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Language Spoken At Home in Dare County
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 5 years and over | 32,250 | 100% |
English only | 29,554 | 91.6% |
Language other than English | 2,696 | 8.4% |
Speak English less than very well | 1,268 | 3.9% |
Spanish | 2,011 | 6.2% |
Speak English less than very well | 1,128 | 3.5% |
Other Indo-European languages | 428 | 1.3% |
Speak English less than very well | 95 | 0.3% |
Asian and Pacific Islander languages | 154 | 0.5% |
Speak English less than very well | 45 | 0.1% |
Other languages | 103 | 0.3% |
Speak English less than very well | 0 | 0.0% |
Ancestry in Dare County
*Base on 2012 Data
Total population | 34,019 | 100% |
American | 3,671 | 10.8% |
Arab | 262 | 0.8% |
Czech | 205 | 0.6% |
Danish | 65 | 0.2% |
Dutch | 647 | 1.9% |
English | 7,383 | 21.7% |
French (except Basque) | 1,413 | 4.2% |
French Canadian | 126 | 0.4% |
German | 5,993 | 17.6% |
Greek | 211 | 0.6% |
Hungarian | 89 | 0.3% |
Irish | 5,557 | 16.3% |
Italian | 1,865 | 5.5% |
Lithuanian | 116 | 0.3% |
Norwegian | 350 | 1.0% |
Polish | 1,042 | 3.1% |
Portuguese | 0 | 0.0% |
Russian | 193 | 0.6% |
Scotch-Irish | 1,129 | 3.3% |
Scottish | 1,446 | 4.3% |
Slovak | 33 | 0.1% |
Subsaharan African | 36 | 0.1% |
Swedish | 242 | 0.7% |
Swiss | 44 | 0.1% |
Ukrainian | 53 | 0.2% |
Welsh | 514 | 1.5% |
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups) | 0 | 0.0% |
Households By Type in Dare County
*Base on 2012 Data
Total households | 15,076 | 100% |
Family households (families) | 9,417 | 62.5% |
With own children under 18 years | 3,685 | 24.4% |
Married-couple family | 7,365 | 48.9% |
With own children under 18 years | 2,374 | 15.7% |
Male householder, no wife present, family | 763 | 5.1% |
With own children under 18 years | 492 | 3.3% |
Female householder, no husband present, family | 1,289 | 8.6% |
With own children under 18 years | 819 | 5.4% |
Nonfamily households | 5,659 | 37.5% |
Householder living alone | 4,338 | 28.8% |
65 years and over | 1,448 | 9.6% |
Households with one or more people under 18 years | 4,032 | 26.7% |
Households with one or more people 65 years and over | 3,816 | 25.3% |
Average household size | 2 | 0% |
Average family size | 3 | 0% |
Relationship in Dare County
*Base on 2012 Data
Population in households | 33,760 | 100% |
Householder | 15,076 | 44.7% |
Spouse | 7,292 | 21.6% |
Child | 7,498 | 22.2% |
Other relatives | 1,624 | 4.8% |
Nonrelatives | 2,270 | 6.7% |
Unmarried partner | 1,227 | 3.6% |
Marital Status in Dare County
*Base on 2012 Data
Males 15 years and over | 14,137 | 100% |
Never married | 3,906 | 27.6% |
Now married, except separated | 7,883 | 55.8% |
Separated | 389 | 2.8% |
Widowed | 485 | 3.4% |
Divorced | 1,474 | 10.4% |
Females 15 years and over | 14,247 | 100% |
Never married | 2,694 | 18.9% |
Now married, except separated | 7,433 | 52.2% |
Separated | 614 | 4.3% |
Widowed | 1,419 | 10.0% |
Divorced | 2,087 | 14.6% |
Fertility in Dare County
*Base on 2012 Data
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had a birth in the past 12 months | 341 | 100% |
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married) | 98 | 28.7% |
Per 1,000 unmarried women | 28 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old | 45 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old | 26 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old | 87 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old | 20 | 0% |
Grandparents in Dare County
*Base on 2012 Data
Number of grandparents living with own grandchildren under 18 years | 566 | 100% |
Responsible for grandchildren | 208 | 36.7% |
Less than 1 year | 41 | 7.2% |
1 or 2 years | 73 | 12.9% |
3 or 4 years | 10 | 1.8% |
5 or more years | 84 | 14.8% |
Number of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years | 208 | 100% |
Who are female | 108 | 51.9% |
Who are married | 180 | 86.5% |
School Enrollment in Dare County
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school | 6,906 | 100% |
Nursery school, preschool | 408 | 5.9% |
Kindergarten | 451 | 6.5% |
Elementary school (grades 1-8) | 3,000 | 43.4% |
High school (grades 9-12) | 1,735 | 25.1% |
College or graduate school | 1,312 | 19.0% |
Educational Attainment in Dare County
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 25 years and over | 25,056 | 100% |
Less than 9th grade | 626 | 2.5% |
9th to 12th grade, no diploma | 1,568 | 6.3% |
High school graduate (includes equivalency) | 6,176 | 24.6% |
Some college, no degree | 7,079 | 28.3% |
Associate's degree | 1,922 | 7.7% |
Bachelor's degree | 5,408 | 21.6% |
Graduate or professional degree | 2,277 | 9.1% |
Percent high school graduate or higher | 0 | 91.2% |
Percent bachelor's degree or higher | 0 | 30.7% |
Veteran Status in Dare County
*Base on 2012 Data
Civilian population 18 years and over | 27,142 | 100% |
Civilian veterans | 3,522 | 13.0% |
Disability Status Of The Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population in Dare County
*Base on 2012 Data
Total Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population | 33,752 | 100% |
With a disability | 4,684 | 13.9% |
Under 18 years | 6,768 | 100% |
With a disability | 372 | 5.5% |
18 to 64 years | 21,861 | 100% |
With a disability | 2,467 | 11.3% |
65 years and over | 5,123 | 100% |
With a disability | 1,845 | 36.0% |
Residence 1 Year Ago in Dare County
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 1 year and over | 33,796 | 100% |
Same house | 29,599 | 87.6% |
Different house in the U.S. | 4,048 | 12.0% |
Same county | 2,168 | 6.4% |
Different county | 1,880 | 5.6% |
Same state | 689 | 2.0% |
Different state | 1,191 | 3.5% |
Abroad | 149 | 0.4% |
Place Of Birth in Dare County
*Base on 2012 Data
Total population | 34,019 | 100% |
Native | 32,147 | 94.5% |
Born in United States | 31,735 | 93.3% |
State of residence | 12,820 | 37.7% |
Different state | 18,915 | 55.6% |
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or born abroad to American parent(s) | 412 | 1.2% |
Foreign born | 1,872 | 5.5% |
U.S. Citizenship Status in Dare County
*Base on 2012 Data
Foreign-born population | 1,872 | 100% |
Naturalized U.S. citizen | 516 | 27.6% |
Not a U.S. citizen | 1,356 | 72.4% |
Year of Entry in Dare County
*Base on 2012 Data
Population born outside the United States | 2,284 | 100% |
Native | 412 | 100% |
Entered 2010 or later | 20 | 4.9% |
Entered before 2010 | 392 | 95.1% |
Foreign born | 1,872 | 100% |
Entered 2010 or later | 3 | 0.2% |
Entered before 2010 | 1,869 | 99.8% |
World Region Of Birth Of Foreign Born in Dare County
*Base on 2012 Data
Foreign-born population, excluding population born at sea | 1,872 | 100% |
Europe | 346 | 18.5% |
Asia | 46 | 2.5% |
Africa | 8 | 0.4% |
Oceania | 33 | 1.8% |
Latin America | 1,380 | 73.7% |
Northern America | 59 | 3.2% |