Duplin County, NC Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Duplin county north carolina dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	11,574	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	498	4.3
Kindergarten	897	7.8
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	5,965	51.5
High school (grades 9-12)	2,812	24.3
College or graduate school	1,402	12.1

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	31,700	100.0
Less than 9th grade	4,504	14.2
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	6,327	20.0
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	10,032	31.6
Some college, no degree	5,327	16.8
Associate degree	2,193	6.9
Bachelor's degree	2,321	7.3
Graduate or professional degree	996	3.1

Percent high school graduate or higher	65.8	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	10.5	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	38,352	100.0
Never married	9,087	23.7
Now married, except separated	21,591	56.3
Separated	1,323	3.4
Widowed	3,469	9.0
Female	2,932	7.6
Divorced	2,882	7.5
Female	1,595	4.2

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	1,045	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	479	45.8

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	36,164	100.0
Civilian veterans	4,039	11.2

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	11,265	100.0
With a disability	915	8.1

Population 21 to 64 years	27,828	100.0
With a disability	7,707	27.7
Percent employed	52.8	(X)
No disability	20,121	72.3
Percent employed	76.0	(X)

Population 65 years and over	6,155	100.0
With a disability	3,409	55.4

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	45,674	100.0
Same house in 1995	28,009	61.3
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	15,577	34.1
Same county	9,418	20.6
Different county	6,159	13.5
Same state	4,004	8.8
Different state	2,155	4.7
Elsewhere in 1995	2,088	4.6

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	49,063	100.0
Native	43,542	88.7
Born in United States	43,290	88.2
State of residence	37,178	75.8
Different state	6,112	12.5
Born outside United States	252	0.5
Foreign born	5,521	11.3
Entered 1990 to March 2000	4,268	8.7
Naturalized citizen	632	1.3
Not a citizen	4,889	10.0

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	5,521	100.0
Europe	80	1.4
Asia	171	3.1
Africa	24	0.4
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	5,219	94.5
Northern America	27	0.5

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	45,674	100.0
English only	38,700	84.7
Language other than English	6,974	15.3
Speak English less than 'very well	4,776	10.5
Spanish	6,599	14.4
Speak English less than "very well"	4,616	10.1
Other Indo-European languages	131	0.3
Speak English less than "very well"	40	0.1
Asian and Pacific Island languages	198	0.4
Speak English less than "very well"	101	0.2

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	49,063	100.0
Total ancestries reported	37,493	76.4
Arab	84	0.2
Czech¹	7	0.0
Danish	3	0.0
Dutch	152	0.3
English	2,555	5.2
French (except Basque)¹	320	0.7
French Canadian¹	97	0.2
German	1,373	2.8
Greek	18	0.0
Hungarian	53	0.1
Irish¹	2,032	4.1
Italian	284	0.6
Lithuanian	18	0.0
Norwegian	43	0.1
Polish	77	0.2
Portuguese	23	0.0
Russian	32	0.1
Scotch-Irish	1,206	2.5
Scottish	429	0.9
Slovak	4	0.0
Subsaharan African	241	0.5
Swedish	37	0.1
Swiss	19	0.0
Ukrainian	7	0.0
United States or American	8,660	17.7
Welsh	103	0.2
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	18	0.0
Other ancestries	19,598	39.9

(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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