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28016 Social
Zip Code: 28016
State: North Carolina
City Name: Bessemer City
County: Gaston
State Zip Codes: North Carolina Zip Codes
State Geography: North Carolina Geography


28016 Overview 28016 Demographic 28016 Economic 28016 Housing 28016 Social
Subject
Number
Percent
     
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT    
    Population 3 years and over enrolled in school 3,402 100.0
Nursery school, preschool 212 6.2
Kindergarten 283 8.3
Elementary school (grades 1-8) 1,852 54.4
High school (grades 9-12) 647 19.0
College or graduate school 408 12.0
     
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT    
    Population 25 years and over 9,305 100.0
Less than 9th grade 843 9.1
9th to 12th grade, no diploma 2,021 21.7
High school graduate (includes equivalency) 3,256 35.0
Some college, no degree 2,026 21.8
Associate degree 493 5.3
Bachelor's degree 487 5.2
Graduate or professional degree 179 1.9
     
Percent high school graduate or higher 69.2 (X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher 7.2 (X)
     
MARITAL STATUS    
    Population 15 years and over 11,201 100.0
Never married 2,263 20.2
Now married, except separated 6,512 58.1
Separated 376 3.4
Widowed 719 6.4
  Female 636 5.7
Divorced 1,331 11.9
  Female 665 5.9
     
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS    
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years 409 100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren 172 42.1
     
VETERAN STATUS    
Civilian population 18 years and over 10,685 100.0
Civilian veterans 1,496 14.0
     
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION    
Population 5 to 20 years 3,321 100.0
With a disability 306 9.2
     
Population 21 to 64 years 8,772 100.0
With a disability 2,365 27.0
  Percent employed 51.3 (X)
No disability 6,407 73.0
  Percent employed 79.5 (X)
     
Population 65 years and over 1,358 100.0
With a disability 690 50.8
     
RESIDENCE IN 1995    
Population 5 years and over 13,455 100.0
Same house in 1995 7,866 58.5
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 5,493 40.8
  Same county 3,710 27.6
  Different county 1,783 13.3
    Same state 987 7.3
    Different state 796 5.9
Elsewhere in 1995 96 0.7
     
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH    
Total population 14,493 100.0
Native 14,209 98.0
  Born in United States 14,163 97.7
    State of residence 11,394 78.6
    Different state 2,769 19.1
  Born outside United States 46 0.3
Foreign born 284 2.0
    Entered 1990 to March 2000 171 1.2
  Naturalized citizen 120 0.8
  Not a citizen 164 1.1
     
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN    
Total (excluding born at sea) 284 100.0
Europe 107 37.7
Asia 47 16.5
Africa 0 0.0
Oceania 0 0.0
Latin America 121 42.6
Northern America 9 3.2
     
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME    
Population 5 years and over 13,455 100.0
English only 12,867 95.6
Language other than English 588 4.4
    Speak English less than "very well" 242 1.8
Spanish 481 3.6
    Speak English less than "very well" 220 1.6
Other Indo-European languages 68 0.5
    Speak English less than "very well" 12 0.1
Asian and Pacific Island languages 36 0.3
    Speak English less than "very well" 10 0.1
     
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)    
Total population 14,493 100.0
Total ancestries reported 9,811 67.7
Arab 18 0.1
Czech1 0 0.0
Danish 11 0.1
Dutch 257 1.8
English 723 5.0
French (except Basque)1 75 0.5
French Canadian1 50 0.3
German 1,517 10.5
Greek 4 0.0
Hungarian 11 0.1
Irish1 1,125 7.8
Italian 148 1.0
Lithuanian 0 0.0
Norwegian 54 0.4
Polish 41 0.3
Portuguese 0 0.0
Russian 10 0.1
Scotch-Irish 284 2.0
Scottish 245 1.7
Slovak 0 0.0
Subsaharan African 26 0.2
Swedish 63 0.4
Swiss 14 0.1
Ukrainian 7 0.0
United States or American 2,686 18.5
Welsh 30 0.2
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) 2 0.0
Other ancestries 2,410 16.6


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