Rowan County, NC Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Rowan county north carolina dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	31,855	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	2,213	6.9
Kindergarten	1,800	5.7
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	15,173	47.6
High school (grades 9-12)	7,051	22.1
College or graduate school	5,618	17.6

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	86,345	100.0
Less than 9th grade	7,793	9.0
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	14,485	16.8
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	28,964	33.5
Some college, no degree	17,550	20.3
Associate degree	5,311	6.2
Bachelor's degree	8,899	10.3
Graduate or professional degree	3,343	3.9

Percent high school graduate or higher	74.2	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	14.2	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	103,349	100.0
Never married	21,796	21.1
Now married, except separated	61,492	59.5
Separated	2,913	2.8
Widowed	7,572	7.3
Female	6,095	5.9
Divorced	9,576	9.3
Female	5,188	5.0

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	3,176	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	1,792	56.4

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	98,222	100.0
Civilian veterans	13,994	14.2

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	28,376	100.0
With a disability	2,619	9.2

Population 21 to 64 years	73,587	100.0
With a disability	17,071	23.2
Percent employed	57.9	(X)
No disability	56,516	76.8
Percent employed	80.2	(X)

Population 65 years and over	16,824	100.0
With a disability	8,079	48.0

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	121,745	100.0
Same house in 1995	70,230	57.7
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	49,288	40.5
Same county	27,410	22.5
Different county	21,878	18.0
Same state	12,630	10.4
Different state	9,248	7.6
Elsewhere in 1995	2,227	1.8

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	130,340	100.0
Native	125,468	96.3
Born in United States	124,681	95.7
State of residence	94,836	72.8
Different state	29,845	22.9
Born outside United States	787	0.6
Foreign born	4,872	3.7
Entered 1990 to March 2000	3,287	2.5
Naturalized citizen	821	0.6
Not a citizen	4,051	3.1

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	4,872	100.0
Europe	511	10.5
Asia	632	13.0
Africa	164	3.4
Oceania	15	0.3
Latin America	3,491	71.7
Northern America	59	1.2

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	121,745	100.0
English only	114,644	94.2
Language other than English	7,101	5.8
Speak English less than 'very well	3,989	3.3
Spanish	5,170	4.2
Speak English less than "very well"	3,224	2.6
Other Indo-European languages	1,231	1.0
Speak English less than "very well"	380	0.3
Asian and Pacific Island languages	576	0.5
Speak English less than "very well"	361	0.3

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	130,340	100.0
Total ancestries reported	103,532	79.4
Arab	176	0.1
Czech¹	77	0.1
Danish	56	0.0
Dutch	2,016	1.5
English	8,266	6.3
French (except Basque)¹	1,611	1.2
French Canadian¹	336	0.3
German	18,384	14.1
Greek	243	0.2
Hungarian	236	0.2
Irish¹	7,400	5.7
Italian	1,469	1.1
Lithuanian	15	0.0
Norwegian	258	0.2
Polish	869	0.7
Portuguese	89	0.1
Russian	160	0.1
Scotch-Irish	4,294	3.3
Scottish	1,886	1.4
Slovak	101	0.1
Subsaharan African	916	0.7
Swedish	357	0.3
Swiss	226	0.2
Ukrainian	65	0.0
United States or American	24,171	18.5
Welsh	420	0.3
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	159	0.1
Other ancestries	29,276	22.5

(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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