6
     Population 5 to 20 years 2,162 100.0   Greek 0 0.0
With a disability 121 5.6   Hungarian 10 0.1
     Population 21 to 64 years 4,716 100.0   Irish¹ 1,109 12.4
With a disability 861 18.3   Italian 130 1.4
 Percent employed 45.3 (X)   Lithuanian 0 0.0
No disability 3,855 81.7   Norwegian 63 0.7
 Percent employed 80.8 (X)   Polish 48 0.5
     Population 65 years and over 1,397 100.0   Portuguese 0 0.0
With a disability 675 48.3   Russian 2 0.0
        Scotch-Irish 189 2.1
        Scottish 149 1.7
RESIDENCE IN 1995       Slovak 0 0.0
  Population 5 years and over 8,397 100.0   Subsaharan African 10 0.1
Same house in 1995 4,656 55.4   Swedish 179 2.0
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 3,724 44.3   Swiss 40 0.4
 Same county 1,541 18.4   Ukrainian 7 0.1
 Different county 2,183 26.0   United States or American 1,181 13.2
  Same state 1,786 21.3   Welsh 87 1.0
  Different state 397 4.7   West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) 0 0.0
Elsewhere in 1995 17 0.2   Other ancestries 912 10.2
 
Date: July 7, 2006
 
-Represent zero or rounds to zero.    (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. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.
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