Stokes County, NC Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Stokes county north carolina dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	9,914	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	645	6.5
Kindergarten	812	8.2
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	4,914	49.6
High school (grades 9-12)	2,380	24.0
College or graduate school	1,163	11.7

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	30,598	100.0
Less than 9th grade	2,930	9.6
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	5,278	17.2
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	12,269	40.1
Some college, no degree	5,259	17.2
Associate degree	2,016	6.6
Bachelor's degree	2,149	7.0
Graduate or professional degree	697	2.3

Percent high school graduate or higher	73.2	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	9.3	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	35,493	100.0
Never married	5,805	16.4
Now married, except separated	23,092	65.1
Separated	975	2.7
Widowed	2,340	6.6
Female	2,036	5.7
Divorced	3,281	9.2
Female	1,701	4.8

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	760	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	355	46.7

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	33,769	100.0
Civilian veterans	3,996	11.8

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	9,345	100.0
With a disability	846	9.1

Population 21 to 64 years	27,160	100.0
With a disability	5,952	21.9
Percent employed	59.1	(X)
No disability	21,208	78.1
Percent employed	79.7	(X)

Population 65 years and over	5,028	100.0
With a disability	2,622	52.1

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	41,833	100.0
Same house in 1995	26,402	63.1
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	15,138	36.2
Same county	6,599	15.8
Different county	8,539	20.4
Same state	6,575	15.7
Different state	1,964	4.7
Elsewhere in 1995	293	0.7

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	44,711	100.0
Native	44,027	98.5
Born in United States	43,836	98.0
State of residence	34,080	76.2
Different state	9,756	21.8
Born outside United States	191	0.4
Foreign born	684	1.5
Entered 1990 to March 2000	405	0.9
Naturalized citizen	189	0.4
Not a citizen	495	1.1

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	684	100.0
Europe	219	32.0
Asia	58	8.5
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	388	56.7
Northern America	19	2.8

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	41,833	100.0
English only	40,307	96.4
Language other than English	1,526	3.6
Speak English less than 'very well	627	1.5
Spanish	1,131	2.7
Speak English less than "very well"	501	1.2
Other Indo-European languages	305	0.7
Speak English less than "very well"	102	0.2
Asian and Pacific Island languages	53	0.1
Speak English less than "very well"	16	0.0

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	44,711	100.0
Total ancestries reported	32,529	72.8
Arab	1	0.0
Czech¹	9	0.0
Danish	15	0.0
Dutch	538	1.2
English	4,553	10.2
French (except Basque)¹	498	1.1
French Canadian¹	176	0.4
German	4,371	9.8
Greek	72	0.2
Hungarian	96	0.2
Irish¹	3,489	7.8
Italian	589	1.3
Lithuanian	10	0.0
Norwegian	199	0.4
Polish	292	0.7
Portuguese	29	0.1
Russian	33	0.1
Scotch-Irish	783	1.8
Scottish	626	1.4
Slovak	0	0.0
Subsaharan African	48	0.1
Swedish	98	0.2
Swiss	44	0.1
Ukrainian	22	0.0
United States or American	10,199	22.8
Welsh	128	0.3
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	15	0.0
Other ancestries	5,596	12.5

(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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