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28098 Social
Zip Code: 28098
State: North Carolina
City Name: Lowell
County: Gaston
State Zip Codes: North Carolina Zip Codes
State Geography: North Carolina Geography


28098 Overview 28098 Demographic 28098 Economic 28098 Housing 28098 Social
Subject
Number
Percent
     
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT    
    Population 3 years and over enrolled in school 554 100.0
Nursery school, preschool 36 6.5
Kindergarten 54 9.7
Elementary school (grades 1-8) 277 50.0
High school (grades 9-12) 120 21.7
College or graduate school 67 12.1
     
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT    
    Population 25 years and over 1,830 100.0
Less than 9th grade 290 15.8
9th to 12th grade, no diploma 432 23.6
High school graduate (includes equivalency) 532 29.1
Some college, no degree 375 20.5
Associate degree 102 5.6
Bachelor's degree 76 4.2
Graduate or professional degree 23 1.3
     
Percent high school graduate or higher 60.5 (X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher 5.4 (X)
     
MARITAL STATUS    
    Population 15 years and over 2,086 100.0
Never married 437 20.9
Now married, except separated 1,130 54.2
Separated 89 4.3
Widowed 198 9.5
  Female 169 8.1
Divorced 232 11.1
  Female 135 6.5
     
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS    
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years 84 100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren 53 63.1
     
VETERAN STATUS    
Civilian population 18 years and over 1,994 100.0
Civilian veterans 246 12.3
     
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION    
Population 5 to 20 years 529 100.0
With a disability 61 11.5
     
Population 21 to 64 years 1,545 100.0
With a disability 455 29.4
  Percent employed 65.9 (X)
No disability 1,090 70.6
  Percent employed 79.7 (X)
     
Population 65 years and over 403 100.0
With a disability 226 56.1
     
RESIDENCE IN 1995    
Population 5 years and over 2,477 100.0
Same house in 1995 1,359 54.9
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 1,099 44.4
  Same county 852 34.4
  Different county 247 10.0
    Same state 151 6.1
    Different state 96 3.9
Elsewhere in 1995 19 0.8
     
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH    
Total population 2,670 100.0
Native 2,632 98.6
  Born in United States 2,632 98.6
    State of residence 1,984 74.3
    Different state 648 24.3
  Born outside United States 0 0.0
Foreign born 38 1.4
    Entered 1990 to March 2000 35 1.3
  Naturalized citizen 3 0.1
  Not a citizen 35 1.3
     
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN    
Total (excluding born at sea) 38 100.0
Europe 0 0.0
Asia 0 0.0
Africa 0 0.0
Oceania 0 0.0
Latin America 20 52.6
Northern America 18 47.4
     
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME    
Population 5 years and over 2,477 100.0
English only 2,422 97.8
Language other than English 55 2.2
    Speak English less than "very well" 30 1.2
Spanish 44 1.8
    Speak English less than "very well" 30 1.2
Other Indo-European languages 11 0.4
    Speak English less than "very well" 0 0.0
Asian and Pacific Island languages 0 0.0
    Speak English less than "very well" 0 0.0
     
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)    
Total population 2,670 100.0
Total ancestries reported 1,769 66.3
Arab 8 0.3
Czech1 0 0.0
Danish 0 0.0
Dutch 22 0.8
English 174 6.5
French (except Basque)1 15 0.6
French Canadian1 0 0.0
German 208 7.8
Greek 4 0.1
Hungarian 0 0.0
Irish1 169 6.3
Italian 22 0.8
Lithuanian 0 0.0
Norwegian 0 0.0
Polish 18 0.7
Portuguese 0 0.0
Russian 0 0.0
Scotch-Irish 151 5.7
Scottish 38 1.4
Slovak 11 0.4
Subsaharan African 0 0.0
Swedish 1 0.0
Swiss 0 0.0
Ukrainian 11 0.4
United States or American 622 23.3
Welsh 5 0.2
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) 0 0.0
Other ancestries 290 10.9


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