Rockingham County, NC Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Rockingham county north carolina dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	19,909	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	1,426	7.2
Kindergarten	1,347	6.8
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	9,980	50.1
High school (grades 9-12)	4,434	22.3
College or graduate school	2,722	13.7

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	63,470	100.0
Less than 9th grade	6,857	10.8
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	12,894	20.3
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	21,138	33.3
Some college, no degree	12,034	19.0
Associate degree	3,690	5.8
Bachelor's degree	4,815	7.6
Graduate or professional degree	2,042	3.2

Percent high school graduate or higher	68.9	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	10.8	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	73,939	100.0
Never married	14,907	20.2
Now married, except separated	42,866	58.0
Separated	2,350	3.2
Widowed	6,357	8.6
Female	5,313	7.2
Divorced	7,459	10.1
Female	4,157	5.6

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	2,296	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	1,117	48.6

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	70,460	100.0
Civilian veterans	9,329	13.2

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	18,552	100.0
With a disability	1,696	9.1

Population 21 to 64 years	53,746	100.0
With a disability	12,580	23.4
Percent employed	55.4	(X)
No disability	41,166	76.6
Percent employed	76.7	(X)

Population 65 years and over	13,078	100.0
With a disability	6,442	49.3

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	86,160	100.0
Same house in 1995	53,862	62.5
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	31,100	36.1
Same county	20,345	23.6
Different county	10,755	12.5
Same state	5,885	6.8
Different state	4,870	5.7
Elsewhere in 1995	1,198	1.4

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	91,928	100.0
Native	89,463	97.3
Born in United States	89,132	97.0
State of residence	70,214	76.4
Different state	18,918	20.6
Born outside United States	331	0.4
Foreign born	2,465	2.7
Entered 1990 to March 2000	1,736	1.9
Naturalized citizen	426	0.5
Not a citizen	2,039	2.2

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	2,465	100.0
Europe	237	9.6
Asia	250	10.1
Africa	4	0.2
Oceania	10	0.4
Latin America	1,911	77.5
Northern America	53	2.2

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	86,160	100.0
English only	82,153	95.3
Language other than English	4,007	4.7
Speak English less than 'very well	2,313	2.7
Spanish	3,096	3.6
Speak English less than "very well"	1,921	2.2
Other Indo-European languages	658	0.8
Speak English less than "very well"	224	0.3
Asian and Pacific Island languages	209	0.2
Speak English less than "very well"	168	0.2

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	91,928	100.0
Total ancestries reported	70,601	76.8
Arab	50	0.1
Czech¹	94	0.1
Danish	58	0.1
Dutch	735	0.8
English	8,247	9.0
French (except Basque)¹	837	0.9
French Canadian¹	161	0.2
German	4,787	5.2
Greek	89	0.1
Hungarian	52	0.1
Irish¹	5,568	6.1
Italian	996	1.1
Lithuanian	64	0.1
Norwegian	242	0.3
Polish	349	0.4
Portuguese	51	0.1
Russian	119	0.1
Scotch-Irish	1,931	2.1
Scottish	1,285	1.4
Slovak	7	0.0
Subsaharan African	361	0.4
Swedish	153	0.2
Swiss	90	0.1
Ukrainian	19	0.0
United States or American	19,915	21.7
Welsh	281	0.3
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	120	0.1
Other ancestries	23,940	26.0

(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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