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Language Spoken At Home in Guilford County
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 5 years and over | 458,788 | 100% |
English only | 402,514 | 87.7% |
Language other than English | 56,274 | 12.3% |
Speak English less than very well | 26,912 | 5.9% |
Spanish | 28,118 | 6.1% |
Speak English less than very well | 14,694 | 3.2% |
Other Indo-European languages | 10,402 | 2.3% |
Speak English less than very well | 3,323 | 0.7% |
Asian and Pacific Islander languages | 12,836 | 2.8% |
Speak English less than very well | 6,835 | 1.5% |
Other languages | 4,918 | 1.1% |
Speak English less than very well | 2,060 | 0.4% |
Ancestry in Guilford County
*Base on 2012 Data
Total population | 489,576 | 100% |
American | 35,438 | 7.2% |
Arab | 1,732 | 0.4% |
Czech | 1,429 | 0.3% |
Danish | 877 | 0.2% |
Dutch | 4,180 | 0.9% |
English | 44,695 | 9.1% |
French (except Basque) | 7,217 | 1.5% |
French Canadian | 1,654 | 0.3% |
German | 45,432 | 9.3% |
Greek | 1,177 | 0.2% |
Hungarian | 1,510 | 0.3% |
Irish | 34,877 | 7.1% |
Italian | 13,165 | 2.7% |
Lithuanian | 366 | 0.1% |
Norwegian | 2,072 | 0.4% |
Polish | 5,747 | 1.2% |
Portuguese | 556 | 0.1% |
Russian | 2,143 | 0.4% |
Scotch-Irish | 12,755 | 2.6% |
Scottish | 11,024 | 2.3% |
Slovak | 603 | 0.1% |
Subsaharan African | 7,700 | 1.6% |
Swedish | 2,527 | 0.5% |
Swiss | 852 | 0.2% |
Ukrainian | 453 | 0.1% |
Welsh | 2,174 | 0.4% |
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups) | 1,938 | 0.4% |
Households By Type in Guilford County
*Base on 2012 Data
Total households | 193,890 | 100% |
Family households (families) | 122,204 | 63.0% |
With own children under 18 years | 57,669 | 29.7% |
Married-couple family | 84,470 | 43.6% |
With own children under 18 years | 35,601 | 18.4% |
Male householder, no wife present, family | 8,696 | 4.5% |
With own children under 18 years | 4,566 | 2.4% |
Female householder, no husband present, family | 29,038 | 15.0% |
With own children under 18 years | 17,502 | 9.0% |
Nonfamily households | 71,686 | 37.0% |
Householder living alone | 59,598 | 30.7% |
65 years and over | 17,433 | 9.0% |
Households with one or more people under 18 years | 62,824 | 32.4% |
Households with one or more people 65 years and over | 43,273 | 22.3% |
Average household size | 2 | 0% |
Average family size | 3 | 0% |
Relationship in Guilford County
*Base on 2012 Data
Population in households | 474,902 | 100% |
Householder | 193,890 | 40.8% |
Spouse | 84,457 | 17.8% |
Child | 141,236 | 29.7% |
Other relatives | 29,313 | 6.2% |
Nonrelatives | 26,006 | 5.5% |
Unmarried partner | 8,950 | 1.9% |
Marital Status in Guilford County
*Base on 2012 Data
Males 15 years and over | 184,773 | 100% |
Never married | 67,710 | 36.6% |
Now married, except separated | 91,531 | 49.5% |
Separated | 4,882 | 2.6% |
Widowed | 4,458 | 2.4% |
Divorced | 16,192 | 8.8% |
Females 15 years and over | 210,113 | 100% |
Never married | 70,218 | 33.4% |
Now married, except separated | 89,043 | 42.4% |
Separated | 6,664 | 3.2% |
Widowed | 19,499 | 9.3% |
Divorced | 24,689 | 11.8% |
Fertility in Guilford County
*Base on 2012 Data
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had a birth in the past 12 months | 7,190 | 100% |
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married) | 2,429 | 33.8% |
Per 1,000 unmarried women | 32 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old | 55 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old | 24 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old | 92 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old | 29 | 0% |
Grandparents in Guilford County
*Base on 2012 Data
Number of grandparents living with own grandchildren under 18 years | 8,740 | 100% |
Responsible for grandchildren | 4,308 | 49.3% |
Less than 1 year | 1,124 | 12.9% |
1 or 2 years | 1,024 | 11.7% |
3 or 4 years | 655 | 7.5% |
5 or more years | 1,505 | 17.2% |
Number of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years | 4,308 | 100% |
Who are female | 3,024 | 70.2% |
Who are married | 2,751 | 63.9% |
School Enrollment in Guilford County
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school | 137,233 | 100% |
Nursery school, preschool | 6,870 | 5.0% |
Kindergarten | 6,125 | 4.5% |
Elementary school (grades 1-8) | 50,007 | 36.4% |
High school (grades 9-12) | 26,466 | 19.3% |
College or graduate school | 47,765 | 34.8% |
Educational Attainment in Guilford County
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 25 years and over | 318,536 | 100% |
Less than 9th grade | 14,806 | 4.6% |
9th to 12th grade, no diploma | 25,096 | 7.9% |
High school graduate (includes equivalency) | 82,175 | 25.8% |
Some college, no degree | 69,897 | 21.9% |
Associate's degree | 21,395 | 6.7% |
Bachelor's degree | 71,168 | 22.3% |
Graduate or professional degree | 33,999 | 10.7% |
Percent high school graduate or higher | 0 | 87.5% |
Percent bachelor's degree or higher | 0 | 33.0% |
Veteran Status in Guilford County
*Base on 2012 Data
Civilian population 18 years and over | 374,712 | 100% |
Civilian veterans | 32,863 | 8.8% |
Disability Status Of The Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population in Guilford County
*Base on 2012 Data
Total Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population | 486,023 | 100% |
With a disability | 49,851 | 10.3% |
Under 18 years | 114,330 | 100% |
With a disability | 3,452 | 3.0% |
18 to 64 years | 312,606 | 100% |
With a disability | 26,338 | 8.4% |
65 years and over | 59,087 | 100% |
With a disability | 20,061 | 34.0% |
Residence 1 Year Ago in Guilford County
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 1 year and over | 483,239 | 100% |
Same house | 408,811 | 84.6% |
Different house in the U.S. | 71,863 | 14.9% |
Same county | 44,596 | 9.2% |
Different county | 27,267 | 5.6% |
Same state | 15,832 | 3.3% |
Different state | 11,435 | 2.4% |
Abroad | 2,565 | 0.5% |
Place Of Birth in Guilford County
*Base on 2012 Data
Total population | 489,576 | 100% |
Native | 443,046 | 90.5% |
Born in United States | 438,795 | 89.6% |
State of residence | 285,850 | 58.4% |
Different state | 152,945 | 31.2% |
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or born abroad to American parent(s) | 4,251 | 0.9% |
Foreign born | 46,530 | 9.5% |
U.S. Citizenship Status in Guilford County
*Base on 2012 Data
Foreign-born population | 46,530 | 100% |
Naturalized U.S. citizen | 16,536 | 35.5% |
Not a U.S. citizen | 29,994 | 64.5% |
Year of Entry in Guilford County
*Base on 2012 Data
Population born outside the United States | 50,781 | 100% |
Native | 4,251 | 100% |
Entered 2010 or later | 118 | 2.8% |
Entered before 2010 | 4,133 | 97.2% |
Foreign born | 46,530 | 100% |
Entered 2010 or later | 2,059 | 4.4% |
Entered before 2010 | 44,471 | 95.6% |
World Region Of Birth Of Foreign Born in Guilford County
*Base on 2012 Data
Foreign-born population, excluding population born at sea | 46,530 | 100% |
Europe | 4,473 | 9.6% |
Asia | 15,493 | 33.3% |
Africa | 5,884 | 12.6% |
Oceania | 97 | 0.2% |
Latin America | 19,589 | 42.1% |
Northern America | 994 | 2.1% |