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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: Virginia Beach city, 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 |
121,415 |
100.0 |
Nursery school, preschool |
8,177 |
6.7 |
Kindergarten |
6,627 |
5.5 |
Elementary school (grades 1-8) |
54,894 |
45.2 |
High school (grades 9-12) |
25,442 |
21.0 |
College or graduate school |
26,275 |
21.6 |
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EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT |
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Population 25 years and over |
266,627 |
100.0 |
Less than 9th grade |
6,517 |
2.4 |
9th to 12th grade, no diploma |
18,948 |
7.1 |
High school graduate (includes equivalency) |
69,154 |
25.9 |
Some college, no degree |
76,979 |
28.9 |
Associate degree |
20,080 |
7.5 |
Bachelor's degree |
51,162 |
19.2 |
Graduate or professional degree |
23,787 |
8.9 |
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Percent high school graduate or higher |
90.4 |
(X) |
Percent bachelor's degree or higher |
28.1 |
(X) |
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MARITAL STATUS |
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Population 15 years and over |
327,228 |
100.0 |
Never married |
83,592 |
25.5 |
Now married, except separated |
186,778 |
57.1 |
Separated |
10,445 |
3.2 |
Widowed |
15,337 |
4.7 |
Female |
12,682 |
3.9 |
Divorced |
31,076 |
9.5 |
Female |
18,698 |
5.7 |
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GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS |
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Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years |
8,581 |
100.0 |
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren |
3,603 |
42.0 |
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VETERAN STATUS |
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Civilian population 18 years and over |
277,576 |
100.0 |
Civilian veterans |
60,260 |
21.7 |
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DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION |
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Population 5 to 20 years |
100,102 |
100.0 |
With a disability |
8,573 |
8.6 |
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Population 21 to 64 years |
226,730 |
100.0 |
With a disability |
34,801 |
15.3 |
Percent employed |
65.7 |
(X) |
No disability |
191,929 |
84.7 |
Percent employed |
80.2 |
(X) |
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Population 65 years and over |
34,145 |
100.0 |
With a disability |
13,565 |
39.7 |
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RESIDENCE IN 1995 |
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Population 5 years and over |
394,892 |
100.0 |
Same house in 1995 |
180,835 |
45.8 |
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 |
202,418 |
51.3 |
Same county |
96,092 |
24.3 |
Different county |
106,326 |
26.9 |
Same state |
34,010 |
8.6 |
Different state |
72,316 |
18.3 |
Elsewhere in 1995 |
11,639 |
2.9 |
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NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH |
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Total population |
425,257 |
100.0 |
Native |
396,981 |
93.4 |
Born in United States |
385,881 |
90.7 |
State of residence |
160,369 |
37.7 |
Different state |
225,512 |
53.0 |
Born outside United States |
11,100 |
2.6 |
Foreign born |
28,276 |
6.6 |
Entered 1990 to March 2000 |
8,986 |
2.1 |
Naturalized citizen |
16,696 |
3.9 |
Not a citizen |
11,580 |
2.7 |
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REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN |
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Total (excluding born at sea) |
28,276 |
100.0 |
Europe |
6,333 |
22.4 |
Asia |
15,176 |
53.7 |
Africa |
840 |
3.0 |
Oceania |
173 |
0.6 |
Latin America |
4,713 |
16.7 |
Northern America |
1,041 |
3.7 |
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LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME |
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Population 5 years and over |
394,892 |
100.0 |
English only |
354,311 |
89.7 |
Language other than English |
40,581 |
10.3 |
Speak English less than 'very well |
12,993 |
3.3 |
Spanish |
15,105 |
3.8 |
Speak English less than "very well" |
4,460 |
1.1 |
Other Indo-European languages |
9,987 |
2.5 |
Speak English less than "very well" |
2,718 |
0.7 |
Asian and Pacific Island languages |
14,174 |
3.6 |
Speak English less than "very well" |
5,524 |
1.4 |
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ANCESTRY (single or multiple) |
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Total population |
425,257 |
100.0 |
Total ancestries reported |
449,031 |
105.6 |
Arab |
1,876 |
0.4 |
Czech1 |
1,967 |
0.5 |
Danish |
1,106 |
0.3 |
Dutch |
5,860 |
1.4 |
English |
50,343 |
11.8 |
French (except Basque)1 |
12,402 |
2.9 |
French Canadian1 |
4,184 |
1.0 |
German |
58,303 |
13.7 |
Greek |
2,463 |
0.6 |
Hungarian |
2,316 |
0.5 |
Irish1 |
52,836 |
12.4 |
Italian |
23,949 |
5.6 |
Lithuanian |
917 |
0.2 |
Norwegian |
4,192 |
1.0 |
Polish |
10,781 |
2.5 |
Portuguese |
1,296 |
0.3 |
Russian |
3,132 |
0.7 |
Scotch-Irish |
9,362 |
2.2 |
Scottish |
11,175 |
2.6 |
Slovak |
989 |
0.2 |
Subsaharan African |
2,713 |
0.6 |
Swedish |
3,987 |
0.9 |
Swiss |
667 |
0.2 |
Ukrainian |
1,262 |
0.3 |
United States or American |
31,137 |
7.3 |
Welsh |
3,144 |
0.7 |
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) |
2,445 |
0.6 |
Other ancestries |
144,227 |
33.9 |
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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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