Bedford County, VA Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Bedford county virginia dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	13,656	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	1,157	8.5
Kindergarten	779	5.7
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	6,846	50.1
High school (grades 9-12)	3,122	22.9
College or graduate school	1,752	12.8

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	42,413	100.0
Less than 9th grade	2,986	7.0
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	5,445	12.8
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	13,899	32.8
Some college, no degree	8,505	20.1
Associate degree	2,709	6.4
Bachelor's degree	5,813	13.7
Graduate or professional degree	3,056	7.2

Percent high school graduate or higher	80.1	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	20.9	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	48,276	100.0
Never married	7,973	16.5
Now married, except separated	32,957	68.3
Separated	852	1.8
Widowed	2,708	5.6
Female	2,203	4.6
Divorced	3,786	7.8
Female	1,885	3.9

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	873	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	460	52.7

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	45,845	100.0
Civilian veterans	7,141	15.6

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	12,686	100.0
With a disability	1,080	8.5

Population 21 to 64 years	36,335	100.0
With a disability	6,188	17.0
Percent employed	58.8	(X)
No disability	30,147	83.0
Percent employed	79.9	(X)

Population 65 years and over	7,683	100.0
With a disability	3,282	42.7

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	56,881	100.0
Same house in 1995	34,334	60.4
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	22,233	39.1
Same county	6,569	11.5
Different county	15,664	27.5
Same state	10,853	19.1
Different state	4,811	8.5
Elsewhere in 1995	314	0.6

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	60,371	100.0
Native	59,273	98.2
Born in United States	59,006	97.7
State of residence	41,708	69.1
Different state	17,298	28.7
Born outside United States	267	0.4
Foreign born	1,098	1.8
Entered 1990 to March 2000	283	0.5
Naturalized citizen	635	1.1
Not a citizen	463	0.8

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	1,098	100.0
Europe	436	39.7
Asia	414	37.7
Africa	7	0.6
Oceania	9	0.8
Latin America	124	11.3
Northern America	108	9.8

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	56,881	100.0
English only	55,313	97.2
Language other than English	1,568	2.8
Speak English less than 'very well	500	0.9
Spanish	606	1.1
Speak English less than "very well"	253	0.4
Other Indo-European languages	620	1.1
Speak English less than "very well"	98	0.2
Asian and Pacific Island languages	306	0.5
Speak English less than "very well"	149	0.3

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	60,371	100.0
Total ancestries reported	49,784	82.5
Arab	35	0.1
Czech¹	183	0.3
Danish	119	0.2
Dutch	937	1.6
English	7,774	12.9
French (except Basque)¹	1,218	2.0
French Canadian¹	225	0.4
German	6,429	10.6
Greek	95	0.2
Hungarian	121	0.2
Irish¹	5,789	9.6
Italian	1,585	2.6
Lithuanian	62	0.1
Norwegian	302	0.5
Polish	777	1.3
Portuguese	68	0.1
Russian	164	0.3
Scotch-Irish	1,654	2.7
Scottish	1,236	2.0
Slovak	57	0.1
Subsaharan African	50	0.1
Swedish	332	0.5
Swiss	70	0.1
Ukrainian	70	0.1
United States or American	11,300	18.7
Welsh	394	0.7
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	23	0.0
Other ancestries	8,715	14.4

(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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