Botetourt County, VA Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Botetourt county virginia dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	6,949	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	494	7.1
Kindergarten	315	4.5
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	3,508	50.5
High school (grades 9-12)	1,695	24.4
College or graduate school	937	13.5

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	21,621	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,467	6.8
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	2,551	11.8
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	7,333	33.9
Some college, no degree	4,442	20.5
Associate degree	1,586	7.3
Bachelor's degree	2,887	13.4
Graduate or professional degree	1,355	6.3

Percent high school graduate or higher	81.4	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	19.6	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	24,658	100.0
Never married	3,983	16.2
Now married, except separated	17,010	69.0
Separated	445	1.8
Widowed	1,412	5.7
Female	1,170	4.7
Divorced	1,808	7.3
Female	916	3.7

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	483	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	194	40.2

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	23,374	100.0
Civilian veterans	3,636	15.6

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	6,279	100.0
With a disability	632	10.1

Population 21 to 64 years	18,072	100.0
With a disability	3,052	16.9
Percent employed	57.7	(X)
No disability	15,020	83.1
Percent employed	82.2	(X)

Population 65 years and over	3,991	100.0
With a disability	1,483	37.2

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	28,758	100.0
Same house in 1995	18,140	63.1
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	10,540	36.7
Same county	3,849	13.4
Different county	6,691	23.3
Same state	4,527	15.7
Different state	2,164	7.5
Elsewhere in 1995	78	0.3

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	30,496	100.0
Native	30,207	99.1
Born in United States	30,085	98.7
State of residence	22,441	73.6
Different state	7,644	25.1
Born outside United States	122	0.4
Foreign born	289	0.9
Entered 1990 to March 2000	57	0.2
Naturalized citizen	182	0.6
Not a citizen	107	0.4

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	289	100.0
Europe	110	38.1
Asia	104	36.0
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	48	16.6
Northern America	27	9.3

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	28,758	100.0
English only	28,134	97.8
Language other than English	624	2.2
Speak English less than 'very well	197	0.7
Spanish	205	0.7
Speak English less than "very well"	130	0.5
Other Indo-European languages	325	1.1
Speak English less than "very well"	52	0.2
Asian and Pacific Island languages	71	0.2
Speak English less than "very well"	12	0.0

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	30,496	100.0
Total ancestries reported	25,068	82.2
Arab	151	0.5
Czech¹	51	0.2
Danish	29	0.1
Dutch	631	2.1
English	3,554	11.7
French (except Basque)¹	557	1.8
French Canadian¹	178	0.6
German	4,435	14.5
Greek	22	0.1
Hungarian	35	0.1
Irish¹	2,759	9.0
Italian	527	1.7
Lithuanian	62	0.2
Norwegian	100	0.3
Polish	307	1.0
Portuguese	18	0.1
Russian	45	0.1
Scotch-Irish	1,053	3.5
Scottish	741	2.4
Slovak	11	0.0
Subsaharan African	16	0.1
Swedish	176	0.6
Swiss	98	0.3
Ukrainian	26	0.1
United States or American	5,920	19.4
Welsh	185	0.6
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	2	0.0
Other ancestries	3,379	11.1

(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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