Macon County, NC Social Statistics
Updated September 25, 2021 |
Infoplease Staff
Macon county north carolina dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics
NOTE: Data based on a sample except in P3, P4, H3, and H4. For information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, definitions, and count corrections see https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml. |
| Number | Percent |
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT | ||
---|---|---|
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school | 6,010 | 100.0 |
Nursery school, preschool | 322 | 5.4 |
Kindergarten | 408 | 6.8 |
Elementary school (grades 1-8) | 2,800 | 46.6 |
High school (grades 9-12) | 1,418 | 23.6 |
College or graduate school | 1,062 | 17.7 |
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT | ||
Population 25 years and over | 21,908 | 100.0 |
Less than 9th grade | 1,989 | 9.1 |
9th to 12th grade, no diploma | 2,985 | 13.6 |
High school graduate (includes equivalency) | 7,048 | 32.2 |
Some college, no degree | 4,866 | 22.2 |
Associate degree | 1,477 | 6.7 |
Bachelor's degree | 2,293 | 10.5 |
Graduate or professional degree | 1,250 | 5.7 |
Percent high school graduate or higher | 77.3 | (X) |
Percent bachelor's degree or higher | 16.2 | (X) |
MARITAL STATUS | ||
Population 15 years and over | 24,949 | 100.0 |
Never married | 4,082 | 16.4 |
Now married, except separated | 15,731 | 63.1 |
Separated | 576 | 2.3 |
Widowed | 2,219 | 8.9 |
Female | 1,892 | 7.6 |
Divorced | 2,341 | 9.4 |
Female | 1,335 | 5.4 |
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS | ||
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years | 482 | 100.0 |
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren | 252 | 52.3 |
VETERAN STATUS | ||
Civilian population 18 years and over | 23,760 | 100.0 |
Civilian veterans | 4,234 | 17.8 |
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION | ||
Population 5 to 20 years | 5,455 | 100.0 |
With a disability | 453 | 8.3 |
Population 21 to 64 years | 16,147 | 100.0 |
With a disability | 3,774 | 23.4 |
Percent employed | 56.5 | (X) |
No disability | 12,373 | 76.6 |
Percent employed | 74.7 | (X) |
Population 65 years and over | 6,470 | 100.0 |
With a disability | 2,712 | 41.9 |
RESIDENCE IN 1995 | ||
Population 5 years and over | 28,318 | 100.0 |
Same house in 1995 | 16,440 | 58.1 |
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 | 11,643 | 41.1 |
Same county | 4,399 | 15.5 |
Different county | 7,244 | 25.6 |
Same state | 1,643 | 5.8 |
Different state | 5,601 | 19.8 |
Elsewhere in 1995 | 235 | 0.8 |
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH | ||
Total population | 29,811 | 100.0 |
Native | 29,027 | 97.4 |
Born in United States | 28,887 | 96.9 |
State of residence | 14,012 | 47.0 |
Different state | 14,875 | 49.9 |
Born outside United States | 140 | 0.5 |
Foreign born | 784 | 2.6 |
Entered 1990 to March 2000 | 288 | 1.0 |
Naturalized citizen | 340 | 1.1 |
Not a citizen | 444 | 1.5 |
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN | ||
Total (excluding born at sea) | 784 | 100.0 |
Europe | 283 | 36.1 |
Asia | 221 | 28.2 |
Africa | 10 | 1.3 |
Oceania | 0 | 0.0 |
Latin America | 230 | 29.3 |
Northern America | 40 | 5.1 |
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME | ||
Population 5 years and over | 28,318 | 100.0 |
English only | 27,319 | 96.5 |
Language other than English | 999 | 3.5 |
Speak English less than 'very well | 393 | 1.4 |
Spanish | 446 | 1.6 |
Speak English less than "very well" | 212 | 0.7 |
Other Indo-European languages | 280 | 1.0 |
Speak English less than "very well" | 97 | 0.3 |
Asian and Pacific Island languages | 269 | 0.9 |
Speak English less than "very well" | 84 | 0.3 |
ANCESTRY (single or multiple) | ||
Total population | 29,811 | 100.0 |
Total ancestries reported | 26,461 | 88.8 |
Arab | 11 | 0.0 |
Czech1 | 65 | 0.2 |
Danish | 86 | 0.3 |
Dutch | 608 | 2.0 |
English | 4,172 | 14.0 |
French (except Basque)1 | 885 | 3.0 |
French Canadian1 | 155 | 0.5 |
German | 3,746 | 12.6 |
Greek | 44 | 0.1 |
Hungarian | 59 | 0.2 |
Irish1 | 3,177 | 10.7 |
Italian | 896 | 3.0 |
Lithuanian | 16 | 0.1 |
Norwegian | 198 | 0.7 |
Polish | 349 | 1.2 |
Portuguese | 26 | 0.1 |
Russian | 110 | 0.4 |
Scotch-Irish | 1,843 | 6.2 |
Scottish | 1,543 | 5.2 |
Slovak | 25 | 0.1 |
Subsaharan African | 21 | 0.1 |
Swedish | 308 | 1.0 |
Swiss | 66 | 0.2 |
Ukrainian | 85 | 0.3 |
United States or American | 4,505 | 15.1 |
Welsh | 156 | 0.5 |
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) | 9 | 0.0 |
Other ancestries | 3,297 | 11.1 |
(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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