Clarke County, VA Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Clarke county virginia dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	2,927	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	193	6.6
Kindergarten	169	5.8
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	1,482	50.6
High school (grades 9-12)	698	23.8
College or graduate school	385	13.2

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	9,015	100.0
Less than 9th grade	656	7.3
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	962	10.7
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	2,963	32.9
Some college, no degree	1,859	20.6
Associate degree	419	4.6
Bachelor's degree	1,458	16.2
Graduate or professional degree	698	7.7

Percent high school graduate or higher	82.1	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	23.9	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	10,190	100.0
Never married	2,047	20.1
Now married, except separated	6,103	59.9
Separated	218	2.1
Widowed	752	7.4
Female	616	6.0
Divorced	1,070	10.5
Female	538	5.3

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	163	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	54	33.1

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	9,692	100.0
Civilian veterans	1,545	15.9

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	2,627	100.0
With a disability	162	6.2

Population 21 to 64 years	7,347	100.0
With a disability	1,296	17.6
Percent employed	71.8	(X)
No disability	6,051	82.4
Percent employed	81.7	(X)

Population 65 years and over	1,742	100.0
With a disability	625	35.9

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	12,008	100.0
Same house in 1995	7,186	59.8
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	4,759	39.6
Same county	1,341	11.2
Different county	3,418	28.5
Same state	2,379	19.8
Different state	1,039	8.7
Elsewhere in 1995	63	0.5

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	12,652	100.0
Native	12,340	97.5
Born in United States	12,256	96.9
State of residence	7,307	57.8
Different state	4,949	39.1
Born outside United States	84	0.7
Foreign born	312	2.5
Entered 1990 to March 2000	90	0.7
Naturalized citizen	151	1.2
Not a citizen	161	1.3

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	312	100.0
Europe	122	39.1
Asia	57	18.3
Africa	18	5.8
Oceania	9	2.9
Latin America	89	28.5
Northern America	17	5.4

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	12,008	100.0
English only	11,595	96.6
Language other than English	413	3.4
Speak English less than 'very well	105	0.9
Spanish	196	1.6
Speak English less than "very well"	61	0.5
Other Indo-European languages	179	1.5
Speak English less than "very well"	21	0.2
Asian and Pacific Island languages	29	0.2
Speak English less than "very well"	23	0.2

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	12,652	100.0
Total ancestries reported	11,934	94.3
Arab	0	0.0
Czech¹	55	0.4
Danish	51	0.4
Dutch	243	1.9
English	2,010	15.9
French (except Basque)¹	380	3.0
French Canadian¹	31	0.2
German	2,209	17.5
Greek	9	0.1
Hungarian	34	0.3
Irish¹	1,595	12.6
Italian	414	3.3
Lithuanian	13	0.1
Norwegian	106	0.8
Polish	122	1.0
Portuguese	6	0.0
Russian	38	0.3
Scotch-Irish	380	3.0
Scottish	251	2.0
Slovak	2	0.0
Subsaharan African	16	0.1
Swedish	125	1.0
Swiss	28	0.2
Ukrainian	0	0.0
United States or American	1,884	14.9
Welsh	98	0.8
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	13	0.1
Other ancestries	1,821	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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