Franklin County, NC Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Franklin county north carolina dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	11,252	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	787	7.0
Kindergarten	628	5.6
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	5,573	49.5
High school (grades 9-12)	2,462	21.9
College or graduate school	1,802	16.0

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	31,467	100.0
Less than 9th grade	3,031	9.6
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	5,270	16.7
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	10,853	34.5
Some college, no degree	6,188	19.7
Associate degree	1,968	6.3
Bachelor's degree	3,094	9.8
Graduate or professional degree	1,063	3.4

Percent high school graduate or higher	73.6	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	13.2	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	37,141	100.0
Never married	8,297	22.3
Now married, except separated	21,653	58.3
Separated	1,210	3.3
Widowed	2,402	6.5
Female	1,965	5.3
Divorced	3,579	9.6
Female	1,820	4.9

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	1,094	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	615	56.2

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	35,293	100.0
Civilian veterans	3,988	11.3

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	10,434	100.0
With a disability	884	8.5

Population 21 to 64 years	27,707	100.0
With a disability	6,154	22.2
Percent employed	54.2	(X)
No disability	21,553	77.8
Percent employed	80.0	(X)

Population 65 years and over	4,967	100.0
With a disability	2,519	50.7

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	43,919	100.0
Same house in 1995	25,495	58.1
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	17,465	39.8
Same county	6,616	15.1
Different county	10,849	24.7
Same state	7,199	16.4
Different state	3,650	8.3
Elsewhere in 1995	959	2.2

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	47,260	100.0
Native	45,568	96.4
Born in United States	45,370	96.0
State of residence	34,119	72.2
Different state	11,251	23.8
Born outside United States	198	0.4
Foreign born	1,692	3.6
Entered 1990 to March 2000	1,181	2.5
Naturalized citizen	216	0.5
Not a citizen	1,476	3.1

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	1,692	100.0
Europe	119	7.0
Asia	163	9.6
Africa	18	1.1
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	1,320	78.0
Northern America	72	4.3

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	43,919	100.0
English only	41,095	93.6
Language other than English	2,824	6.4
Speak English less than 'very well	1,438	3.3
Spanish	2,267	5.2
Speak English less than "very well"	1,290	2.9
Other Indo-European languages	371	0.8
Speak English less than "very well"	74	0.2
Asian and Pacific Island languages	158	0.4
Speak English less than "very well"	67	0.2

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	47,260	100.0
Total ancestries reported	38,506	81.5
Arab	49	0.1
Czech¹	56	0.1
Danish	47	0.1
Dutch	386	0.8
English	4,007	8.5
French (except Basque)¹	579	1.2
French Canadian¹	162	0.3
German	2,828	6.0
Greek	55	0.1
Hungarian	48	0.1
Irish¹	2,825	6.0
Italian	818	1.7
Lithuanian	0	0.0
Norwegian	152	0.3
Polish	392	0.8
Portuguese	58	0.1
Russian	34	0.1
Scotch-Irish	753	1.6
Scottish	765	1.6
Slovak	26	0.1
Subsaharan African	566	1.2
Swedish	108	0.2
Swiss	22	0.0
Ukrainian	11	0.0
United States or American	8,234	17.4
Welsh	144	0.3
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	50	0.1
Other ancestries	15,331	32.4

(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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