Brunswick County, VA Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Brunswick county virginia dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	4,414	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	282	6.4
Kindergarten	153	3.5
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	1,830	41.5
High school (grades 9-12)	1,241	28.1
College or graduate school	908	20.6

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	12,777	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,936	15.2
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	2,772	21.7
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	3,959	31.0
Some college, no degree	2,172	17.0
Associate degree	554	4.3
Bachelor's degree	995	7.8
Graduate or professional degree	389	3.0

Percent high school graduate or higher	63.2	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	10.8	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	15,329	100.0
Never married	3,726	24.3
Now married, except separated	8,077	52.7
Separated	945	6.2
Widowed	1,583	10.3
Female	1,219	8.0
Divorced	998	6.5
Female	486	3.2

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	541	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	233	43.1

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	14,643	100.0
Civilian veterans	1,923	13.1

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	3,707	100.0
With a disability	372	10.0

Population 21 to 64 years	8,717	100.0
With a disability	2,610	29.9
Percent employed	51.6	(X)
No disability	6,107	70.1
Percent employed	72.0	(X)

Population 65 years and over	2,539	100.0
With a disability	1,210	47.7

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	17,549	100.0
Same house in 1995	10,286	58.6
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	7,153	40.8
Same county	2,486	14.2
Different county	4,667	26.6
Same state	3,733	21.3
Different state	934	5.3
Elsewhere in 1995	110	0.6

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	18,419	100.0
Native	18,289	99.3
Born in United States	18,246	99.1
State of residence	13,668	74.2
Different state	4,578	24.9
Born outside United States	43	0.2
Foreign born	130	0.7
Entered 1990 to March 2000	100	0.5
Naturalized citizen	29	0.2
Not a citizen	101	0.5

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	130	100.0
Europe	19	14.6
Asia	28	21.5
Africa	9	6.9
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	54	41.5
Northern America	20	15.4

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	17,549	100.0
English only	17,180	97.9
Language other than English	369	2.1
Speak English less than 'very well	85	0.5
Spanish	254	1.4
Speak English less than "very well"	71	0.4
Other Indo-European languages	81	0.5
Speak English less than "very well"	2	0.0
Asian and Pacific Island languages	14	0.1
Speak English less than "very well"	7	0.0

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	18,419	100.0
Total ancestries reported	12,839	69.7
Arab	11	0.1
Czech¹	8	0.0
Danish	0	0.0
Dutch	53	0.3
English	1,106	6.0
French (except Basque)¹	108	0.6
French Canadian¹	23	0.1
German	481	2.6
Greek	10	0.1
Hungarian	18	0.1
Irish¹	385	2.1
Italian	132	0.7
Lithuanian	2	0.0
Norwegian	11	0.1
Polish	112	0.6
Portuguese	0	0.0
Russian	23	0.1
Scotch-Irish	194	1.1
Scottish	95	0.5
Slovak	5	0.0
Subsaharan African	359	1.9
Swedish	20	0.1
Swiss	6	0.0
Ukrainian	9	0.0
United States or American	2,159	11.7
Welsh	34	0.2
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	15	0.1
Other ancestries	7,460	40.5

(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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