Perquimans County, NC Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Perquimans county north carolina dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	2,592	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	149	5.7
Kindergarten	98	3.8
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	1,335	51.5
High school (grades 9-12)	667	25.7
College or graduate school	343	13.2

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	7,970	100.0
Less than 9th grade	754	9.5
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	1,482	18.6
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	2,631	33.0
Some college, no degree	1,697	21.3
Associate degree	423	5.3
Bachelor's degree	685	8.6
Graduate or professional degree	298	3.7

Percent high school graduate or higher	71.9	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	12.3	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	9,271	100.0
Never married	1,809	19.5
Now married, except separated	5,445	58.7
Separated	337	3.6
Widowed	920	9.9
Female	771	8.3
Divorced	760	8.2
Female	366	3.9

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	281	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	121	43.1

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	8,711	100.0
Civilian veterans	1,536	17.6

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	2,481	100.0
With a disability	214	8.6

Population 21 to 64 years	6,017	100.0
With a disability	1,576	26.2
Percent employed	52.4	(X)
No disability	4,441	73.8
Percent employed	70.2	(X)

Population 65 years and over	2,127	100.0
With a disability	1,017	47.8

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	10,800	100.0
Same house in 1995	6,619	61.3
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	4,132	38.3
Same county	1,459	13.5
Different county	2,673	24.8
Same state	1,185	11.0
Different state	1,488	13.8
Elsewhere in 1995	49	0.5

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	11,368	100.0
Native	11,288	99.3
Born in United States	11,217	98.7
State of residence	7,468	65.7
Different state	3,749	33.0
Born outside United States	71	0.6
Foreign born	80	0.7
Entered 1990 to March 2000	12	0.1
Naturalized citizen	61	0.5
Not a citizen	19	0.2

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	80	100.0
Europe	68	85.0
Asia	2	2.5
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	2	2.5
Latin America	8	10.0
Northern America	0	0.0

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	10,800	100.0
English only	10,555	97.7
Language other than English	245	2.3
Speak English less than 'very well	87	0.8
Spanish	140	1.3
Speak English less than "very well"	48	0.4
Other Indo-European languages	93	0.9
Speak English less than "very well"	39	0.4
Asian and Pacific Island languages	3	0.0
Speak English less than "very well"	0	0.0

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	11,368	100.0
Total ancestries reported	9,571	84.2
Arab	2	0.0
Czech¹	0	0.0
Danish	14	0.1
Dutch	96	0.8
English	1,527	13.4
French (except Basque)¹	156	1.4
French Canadian¹	15	0.1
German	623	5.5
Greek	14	0.1
Hungarian	23	0.2
Irish¹	673	5.9
Italian	148	1.3
Lithuanian	0	0.0
Norwegian	34	0.3
Polish	64	0.6
Portuguese	7	0.1
Russian	7	0.1
Scotch-Irish	138	1.2
Scottish	126	1.1
Slovak	0	0.0
Subsaharan African	63	0.6
Swedish	47	0.4
Swiss	7	0.1
Ukrainian	23	0.2
United States or American	2,324	20.4
Welsh	68	0.6
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	0	0.0
Other ancestries	3,372	29.7

(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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