Carteret County, NC Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Carteret county north carolina dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	12,345	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	664	5.4
Kindergarten	712	5.8
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	5,841	47.3
High school (grades 9-12)	2,905	23.5
College or graduate school	2,223	18.0

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	43,457	100.0
Less than 9th grade	2,216	5.1
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	5,579	12.8
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	12,884	29.6
Some college, no degree	11,151	25.7
Associate degree	3,004	6.9
Bachelor's degree	5,714	13.1
Graduate or professional degree	2,909	6.7

Percent high school graduate or higher	82.1	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	19.8	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	49,392	100.0
Never married	8,653	17.5
Now married, except separated	30,587	61.9
Separated	1,346	2.7
Widowed	3,656	7.4
Female	2,963	6.0
Divorced	5,150	10.4
Female	2,810	5.7

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	960	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	542	56.5

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	46,444	100.0
Civilian veterans	9,744	21.0

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	10,845	100.0
With a disability	1,073	9.9

Population 21 to 64 years	34,360	100.0
With a disability	7,804	22.7
Percent employed	56.1	(X)
No disability	26,556	77.3
Percent employed	75.5	(X)

Population 65 years and over	9,900	100.0
With a disability	4,198	42.4

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	56,465	100.0
Same house in 1995	30,758	54.5
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	25,128	44.5
Same county	12,604	22.3
Different county	12,524	22.2
Same state	6,449	11.4
Different state	6,075	10.8
Elsewhere in 1995	579	1.0

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	59,383	100.0
Native	58,184	98.0
Born in United States	57,742	97.2
State of residence	35,305	59.5
Different state	22,437	37.8
Born outside United States	442	0.7
Foreign born	1,199	2.0
Entered 1990 to March 2000	390	0.7
Naturalized citizen	553	0.9
Not a citizen	646	1.1

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	1,199	100.0
Europe	388	32.4
Asia	258	21.5
Africa	16	1.3
Oceania	13	1.1
Latin America	443	36.9
Northern America	81	6.8

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	56,465	100.0
English only	54,291	96.1
Language other than English	2,174	3.9
Speak English less than 'very well	633	1.1
Spanish	1,152	2.0
Speak English less than "very well"	378	0.7
Other Indo-European languages	652	1.2
Speak English less than "very well"	131	0.2
Asian and Pacific Island languages	263	0.5
Speak English less than "very well"	117	0.2

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	59,383	100.0
Total ancestries reported	54,593	91.9
Arab	150	0.3
Czech¹	101	0.2
Danish	112	0.2
Dutch	795	1.3
English	10,508	17.7
French (except Basque)¹	1,597	2.7
French Canadian¹	448	0.8
German	6,386	10.8
Greek	143	0.2
Hungarian	206	0.3
Irish¹	6,424	10.8
Italian	1,880	3.2
Lithuanian	84	0.1
Norwegian	338	0.6
Polish	994	1.7
Portuguese	105	0.2
Russian	178	0.3
Scotch-Irish	1,701	2.9
Scottish	2,016	3.4
Slovak	75	0.1
Subsaharan African	140	0.2
Swedish	368	0.6
Swiss	84	0.1
Ukrainian	48	0.1
United States or American	10,168	17.1
Welsh	460	0.8
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	34	0.1
Other ancestries	9,050	15.2

(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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