Gloucester County, VA Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Gloucester county virginia dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	9,365	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	594	6.3
Kindergarten	452	4.8
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	4,511	48.2
High school (grades 9-12)	2,181	23.3
College or graduate school	1,627	17.4

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	23,273	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,506	6.5
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	2,746	11.8
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	7,370	31.7
Some college, no degree	5,865	25.2
Associate degree	1,683	7.2
Bachelor's degree	2,486	10.7
Graduate or professional degree	1,617	6.9

Percent high school graduate or higher	81.7	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	17.6	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	27,311	100.0
Never married	5,339	19.5
Now married, except separated	17,079	62.5
Separated	768	2.8
Widowed	1,737	6.4
Female	1,421	5.2
Divorced	2,388	8.7
Female	1,193	4.4

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	723	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	222	30.7

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	25,173	100.0
Civilian veterans	4,829	19.2

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	8,212	100.0
With a disability	839	10.2

Population 21 to 64 years	19,888	100.0
With a disability	3,521	17.7
Percent employed	54.6	(X)
No disability	16,367	82.3
Percent employed	81.1	(X)

Population 65 years and over	3,916	100.0
With a disability	1,594	40.7

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	32,770	100.0
Same house in 1995	19,565	59.7
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	12,852	39.2
Same county	4,948	15.1
Different county	7,904	24.1
Same state	5,265	16.1
Different state	2,639	8.1
Elsewhere in 1995	353	1.1

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	34,780	100.0
Native	34,127	98.1
Born in United States	33,576	96.5
State of residence	20,961	60.3
Different state	12,615	36.3
Born outside United States	551	1.6
Foreign born	653	1.9
Entered 1990 to March 2000	58	0.2
Naturalized citizen	356	1.0
Not a citizen	297	0.9

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	653	100.0
Europe	308	47.2
Asia	228	34.9
Africa	5	0.8
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	94	14.4
Northern America	18	2.8

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	32,770	100.0
English only	31,248	95.4
Language other than English	1,522	4.6
Speak English less than 'very well	414	1.3
Spanish	651	2.0
Speak English less than "very well"	135	0.4
Other Indo-European languages	611	1.9
Speak English less than "very well"	194	0.6
Asian and Pacific Island languages	233	0.7
Speak English less than "very well"	76	0.2

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	34,780	100.0
Total ancestries reported	33,463	96.2
Arab	72	0.2
Czech¹	144	0.4
Danish	112	0.3
Dutch	560	1.6
English	6,062	17.4
French (except Basque)¹	823	2.4
French Canadian¹	227	0.7
German	4,636	13.3
Greek	33	0.1
Hungarian	76	0.2
Irish¹	3,395	9.8
Italian	1,180	3.4
Lithuanian	47	0.1
Norwegian	324	0.9
Polish	514	1.5
Portuguese	55	0.2
Russian	226	0.6
Scotch-Irish	1,059	3.0
Scottish	839	2.4
Slovak	30	0.1
Subsaharan African	56	0.2
Swedish	236	0.7
Swiss	61	0.2
Ukrainian	47	0.1
United States or American	5,579	16.0
Welsh	238	0.7
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	23	0.1
Other ancestries	6,809	19.6

(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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