Greene County, VA Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Greene county virginia dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	3,751	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	245	6.5
Kindergarten	197	5.3
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	2,002	53.4
High school (grades 9-12)	815	21.7
College or graduate school	492	13.1

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	10,120	100.0
Less than 9th grade	987	9.8
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	1,200	11.9
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	3,513	34.7
Some college, no degree	1,890	18.7
Associate degree	523	5.2
Bachelor's degree	1,377	13.6
Graduate or professional degree	630	6.2

Percent high school graduate or higher	78.4	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	19.8	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	11,717	100.0
Never married	2,419	20.6
Now married, except separated	7,415	63.3
Separated	236	2.0
Widowed	584	5.0
Female	401	3.4
Divorced	1,063	9.1
Female	543	4.6

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	252	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	134	53.2

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	11,105	100.0
Civilian veterans	1,568	14.1

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	3,544	100.0
With a disability	273	7.7

Population 21 to 64 years	9,079	100.0
With a disability	1,523	16.8
Percent employed	58.2	(X)
No disability	7,556	83.2
Percent employed	86.0	(X)

Population 65 years and over	1,382	100.0
With a disability	498	36.0

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	14,129	100.0
Same house in 1995	8,039	56.9
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	6,015	42.6
Same county	2,248	15.9
Different county	3,767	26.7
Same state	2,790	19.7
Different state	977	6.9
Elsewhere in 1995	75	0.5

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	15,244	100.0
Native	14,994	98.4
Born in United States	14,900	97.7
State of residence	10,291	67.5
Different state	4,609	30.2
Born outside United States	94	0.6
Foreign born	250	1.6
Entered 1990 to March 2000	63	0.4
Naturalized citizen	109	0.7
Not a citizen	141	0.9

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	250	100.0
Europe	100	40.0
Asia	67	26.8
Africa	5	2.0
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	65	26.0
Northern America	13	5.2

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	14,129	100.0
English only	13,713	97.1
Language other than English	416	2.9
Speak English less than 'very well	87	0.6
Spanish	228	1.6
Speak English less than "very well"	25	0.2
Other Indo-European languages	126	0.9
Speak English less than "very well"	23	0.2
Asian and Pacific Island languages	57	0.4
Speak English less than "very well"	34	0.2

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	15,244	100.0
Total ancestries reported	13,693	89.8
Arab	12	0.1
Czech¹	51	0.3
Danish	57	0.4
Dutch	114	0.7
English	1,631	10.7
French (except Basque)¹	430	2.8
French Canadian¹	115	0.8
German	2,130	14.0
Greek	10	0.1
Hungarian	43	0.3
Irish¹	1,246	8.2
Italian	513	3.4
Lithuanian	11	0.1
Norwegian	77	0.5
Polish	233	1.5
Portuguese	8	0.1
Russian	34	0.2
Scotch-Irish	298	2.0
Scottish	429	2.8
Slovak	28	0.2
Subsaharan African	37	0.2
Swedish	66	0.4
Swiss	62	0.4
Ukrainian	25	0.2
United States or American	3,927	25.8
Welsh	93	0.6
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	0	0.0
Other ancestries	2,013	13.2

(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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