Martin County, NC Social Statistics
Updated September 25, 2021 |
Infoplease Staff
Martin 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 | ||
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Population 3 years and over enrolled in school | 6,555 | 100.0 |
Nursery school, preschool | 396 | 6.0 |
Kindergarten | 332 | 5.1 |
Elementary school (grades 1-8) | 3,304 | 50.4 |
High school (grades 9-12) | 1,593 | 24.3 |
College or graduate school | 930 | 14.2 |
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT | ||
Population 25 years and over | 17,014 | 100.0 |
Less than 9th grade | 2,043 | 12.0 |
9th to 12th grade, no diploma | 2,940 | 17.3 |
High school graduate (includes equivalency) | 5,887 | 34.6 |
Some college, no degree | 3,010 | 17.7 |
Associate degree | 1,157 | 6.8 |
Bachelor's degree | 1,411 | 8.3 |
Graduate or professional degree | 566 | 3.3 |
Percent high school graduate or higher | 70.7 | (X) |
Percent bachelor's degree or higher | 11.6 | (X) |
MARITAL STATUS | ||
Population 15 years and over | 20,170 | 100.0 |
Never married | 4,808 | 23.8 |
Now married, except separated | 10,789 | 53.5 |
Separated | 824 | 4.1 |
Widowed | 2,053 | 10.2 |
Female | 1,771 | 8.8 |
Divorced | 1,696 | 8.4 |
Female | 993 | 4.9 |
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS | ||
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years | 733 | 100.0 |
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren | 440 | 60.0 |
VETERAN STATUS | ||
Civilian population 18 years and over | 19,034 | 100.0 |
Civilian veterans | 2,114 | 11.1 |
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION | ||
Population 5 to 20 years | 5,918 | 100.0 |
With a disability | 634 | 10.7 |
Population 21 to 64 years | 14,158 | 100.0 |
With a disability | 3,604 | 25.5 |
Percent employed | 46.9 | (X) |
No disability | 10,554 | 74.5 |
Percent employed | 74.7 | (X) |
Population 65 years and over | 3,940 | 100.0 |
With a disability | 2,145 | 54.4 |
RESIDENCE IN 1995 | ||
Population 5 years and over | 24,038 | 100.0 |
Same house in 1995 | 16,096 | 67.0 |
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 | 7,782 | 32.4 |
Same county | 4,678 | 19.5 |
Different county | 3,104 | 12.9 |
Same state | 2,015 | 8.4 |
Different state | 1,089 | 4.5 |
Elsewhere in 1995 | 160 | 0.7 |
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH | ||
Total population | 25,593 | 100.0 |
Native | 25,210 | 98.5 |
Born in United States | 25,118 | 98.1 |
State of residence | 22,084 | 86.3 |
Different state | 3,034 | 11.9 |
Born outside United States | 92 | 0.4 |
Foreign born | 383 | 1.5 |
Entered 1990 to March 2000 | 268 | 1.0 |
Naturalized citizen | 131 | 0.5 |
Not a citizen | 252 | 1.0 |
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN | ||
Total (excluding born at sea) | 383 | 100.0 |
Europe | 17 | 4.4 |
Asia | 59 | 15.4 |
Africa | 18 | 4.7 |
Oceania | 3 | 0.8 |
Latin America | 282 | 73.6 |
Northern America | 4 | 1.0 |
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME | ||
Population 5 years and over | 24,038 | 100.0 |
English only | 23,303 | 96.9 |
Language other than English | 735 | 3.1 |
Speak English less than 'very well | 299 | 1.2 |
Spanish | 571 | 2.4 |
Speak English less than "very well" | 257 | 1.1 |
Other Indo-European languages | 93 | 0.4 |
Speak English less than "very well" | 17 | 0.1 |
Asian and Pacific Island languages | 43 | 0.2 |
Speak English less than "very well" | 19 | 0.1 |
ANCESTRY (single or multiple) | ||
Total population | 25,593 | 100.0 |
Total ancestries reported | 19,723 | 77.1 |
Arab | 22 | 0.1 |
Czech1 | 2 | 0.0 |
Danish | 0 | 0.0 |
Dutch | 70 | 0.3 |
English | 2,041 | 8.0 |
French (except Basque)1 | 142 | 0.6 |
French Canadian1 | 22 | 0.1 |
German | 763 | 3.0 |
Greek | 44 | 0.2 |
Hungarian | 0 | 0.0 |
Irish1 | 737 | 2.9 |
Italian | 82 | 0.3 |
Lithuanian | 0 | 0.0 |
Norwegian | 14 | 0.1 |
Polish | 82 | 0.3 |
Portuguese | 0 | 0.0 |
Russian | 0 | 0.0 |
Scotch-Irish | 332 | 1.3 |
Scottish | 128 | 0.5 |
Slovak | 0 | 0.0 |
Subsaharan African | 125 | 0.5 |
Swedish | 54 | 0.2 |
Swiss | 8 | 0.0 |
Ukrainian | 0 | 0.0 |
United States or American | 4,227 | 16.5 |
Welsh | 67 | 0.3 |
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) | 29 | 0.1 |
Other ancestries | 10,732 | 41.9 |
(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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