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27217 Social
Zip Code: 27217
State: North Carolina
City Name: Burlington
County: Alamance
State Zip Codes: North Carolina Zip Codes
State Geography: North Carolina Geography

27217 Overview 27217 Demographic 27217 Economic 27217 Housing 27217 Social
Subject
Number
Percent
     
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT    
    Population 3 years and over enrolled in school 7,700 100.0
Nursery school, preschool 455 5.9
Kindergarten 446 5.8
Elementary school (grades 1-8) 4,132 53.7
High school (grades 9-12) 1,705 22.1
College or graduate school 962 12.5
     
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT    
    Population 25 years and over 22,684 100.0
Less than 9th grade 2,818 12.4
9th to 12th grade, no diploma 4,713 20.8
High school graduate (includes equivalency) 8,035 35.4
Some college, no degree 3,747 16.5
Associate degree 1,275 5.6
Bachelor's degree 1,530 6.7
Graduate or professional degree 566 2.5
     
Percent high school graduate or higher 66.8 (X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher 9.2 (X)
     
MARITAL STATUS    
    Population 15 years and over 26,833 100.0
Never married 6,905 25.7
Now married, except separated 13,767 51.3
Separated 991 3.7
Widowed 2,549 9.5
  Female 2,118 7.9
Divorced 2,621 9.8
  Female 1,476 5.5
     
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS    
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years 970 100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren 415 42.8
     
VETERAN STATUS    
Civilian population 18 years and over 25,509 100.0
Civilian veterans 2,953 11.6
     
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION    
Population 5 to 20 years 7,329 100.0
With a disability 745 10.2
     
Population 21 to 64 years 19,391 100.0
With a disability 5,241 27.0
  Percent employed 62.2 (X)
No disability 14,150 73.0
  Percent employed 79.1 (X)
     
Population 65 years and over 4,500 100.0
With a disability 2,299 51.1
     
RESIDENCE IN 1995    
Population 5 years and over 31,731 100.0
Same house in 1995 18,331 57.8
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 12,101 38.1
  Same county 7,985 25.2
  Different county 4,116 13.0
    Same state 2,134 6.7
    Different state 1,982 6.2
Elsewhere in 1995 1,299 4.1
     
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH    
Total population 34,125 100.0
Native 30,968 90.7
  Born in United States 30,836 90.4
    State of residence 25,557 74.9
    Different state 5,279 15.5
  Born outside United States 132 0.4
Foreign born 3,157 9.3
    Entered 1990 to March 2000 2,456 7.2
  Naturalized citizen 379 1.1
  Not a citizen 2,778 8.1
     
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN    
Total (excluding born at sea) 3,157 100.0
Europe 49 1.6
Asia 328 10.4
Africa 10 0.3
Oceania 0 0.0
Latin America 2,743 86.9
Northern America 27 0.9
     
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME    
Population 5 years and over 31,731 100.0
English only 27,846 87.8
Language other than English 3,885 12.2
    Speak English less than "very well" 2,727 8.6
Spanish 3,327 10.5
    Speak English less than "very well" 2,470 7.8
Other Indo-European languages 177 0.6
    Speak English less than "very well" 62 0.2
Asian and Pacific Island languages 381 1.2
    Speak English less than "very well" 195 0.6
     
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)    
Total population 34,125 100.0
Total ancestries reported 28,104 82.4
Arab 18 0.1
Czech1 30 0.1
Danish 23 0.1
Dutch 261 0.8
English 1,784 5.2
French (except Basque)1 307 0.9
French Canadian1 40 0.1
German 1,736 5.1
Greek 62 0.2
Hungarian 15 0.0
Irish1 1,386 4.1
Italian 337 1.0
Lithuanian 0 0.0
Norwegian 9 0.0
Polish 153 0.4
Portuguese 11 0.0
Russian 5 0.0
Scotch-Irish 485 1.4
Scottish 416 1.2
Slovak 8 0.0
Subsaharan African 430 1.3
Swedish 30 0.1
Swiss 17 0.0
Ukrainian 0 0.0
United States or American 4,974 14.6
Welsh 59 0.2
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) 48 0.1
Other ancestries 15,460 45.3


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