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28054 Social
Zip Code: 28054
State: North Carolina
City Name: Gastonia
County: Gaston
State Zip Codes: North Carolina Zip Codes
State Geography: North Carolina Geography


28054 Overview 28054 Demographic 28054 Economic 28054 Housing 28054 Social
Subject
Number
Percent
     
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT    
    Population 3 years and over enrolled in school 7,281 100.0
Nursery school, preschool 485 6.7
Kindergarten 444 6.1
Elementary school (grades 1-8) 3,265 44.8
High school (grades 9-12) 1,589 21.8
College or graduate school 1,498 20.6
     
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT    
    Population 25 years and over 23,092 100.0
Less than 9th grade 2,339 10.1
9th to 12th grade, no diploma 3,925 17.0
High school graduate (includes equivalency) 5,706 24.7
Some college, no degree 4,705 20.4
Associate degree 1,658 7.2
Bachelor's degree 3,318 14.4
Graduate or professional degree 1,441 6.2
     
Percent high school graduate or higher 72.9 (X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher 20.6 (X)
     
MARITAL STATUS    
    Population 15 years and over 27,248 100.0
Never married 6,084 22.3
Now married, except separated 14,772 54.2
Separated 994 3.6
Widowed 2,539 9.3
  Female 2,094 7.7
Divorced 2,859 10.5
  Female 1,641 6.0
     
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS    
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years 756 100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren 399 52.8
     
VETERAN STATUS    
Civilian population 18 years and over 26,027 100.0
Civilian veterans 3,847 14.8
     
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION    
Population 5 to 20 years 6,372 100.0
With a disability 635 10.0
     
Population 21 to 64 years 19,404 100.0
With a disability 4,625 23.8
  Percent employed 50.7 (X)
No disability 14,779 76.2
  Percent employed 80.7 (X)
     
Population 65 years and over 4,739 100.0
With a disability 2,397 50.6
     
RESIDENCE IN 1995    
Population 5 years and over 31,207 100.0
Same house in 1995 16,116 51.6
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 13,896 44.5
  Same county 8,419 27.0
  Different county 5,477 17.6
    Same state 2,521 8.1
    Different state 2,956 9.5
Elsewhere in 1995 1,195 3.8
     
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH    
Total population 33,173 100.0
Native 31,310 94.4
  Born in United States 31,087 93.7
    State of residence 21,341 64.3
    Different state 9,746 29.4
  Born outside United States 223 0.7
Foreign born 1,863 5.6
    Entered 1990 to March 2000 1,352 4.1
  Naturalized citizen 338 1.0
  Not a citizen 1,525 4.6
     
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN    
Total (excluding born at sea) 1,863 100.0
Europe 221 11.9
Asia 267 14.3
Africa 79 4.2
Oceania 0 0.0
Latin America 1,230 66.0
Northern America 66 3.5
     
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME    
Population 5 years and over 31,207 100.0
English only 28,602 91.7
Language other than English 2,605 8.3
    Speak English less than "very well" 1,351 4.3
Spanish 1,894 6.1
    Speak English less than "very well" 1,075 3.4
Other Indo-European languages 409 1.3
    Speak English less than "very well" 105 0.3
Asian and Pacific Island languages 218 0.7
    Speak English less than "very well" 120 0.4
     
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)    
Total population 33,173 100.0
Total ancestries reported 27,590 83.2
Arab 102 0.3
Czech1 25 0.1
Danish 26 0.1
Dutch 508 1.5
English 2,581 7.8
French (except Basque)1 431 1.3
French Canadian1 33 0.1
German 3,400 10.2
Greek 34 0.1
Hungarian 26 0.1
Irish1 2,572 7.8
Italian 450 1.4
Lithuanian 29 0.1
Norwegian 122 0.4
Polish 150 0.5
Portuguese 26 0.1
Russian 82 0.2
Scotch-Irish 1,401 4.2
Scottish 599 1.8
Slovak 32 0.1
Subsaharan African 78 0.2
Swedish 148 0.4
Swiss 82 0.2
Ukrainian 29 0.1
United States or American 5,488 16.5
Welsh 106 0.3
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) 31 0.1
Other ancestries 8,999 27.1


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