North Carolina
Detail from USA Census 2000

	Estimate	Lower Bound	Upper Bound
PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population	7,795,432	*****	*****
Native	7,368,020	7,319,452	7,416,588
Born in United States	7,300,015	7,249,127	7,350,903
State of residence	4,956,515	4,780,539	5,132,491
Different state	2,343,500	2,182,345	2,504,656
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or born abroad to American parent(s)	68,005	58,252	77,758
Foreign born	427,412	378,844	475,980
Naturalized citizen	90,864	74,400	107,328
Not a citizen	336,548	292,861	380,235
Entered 1990 to 2000	270,375	237,053	303,697
Entered before 1990	157,037	132,249	181,825
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported	427,412	378,844	475,980
Europe	49,756	40,884	58,628
Asia	95,253	71,848	118,658
Africa	16,194	9,718	22,670
Oceania	3,149	882	5,416
Latin America	251,933	219,382	284,484
Northern America	11,127	7,617	14,637
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	7,263,624	7,248,695	7,278,553
English only	6,721,492	6,669,964	6,773,020
Language other than English	542,132	490,022	594,242
Speak English less than "very well"	264,817	226,761	302,873
Spanish	347,756	313,580	381,932
Speak English less than "very well"	196,033	167,440	224,626
Other Indo-European languages	89,535	70,837	108,233
Speak English less than "very well"	21,364	14,177	28,551
Asian and Pacific Islander languages	88,374	63,616	113,132
Speak English less than "very well"	42,953	28,016	57,890
Other languages	16,467	10,502	22,432
Speak English less than "very well"	4,467	1,573	7,361
ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population	7,795,432	*****	*****
Arab	21,736	12,546	30,927
Czech	14,157	9,176	19,138
Danish	12,910	8,602	17,218
Dutch	102,120	90,167	114,073
English	886,526	818,089	954,963
French (except Basque)	164,563	140,869	188,257
French Canadian	23,885	16,425	31,345
German	926,239	848,443	1,004,035
Greek	22,824	15,026	30,622
Hungarian	14,198	10,261	18,135
Irish	680,124	655,570	704,678
Italian	190,244	160,808	219,680
Lithuanian	5,576	1,946	9,206
Norwegian	39,019	31,140	46,898
Polish	88,868	74,818	102,918
Portuguese	8,685	3,270	14,100
Russian	29,911	22,616	37,206
Scotch-Irish	303,118	258,787	347,449
Scottish	203,400	175,386	231,414
Slovak	5,864	2,927	8,801
Subsaharan African	35,909	26,428	45,390
Swedish	37,364	30,662	44,066
Swiss	9,470	5,934	13,006
Ukrainian	6,310	3,843	8,777
United States or American	1,086,312	973,777	1,198,847
Welsh	38,822	30,664	46,980
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)	10,205	5,768	14,642

The Census 2000 Supplementary Survey universe is limited to the household population and excludes the population living in institutions, college dormitories, and other group quarters. Data are based on a sample and are subject to sampling variability. The degree of uncertainty for an estimate is represented through the use of a confidence interval. The confidence interval computed here is a 90 percent confidence interval and can be interpreted roughly as providing 90 percent certainty that the true number falls between the lower and upper bounds. School enrollment estimates from the Census 2000 Supplementary Survey will tend to be lower than similar estimates from the 2000 Census and 2000 Current Population Survey because the school enrollment estimates from the Census 2000 Supplementary Survey do not include individuals residing in group quarters, such as college dormitories. 1. An '*' entry in the lower and upper bound columns indicates that too few sample observations were available to compute a standard error and thus the lower and upper bounds. A statistical test is not appropriate. 2. An '**' entry in the lower and upper bound columns indicates that no sample observations were available to compute a standard error and thus the lower and upper bounds. A statistical test is not appropriate. 3. An '-' entry in the estimate column indicates that no sample observations were available to compute an estimate. 4. An '-' following a median estimate means the median falls in the lowest interval of an open-ended distribution. 5. An '+' following a median estimate means the median falls in the upper interval of an open-ended distribution. 6. An '***' entry in the lower and upper bound columns indicates that the median falls in the lowest interval or upper interval of an open-ended distribution. A statistical test is not appropriate. 7. An '*****' entry in the lower and upper bound columns indicates that the estimate is controlled. A statistical test is not appropriate. 8. An 'N' entry in the estimate, lower bound, and upper bound columns indicates that data for this geographic area cannot be displayed because the number of sample cases is too small.