Cherokee County, NC Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Cherokee county north carolina dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	4,813	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	217	4.5
Kindergarten	281	5.8
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	2,373	49.3
High school (grades 9-12)	1,107	23.0
College or graduate school	835	17.3

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	17,709	100.0
Less than 9th grade	2,058	11.6
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	2,674	15.1
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	6,161	34.8
Some college, no degree	3,661	20.7
Associate degree	1,205	6.8
Bachelor's degree	1,251	7.1
Graduate or professional degree	699	3.9

Percent high school graduate or higher	73.3	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	11.0	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	20,247	100.0
Never married	3,150	15.6
Now married, except separated	13,013	64.3
Separated	592	2.9
Widowed	1,768	8.7
Female	1,408	7.0
Divorced	1,724	8.5
Female	935	4.6

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	490	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	222	45.3

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	19,258	100.0
Civilian veterans	3,128	16.2

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	4,331	100.0
With a disability	362	8.4

Population 21 to 64 years	13,802	100.0
With a disability	3,422	24.8
Percent employed	46.9	(X)
No disability	10,380	75.2
Percent employed	72.9	(X)

Population 65 years and over	4,577	100.0
With a disability	2,167	47.3

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	22,990	100.0
Same house in 1995	14,912	64.9
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	7,921	34.5
Same county	3,463	15.1
Different county	4,458	19.4
Same state	1,023	4.4
Different state	3,435	14.9
Elsewhere in 1995	157	0.7

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	24,298	100.0
Native	23,998	98.8
Born in United States	23,922	98.5
State of residence	13,313	54.8
Different state	10,609	43.7
Born outside United States	76	0.3
Foreign born	300	1.2
Entered 1990 to March 2000	46	0.2
Naturalized citizen	132	0.5
Not a citizen	168	0.7

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	300	100.0
Europe	96	32.0
Asia	79	26.3
Africa	6	2.0
Oceania	11	3.7
Latin America	80	26.7
Northern America	28	9.3

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	22,990	100.0
English only	22,300	97.0
Language other than English	690	3.0
Speak English less than 'very well	246	1.1
Spanish	266	1.2
Speak English less than "very well"	124	0.5
Other Indo-European languages	192	0.8
Speak English less than "very well"	19	0.1
Asian and Pacific Island languages	117	0.5
Speak English less than "very well"	67	0.3

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	24,298	100.0
Total ancestries reported	19,340	79.6
Arab	8	0.0
Czech¹	44	0.2
Danish	42	0.2
Dutch	457	1.9
English	2,123	8.7
French (except Basque)¹	502	2.1
French Canadian¹	38	0.2
German	2,327	9.6
Greek	0	0.0
Hungarian	52	0.2
Irish¹	2,557	10.5
Italian	355	1.5
Lithuanian	17	0.1
Norwegian	121	0.5
Polish	136	0.6
Portuguese	29	0.1
Russian	19	0.1
Scotch-Irish	845	3.5
Scottish	489	2.0
Slovak	4	0.0
Subsaharan African	8	0.0
Swedish	111	0.5
Swiss	13	0.1
Ukrainian	6	0.0
United States or American	5,477	22.5
Welsh	90	0.4
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	16	0.1
Other ancestries	3,454	14.2

(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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