James City County, VA Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

James city county virginia dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	11,808	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	901	7.6
Kindergarten	653	5.5
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	5,403	45.8
High school (grades 9-12)	2,574	21.8
College or graduate school	2,277	19.3

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	34,042	100.0
Less than 9th grade	976	2.9
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	2,679	7.9
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	7,099	20.9
Some college, no degree	7,183	21.1
Associate degree	1,965	5.8
Bachelor's degree	8,449	24.8
Graduate or professional degree	5,691	16.7

Percent high school graduate or higher	89.3	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	41.5	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	38,841	100.0
Never married	7,857	20.2
Now married, except separated	24,565	63.2
Separated	859	2.2
Widowed	2,704	7.0
Female	2,224	5.7
Divorced	2,856	7.4
Female	1,626	4.2

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	748	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	284	38.0

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	36,585	100.0
Civilian veterans	7,299	20.0

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	9,706	100.0
With a disability	642	6.6

Population 21 to 64 years	26,708	100.0
With a disability	3,849	14.4
Percent employed	61.2	(X)
No disability	22,859	85.6
Percent employed	77.1	(X)

Population 65 years and over	7,801	100.0
With a disability	2,681	34.4

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	45,539	100.0
Same house in 1995	22,653	49.7
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	22,228	48.8
Same county	6,211	13.6
Different county	16,017	35.2
Same state	8,217	18.0
Different state	7,800	17.1
Elsewhere in 1995	658	1.4

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	48,102	100.0
Native	46,109	95.9
Born in United States	45,287	94.1
State of residence	21,065	43.8
Different state	24,222	50.4
Born outside United States	822	1.7
Foreign born	1,993	4.1
Entered 1990 to March 2000	605	1.3
Naturalized citizen	1,116	2.3
Not a citizen	877	1.8

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	1,993	100.0
Europe	772	38.7
Asia	592	29.7
Africa	72	3.6
Oceania	11	0.6
Latin America	345	17.3
Northern America	201	10.1

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	45,539	100.0
English only	42,863	94.1
Language other than English	2,676	5.9
Speak English less than 'very well	820	1.8
Spanish	872	1.9
Speak English less than "very well"	279	0.6
Other Indo-European languages	1,246	2.7
Speak English less than "very well"	337	0.7
Asian and Pacific Island languages	468	1.0
Speak English less than "very well"	200	0.4

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	48,102	100.0
Total ancestries reported	52,125	108.4
Arab	63	0.1
Czech¹	227	0.5
Danish	301	0.6
Dutch	941	2.0
English	8,972	18.7
French (except Basque)¹	1,496	3.1
French Canadian¹	446	0.9
German	7,596	15.8
Greek	193	0.4
Hungarian	264	0.5
Irish¹	6,591	13.7
Italian	2,514	5.2
Lithuanian	178	0.4
Norwegian	714	1.5
Polish	1,086	2.3
Portuguese	153	0.3
Russian	298	0.6
Scotch-Irish	1,464	3.0
Scottish	1,422	3.0
Slovak	88	0.2
Subsaharan African	121	0.3
Swedish	623	1.3
Swiss	207	0.4
Ukrainian	162	0.3
United States or American	3,748	7.8
Welsh	480	1.0
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	146	0.3
Other ancestries	11,631	24.2

(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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