Cleveland County, NC Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Cleveland county north carolina dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	23,444	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	1,368	5.8
Kindergarten	1,414	6.0
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	11,556	49.3
High school (grades 9-12)	4,830	20.6
College or graduate school	4,276	18.2

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	63,396	100.0
Less than 9th grade	5,828	9.2
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	11,797	18.6
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	21,632	34.1
Some college, no degree	11,326	17.9
Associate degree	4,410	7.0
Bachelor's degree	5,683	9.0
Graduate or professional degree	2,720	4.3

Percent high school graduate or higher	72.2	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	13.3	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	75,699	100.0
Never married	16,053	21.2
Now married, except separated	44,056	58.2
Separated	2,664	3.5
Widowed	5,825	7.7
Female	4,913	6.5
Divorced	7,101	9.4
Female	3,900	5.2

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	2,575	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	1,241	48.2

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	71,996	100.0
Civilian veterans	9,206	12.8

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	21,664	100.0
With a disability	1,674	7.7

Population 21 to 64 years	54,683	100.0
With a disability	14,100	25.8
Percent employed	56.9	(X)
No disability	40,583	74.2
Percent employed	79.0	(X)

Population 65 years and over	12,418	100.0
With a disability	5,645	45.5

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	89,835	100.0
Same house in 1995	54,078	60.2
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	34,804	38.7
Same county	21,590	24.0
Different county	13,214	14.7
Same state	7,340	8.2
Different state	5,874	6.5
Elsewhere in 1995	953	1.1

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	96,287	100.0
Native	94,630	98.3
Born in United States	94,204	97.8
State of residence	74,773	77.7
Different state	19,431	20.2
Born outside United States	426	0.4
Foreign born	1,657	1.7
Entered 1990 to March 2000	786	0.8
Naturalized citizen	507	0.5
Not a citizen	1,150	1.2

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	1,657	100.0
Europe	302	18.2
Asia	589	35.5
Africa	46	2.8
Oceania	2	0.1
Latin America	633	38.2
Northern America	85	5.1

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	89,835	100.0
English only	86,302	96.1
Language other than English	3,533	3.9
Speak English less than 'very well	1,375	1.5
Spanish	1,862	2.1
Speak English less than "very well"	819	0.9
Other Indo-European languages	1,098	1.2
Speak English less than "very well"	357	0.4
Asian and Pacific Island languages	508	0.6
Speak English less than "very well"	187	0.2

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	96,287	100.0
Total ancestries reported	72,490	75.3
Arab	66	0.1
Czech¹	104	0.1
Danish	36	0.0
Dutch	1,157	1.2
English	7,072	7.3
French (except Basque)¹	977	1.0
French Canadian¹	222	0.2
German	8,811	9.2
Greek	142	0.1
Hungarian	106	0.1
Irish¹	5,355	5.6
Italian	961	1.0
Lithuanian	17	0.0
Norwegian	159	0.2
Polish	413	0.4
Portuguese	17	0.0
Russian	50	0.1
Scotch-Irish	2,895	3.0
Scottish	1,443	1.5
Slovak	98	0.1
Subsaharan African	682	0.7
Swedish	321	0.3
Swiss	75	0.1
Ukrainian	49	0.1
United States or American	17,886	18.6
Welsh	201	0.2
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	24	0.0
Other ancestries	23,151	24.0

(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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