Greene County, NC Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Greene county north carolina dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	4,652	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	275	5.9
Kindergarten	289	6.2
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	2,122	45.6
High school (grades 9-12)	1,338	28.8
College or graduate school	628	13.5

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	12,380	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,629	13.2
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	2,655	21.4
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	4,291	34.7
Some college, no degree	2,116	17.1
Associate degree	680	5.5
Bachelor's degree	627	5.1
Graduate or professional degree	382	3.1

Percent high school graduate or higher	65.4	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	8.2	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	15,044	100.0
Never married	4,268	28.4
Now married, except separated	7,941	52.8
Separated	532	3.5
Widowed	1,304	8.7
Female	1,076	7.2
Divorced	999	6.6
Female	459	3.1

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	526	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	275	52.3

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	14,200	100.0
Civilian veterans	1,376	9.7

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	4,103	100.0
With a disability	467	11.4

Population 21 to 64 years	10,275	100.0
With a disability	2,452	23.9
Percent employed	54.1	(X)
No disability	7,823	76.1
Percent employed	73.8	(X)

Population 65 years and over	2,109	100.0
With a disability	1,129	53.5

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	17,698	100.0
Same house in 1995	10,775	60.9
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	6,423	36.3
Same county	2,796	15.8
Different county	3,627	20.5
Same state	2,625	14.8
Different state	1,002	5.7
Elsewhere in 1995	500	2.8

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	18,974	100.0
Native	18,037	95.1
Born in United States	17,955	94.6
State of residence	15,483	81.6
Different state	2,472	13.0
Born outside United States	82	0.4
Foreign born	937	4.9
Entered 1990 to March 2000	706	3.7
Naturalized citizen	102	0.5
Not a citizen	835	4.4

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	937	100.0
Europe	9	1.0
Asia	11	1.2
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	910	97.1
Northern America	7	0.7

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	17,698	100.0
English only	16,199	91.5
Language other than English	1,499	8.5
Speak English less than 'very well	775	4.4
Spanish	1,421	8.0
Speak English less than "very well"	768	4.3
Other Indo-European languages	58	0.3
Speak English less than "very well"	5	0.0
Asian and Pacific Island languages	13	0.1
Speak English less than "very well"	0	0.0

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	18,974	100.0
Total ancestries reported	13,739	72.4
Arab	3	0.0
Czech¹	2	0.0
Danish	9	0.0
Dutch	48	0.3
English	1,045	5.5
French (except Basque)¹	110	0.6
French Canadian¹	10	0.1
German	403	2.1
Greek	7	0.0
Hungarian	6	0.0
Irish¹	682	3.6
Italian	309	1.6
Lithuanian	10	0.1
Norwegian	37	0.2
Polish	28	0.1
Portuguese	17	0.1
Russian	18	0.1
Scotch-Irish	222	1.2
Scottish	160	0.8
Slovak	1	0.0
Subsaharan African	174	0.9
Swedish	124	0.7
Swiss	26	0.1
Ukrainian	0	0.0
United States or American	2,134	11.2
Welsh	36	0.2
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	0	0.0
Other ancestries	8,118	42.8

(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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