Vance County, NC Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Vance county north carolina dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	10,894	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	1,039	9.5
Kindergarten	744	6.8
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	5,680	52.1
High school (grades 9-12)	2,099	19.3
College or graduate school	1,332	12.2

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	27,360	100.0
Less than 9th grade	3,367	12.3
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	5,374	19.6
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	9,367	34.2
Some college, no degree	4,726	17.3
Associate degree	1,591	5.8
Bachelor's degree	2,039	7.5
Graduate or professional degree	896	3.3

Percent high school graduate or higher	68.1	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	10.7	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	33,014	100.0
Never married	8,704	26.4
Now married, except separated	17,018	51.5
Separated	1,486	4.5
Widowed	2,844	8.6
Female	2,364	7.2
Divorced	2,962	9.0
Female	1,741	5.3

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	1,219	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	628	51.5

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	31,318	100.0
Civilian veterans	3,277	10.5

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	10,284	100.0
With a disability	1,086	10.6

Population 21 to 64 years	23,908	100.0
With a disability	6,659	27.9
Percent employed	49.2	(X)
No disability	17,249	72.1
Percent employed	75.1	(X)

Population 65 years and over	5,196	100.0
With a disability	2,558	49.2

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	39,882	100.0
Same house in 1995	23,330	58.5
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	15,824	39.7
Same county	9,540	23.9
Different county	6,284	15.8
Same state	3,795	9.5
Different state	2,489	6.2
Elsewhere in 1995	728	1.8

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	42,954	100.0
Native	41,495	96.6
Born in United States	41,419	96.4
State of residence	34,544	80.4
Different state	6,875	16.0
Born outside United States	76	0.2
Foreign born	1,459	3.4
Entered 1990 to March 2000	1,031	2.4
Naturalized citizen	259	0.6
Not a citizen	1,200	2.8

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	1,459	100.0
Europe	34	2.3
Asia	128	8.8
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	1,273	87.3
Northern America	24	1.6

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	39,882	100.0
English only	37,558	94.2
Language other than English	2,324	5.8
Speak English less than 'very well	1,173	2.9
Spanish	1,954	4.9
Speak English less than "very well"	1,024	2.6
Other Indo-European languages	208	0.5
Speak English less than "very well"	55	0.1
Asian and Pacific Island languages	127	0.3
Speak English less than "very well"	79	0.2

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	42,954	100.0
Total ancestries reported	35,018	81.5
Arab	30	0.1
Czech¹	48	0.1
Danish	18	0.0
Dutch	248	0.6
English	2,582	6.0
French (except Basque)¹	133	0.3
French Canadian¹	60	0.1
German	906	2.1
Greek	37	0.1
Hungarian	61	0.1
Irish¹	1,353	3.1
Italian	223	0.5
Lithuanian	4	0.0
Norwegian	29	0.1
Polish	82	0.2
Portuguese	6	0.0
Russian	34	0.1
Scotch-Irish	560	1.3
Scottish	302	0.7
Slovak	63	0.1
Subsaharan African	350	0.8
Swedish	57	0.1
Swiss	30	0.1
Ukrainian	11	0.0
United States or American	6,725	15.7
Welsh	22	0.1
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	48	0.1
Other ancestries	20,996	48.9

(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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