Accomack County, VA Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Accomack county virginia dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	8,559	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	568	6.6
Kindergarten	389	4.5
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	4,605	53.8
High school (grades 9-12)	2,116	24.7
College or graduate school	881	10.3

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	25,894	100.0
Less than 9th grade	3,078	11.9
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	5,225	20.2
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	8,828	34.1
Some college, no degree	4,223	16.3
Associate degree	1,032	4.0
Bachelor's degree	2,113	8.2
Graduate or professional degree	1,395	5.4

Percent high school graduate or higher	67.9	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	13.5	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	30,549	100.0
Never married	7,241	23.7
Now married, except separated	16,573	54.3
Separated	1,162	3.8
Widowed	2,936	9.6
Female	2,374	7.8
Divorced	2,637	8.6
Female	1,378	4.5

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	1,183	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	629	53.2

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	28,873	100.0
Civilian veterans	4,284	14.8

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	8,385	100.0
With a disability	679	8.1

Population 21 to 64 years	20,884	100.0
With a disability	4,331	20.7
Percent employed	51.4	(X)
No disability	16,553	79.3
Percent employed	75.5	(X)

Population 65 years and over	6,248	100.0
With a disability	2,598	41.6

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	36,005	100.0
Same house in 1995	21,715	60.3
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	13,366	37.1
Same county	7,928	22.0
Different county	5,438	15.1
Same state	1,621	4.5
Different state	3,817	10.6
Elsewhere in 1995	924	2.6

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	38,305	100.0
Native	36,680	95.8
Born in United States	36,518	95.3
State of residence	22,535	58.8
Different state	13,983	36.5
Born outside United States	162	0.4
Foreign born	1,625	4.2
Entered 1990 to March 2000	1,060	2.8
Naturalized citizen	286	0.7
Not a citizen	1,339	3.5

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	1,625	100.0
Europe	117	7.2
Asia	112	6.9
Africa	8	0.5
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	1,356	83.4
Northern America	32	2.0

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	36,005	100.0
English only	33,577	93.3
Language other than English	2,428	6.7
Speak English less than 'very well	1,415	3.9
Spanish	2,054	5.7
Speak English less than "very well"	1,277	3.5
Other Indo-European languages	270	0.7
Speak English less than "very well"	94	0.3
Asian and Pacific Island languages	80	0.2
Speak English less than "very well"	29	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	38,305	100.0
Total ancestries reported	34,339	89.6
Arab	14	0.0
Czech¹	57	0.1
Danish	43	0.1
Dutch	184	0.5
English	5,233	13.7
French (except Basque)¹	573	1.5
French Canadian¹	64	0.2
German	3,135	8.2
Greek	22	0.1
Hungarian	158	0.4
Irish¹	2,945	7.7
Italian	1,079	2.8
Lithuanian	59	0.2
Norwegian	307	0.8
Polish	497	1.3
Portuguese	14	0.0
Russian	101	0.3
Scotch-Irish	462	1.2
Scottish	584	1.5
Slovak	45	0.1
Subsaharan African	217	0.6
Swedish	134	0.3
Swiss	19	0.0
Ukrainian	55	0.1
United States or American	5,710	14.9
Welsh	252	0.7
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	62	0.2
Other ancestries	12,314	32.1

(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.

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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