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28056 Social
Zip Code: 28056
State: North Carolina
City Name: Gastonia
County: Gaston
State Zip Codes: North Carolina Zip Codes
State Geography: North Carolina Geography


28056 Overview 28056 Demographic 28056 Economic 28056 Housing 28056 Social
Subject
Number
Percent
     
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT    
    Population 3 years and over enrolled in school 7,294 100.0
Nursery school, preschool 548 7.5
Kindergarten 334 4.6
Elementary school (grades 1-8) 3,697 50.7
High school (grades 9-12) 1,606 22.0
College or graduate school 1,109 15.2
     
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT    
    Population 25 years and over 18,499 100.0
Less than 9th grade 1,401 7.6
9th to 12th grade, no diploma 2,818 15.2
High school graduate (includes equivalency) 4,712 25.5
Some college, no degree 4,221 22.8
Associate degree 1,344 7.3
Bachelor's degree 3,007 16.3
Graduate or professional degree 996 5.4
     
Percent high school graduate or higher 77.2 (X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher 21.6 (X)
     
MARITAL STATUS    
    Population 15 years and over 21,831 100.0
Never married 4,223 19.3
Now married, except separated 14,518 66.5
Separated 373 1.7
Widowed 1,104 5.1
  Female 880 4.0
Divorced 1,613 7.4
  Female 915 4.2
     
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS    
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years 602 100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren 355 59.0
     
VETERAN STATUS    
Civilian population 18 years and over 20,541 100.0
Civilian veterans 3,056 14.9
     
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION    
Population 5 to 20 years 6,444 100.0
With a disability 505 7.8
     
Population 21 to 64 years 17,257 100.0
With a disability 3,194 18.5
  Percent employed 59.1 (X)
No disability 14,063 81.5
  Percent employed 83.1 (X)
     
Population 65 years and over 2,343 100.0
With a disability 1,121 47.8
     
RESIDENCE IN 1995    
Population 5 years and over 26,144 100.0
Same house in 1995 15,461 59.1
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 10,282 39.3
  Same county 6,503 24.9
  Different county 3,779 14.5
    Same state 1,683 6.4
    Different state 2,096 8.0
Elsewhere in 1995 401 1.5
     
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH    
Total population 27,917 100.0
Native 27,090 97.0
  Born in United States 26,951 96.5
    State of residence 19,569 70.1
    Different state 7,382 26.4
  Born outside United States 139 0.5
Foreign born 827 3.0
    Entered 1990 to March 2000 513 1.8
  Naturalized citizen 184 0.7
  Not a citizen 643 2.3
     
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN    
Total (excluding born at sea) 827 100.0
Europe 209 25.3
Asia 102 12.3
Africa 91 11.0
Oceania 0 0.0
Latin America 379 45.8
Northern America 46 5.6
     
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME    
Population 5 years and over 26,144 100.0
English only 24,710 94.5
Language other than English 1,434 5.5
    Speak English less than "very well" 587 2.2
Spanish 864 3.3
    Speak English less than "very well" 474 1.8
Other Indo-European languages 395 1.5
    Speak English less than "very well" 75 0.3
Asian and Pacific Island languages 118 0.5
    Speak English less than "very well" 34 0.1
     
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)    
Total population 27,917 100.0
Total ancestries reported 22,487 80.5
Arab 41 0.1
Czech1 37 0.1
Danish 14 0.1
Dutch 601 2.2
English 2,141 7.7
French (except Basque)1 503 1.8
French Canadian1 113 0.4
German 3,173 11.4
Greek 82 0.3
Hungarian 37 0.1
Irish1 2,421 8.7
Italian 552 2.0
Lithuanian 36 0.1
Norwegian 76 0.3
Polish 318 1.1
Portuguese 0 0.0
Russian 88 0.3
Scotch-Irish 1,406 5.0
Scottish 752 2.7
Slovak 35 0.1
Subsaharan African 160 0.6
Swedish 44 0.2
Swiss 26 0.1
Ukrainian 26 0.1
United States or American 4,701 16.8
Welsh 154 0.6
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) 0 0.0
Other ancestries 4,950 17.7


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