Bladen County, NC Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Bladen county north carolina dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	7,732	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	509	6.6
Kindergarten	403	5.2
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	3,574	46.2
High school (grades 9-12)	1,762	22.8
College or graduate school	1,484	19.2

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	21,409	100.0
Less than 9th grade	2,173	10.1
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	4,125	19.3
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	7,238	33.8
Some college, no degree	4,116	19.2
Associate degree	1,344	6.3
Bachelor's degree	1,748	8.2
Graduate or professional degree	665	3.1

Percent high school graduate or higher	70.6	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	11.3	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	25,663	100.0
Never married	6,521	25.4
Now married, except separated	13,217	51.5
Separated	1,007	3.9
Widowed	2,648	10.3
Female	2,061	8.0
Divorced	2,270	8.8
Female	1,189	4.6

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	930	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	598	64.3

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	24,291	100.0
Civilian veterans	2,853	11.7

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	7,122	100.0
With a disability	797	11.2

Population 21 to 64 years	17,956	100.0
With a disability	4,924	27.4
Percent employed	47.6	(X)
No disability	13,032	72.6
Percent employed	71.6	(X)

Population 65 years and over	4,434	100.0
With a disability	2,506	56.5

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	30,051	100.0
Same house in 1995	21,015	69.9
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	8,587	28.6
Same county	4,296	14.3
Different county	4,291	14.3
Same state	2,859	9.5
Different state	1,432	4.8
Elsewhere in 1995	449	1.5

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	32,278	100.0
Native	31,541	97.7
Born in United States	31,395	97.3
State of residence	26,867	83.2
Different state	4,528	14.0
Born outside United States	146	0.5
Foreign born	737	2.3
Entered 1990 to March 2000	504	1.6
Naturalized citizen	194	0.6
Not a citizen	543	1.7

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	737	100.0
Europe	140	19.0
Asia	18	2.4
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	571	77.5
Northern America	8	1.1

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	30,051	100.0
English only	28,511	94.9
Language other than English	1,540	5.1
Speak English less than 'very well	797	2.7
Spanish	1,321	4.4
Speak English less than "very well"	736	2.4
Other Indo-European languages	158	0.5
Speak English less than "very well"	27	0.1
Asian and Pacific Island languages	28	0.1
Speak English less than "very well"	14	0.0

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	32,278	100.0
Total ancestries reported	23,620	73.2
Arab	30	0.1
Czech¹	15	0.0
Danish	81	0.3
Dutch	96	0.3
English	1,537	4.8
French (except Basque)¹	258	0.8
French Canadian¹	34	0.1
German	756	2.3
Greek	9	0.0
Hungarian	10	0.0
Irish¹	1,196	3.7
Italian	167	0.5
Lithuanian	0	0.0
Norwegian	48	0.1
Polish	230	0.7
Portuguese	7	0.0
Russian	0	0.0
Scotch-Irish	1,499	4.6
Scottish	553	1.7
Slovak	37	0.1
Subsaharan African	186	0.6
Swedish	46	0.1
Swiss	0	0.0
Ukrainian	1	0.0
United States or American	4,258	13.2
Welsh	112	0.3
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	18	0.1
Other ancestries	12,436	38.5

(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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