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DP-2. Profile of Selected Social Characteristics: 2000 Data Set: Census 2000 Summary File 3 (SF 3) - Sample Data Geographic Area: Powhatan County, Virginia |
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NOTE: Data based on a sample except in P3, P4, H3, and H4. For information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, definitions, and count corrections see http://factfinder.census.gov/home/en/datanotes/expsf3.htm.
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Percent |
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SCHOOL ENROLLMENT |
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Population 3 years and over enrolled in school |
5,353 |
100.0 |
Nursery school, preschool |
358 |
6.7 |
Kindergarten |
348 |
6.5 |
Elementary school (grades 1-8) |
2,529 |
47.2 |
High school (grades 9-12) |
1,311 |
24.5 |
College or graduate school |
807 |
15.1 |
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EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT |
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Population 25 years and over |
15,411 |
100.0 |
Less than 9th grade |
961 |
6.2 |
9th to 12th grade, no diploma |
2,291 |
14.9 |
High school graduate (includes equivalency) |
4,966 |
32.2 |
Some college, no degree |
3,324 |
21.6 |
Associate degree |
919 |
6.0 |
Bachelor's degree |
2,299 |
14.9 |
Graduate or professional degree |
651 |
4.2 |
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Percent high school graduate or higher |
78.9 |
(X) |
Percent bachelor's degree or higher |
19.1 |
(X) |
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MARITAL STATUS |
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Population 15 years and over |
17,972 |
100.0 |
Never married |
2,856 |
15.9 |
Now married, except separated |
12,265 |
68.2 |
Separated |
529 |
2.9 |
Widowed |
1,043 |
5.8 |
Female |
534 |
3.0 |
Divorced |
1,279 |
7.1 |
Female |
672 |
3.7 |
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GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS |
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Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years |
327 |
100.0 |
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren |
106 |
32.4 |
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VETERAN STATUS |
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Civilian population 18 years and over |
17,026 |
100.0 |
Civilian veterans |
2,398 |
14.1 |
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DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION |
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Population 5 to 20 years |
4,666 |
100.0 |
With a disability |
336 |
7.2 |
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Population 21 to 64 years |
12,150 |
100.0 |
With a disability |
1,546 |
12.7 |
Percent employed |
59.2 |
(X) |
No disability |
10,604 |
87.3 |
Percent employed |
82.2 |
(X) |
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Population 65 years and over |
1,870 |
100.0 |
With a disability |
760 |
40.6 |
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RESIDENCE IN 1995 |
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Population 5 years and over |
21,069 |
100.0 |
Same house in 1995 |
12,473 |
59.2 |
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 |
8,580 |
40.7 |
Same county |
2,125 |
10.1 |
Different county |
6,455 |
30.6 |
Same state |
5,219 |
24.8 |
Different state |
1,236 |
5.9 |
Elsewhere in 1995 |
16 |
0.1 |
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NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH |
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Total population |
22,377 |
100.0 |
Native |
22,051 |
98.5 |
Born in United States |
21,878 |
97.8 |
State of residence |
16,339 |
73.0 |
Different state |
5,539 |
24.8 |
Born outside United States |
173 |
0.8 |
Foreign born |
326 |
1.5 |
Entered 1990 to March 2000 |
111 |
0.5 |
Naturalized citizen |
120 |
0.5 |
Not a citizen |
206 |
0.9 |
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REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN |
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Total (excluding born at sea) |
326 |
100.0 |
Europe |
97 |
29.8 |
Asia |
49 |
15.0 |
Africa |
0 |
0.0 |
Oceania |
0 |
0.0 |
Latin America |
93 |
28.5 |
Northern America |
87 |
26.7 |
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LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME |
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Population 5 years and over |
21,069 |
100.0 |
English only |
20,487 |
97.2 |
Language other than English |
582 |
2.8 |
Speak English less than 'very well |
189 |
0.9 |
Spanish |
301 |
1.4 |
Speak English less than "very well" |
106 |
0.5 |
Other Indo-European languages |
208 |
1.0 |
Speak English less than "very well" |
71 |
0.3 |
Asian and Pacific Island languages |
13 |
0.1 |
Speak English less than "very well" |
0 |
0.0 |
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ANCESTRY (single or multiple) |
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Total population |
22,377 |
100.0 |
Total ancestries reported |
18,714 |
83.6 |
Arab |
21 |
0.1 |
Czech1 |
16 |
0.1 |
Danish |
32 |
0.1 |
Dutch |
244 |
1.1 |
English |
3,369 |
15.1 |
French (except Basque)1 |
450 |
2.0 |
French Canadian1 |
40 |
0.2 |
German |
2,321 |
10.4 |
Greek |
59 |
0.3 |
Hungarian |
120 |
0.5 |
Irish1 |
2,056 |
9.2 |
Italian |
605 |
2.7 |
Lithuanian |
34 |
0.2 |
Norwegian |
150 |
0.7 |
Polish |
201 |
0.9 |
Portuguese |
23 |
0.1 |
Russian |
38 |
0.2 |
Scotch-Irish |
432 |
1.9 |
Scottish |
592 |
2.6 |
Slovak |
7 |
0.0 |
Subsaharan African |
47 |
0.2 |
Swedish |
76 |
0.3 |
Swiss |
61 |
0.3 |
Ukrainian |
0 |
0.0 |
United States or American |
3,729 |
16.7 |
Welsh |
177 |
0.8 |
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) |
5 |
0.0 |
Other ancestries |
3,809 |
17.0 |
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Percent |
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(X) Not applicable. 1 The data represent a combination of two ancestries shown separately in Summary File 3. Czech includes Czechoslovakian. French includes Alsatian. French Canadian includes Acadian/Cajun. Irish includes Celtic. Ancestry Code List (PDF 35KB) Place of Birth Code List (PDF 74KB) Language Code List (PDF 17KB) Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000 Summary File 3, Matrices P18, P19, P21, P22, P24, P36, P37, P39, P42, PCT8, PCT16, PCT17, and PCT19 |
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