Richmond County, NC Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Richmond county north carolina dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	11,419	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	628	5.5
Kindergarten	782	6.8
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	5,532	48.4
High school (grades 9-12)	2,836	24.8
College or graduate school	1,641	14.4

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	29,870	100.0
Less than 9th grade	3,386	11.3
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	5,806	19.4
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	10,668	35.7
Some college, no degree	5,016	16.8
Associate degree	1,966	6.6
Bachelor's degree	1,994	6.7
Graduate or professional degree	1,034	3.5

Percent high school graduate or higher	69.2	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	10.1	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	36,552	100.0
Never married	9,176	25.1
Now married, except separated	18,913	51.7
Separated	1,608	4.4
Widowed	3,191	8.7
Female	2,640	7.2
Divorced	3,664	10.0
Female	1,902	5.2

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	1,418	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	872	61.5

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	34,128	100.0
Civilian veterans	4,588	13.4

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	10,507	100.0
With a disability	1,020	9.7

Population 21 to 64 years	25,244	100.0
With a disability	7,642	30.3
Percent employed	47.2	(X)
No disability	17,602	69.7
Percent employed	77.1	(X)

Population 65 years and over	5,966	100.0
With a disability	2,989	50.1

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	43,386	100.0
Same house in 1995	25,691	59.2
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	17,095	39.4
Same county	10,149	23.4
Different county	6,946	16.0
Same state	4,049	9.3
Different state	2,897	6.7
Elsewhere in 1995	600	1.4

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	46,564	100.0
Native	45,527	97.8
Born in United States	45,371	97.4
State of residence	36,460	78.3
Different state	8,911	19.1
Born outside United States	156	0.3
Foreign born	1,037	2.2
Entered 1990 to March 2000	618	1.3
Naturalized citizen	247	0.5
Not a citizen	790	1.7

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	1,037	100.0
Europe	130	12.5
Asia	220	21.2
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	23	2.2
Latin America	655	63.2
Northern America	9	0.9

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	43,386	100.0
English only	41,453	95.5
Language other than English	1,933	4.5
Speak English less than 'very well	956	2.2
Spanish	1,270	2.9
Speak English less than "very well"	732	1.7
Other Indo-European languages	426	1.0
Speak English less than "very well"	126	0.3
Asian and Pacific Island languages	237	0.5
Speak English less than "very well"	98	0.2

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	46,564	100.0
Total ancestries reported	36,740	78.9
Arab	15	0.0
Czech¹	10	0.0
Danish	32	0.1
Dutch	189	0.4
English	3,648	7.8
French (except Basque)¹	362	0.8
French Canadian¹	88	0.2
German	2,034	4.4
Greek	3	0.0
Hungarian	13	0.0
Irish¹	1,921	4.1
Italian	421	0.9
Lithuanian	22	0.0
Norwegian	60	0.1
Polish	129	0.3
Portuguese	8	0.0
Russian	18	0.0
Scotch-Irish	2,187	4.7
Scottish	1,275	2.7
Slovak	0	0.0
Subsaharan African	375	0.8
Swedish	57	0.1
Swiss	5	0.0
Ukrainian	22	0.0
United States or American	7,085	15.2
Welsh	81	0.2
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	44	0.1
Other ancestries	16,636	35.7

(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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