Madison County, VA Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Madison county virginia dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	2,711	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	125	4.6
Kindergarten	176	6.5
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	1,260	46.5
High school (grades 9-12)	776	28.6
College or graduate school	374	13.8

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	8,644	100.0
Less than 9th grade	939	10.9
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	1,219	14.1
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	3,135	36.3
Some college, no degree	1,438	16.6
Associate degree	238	2.8
Bachelor's degree	1,085	12.6
Graduate or professional degree	590	6.8

Percent high school graduate or higher	75.0	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	19.4	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	10,121	100.0
Never married	1,990	19.7
Now married, except separated	6,267	61.9
Separated	234	2.3
Widowed	779	7.7
Female	625	6.2
Divorced	851	8.4
Female	432	4.3

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	153	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	60	39.2

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	9,529	100.0
Civilian veterans	1,215	12.8

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	2,741	100.0
With a disability	187	6.8

Population 21 to 64 years	7,181	100.0
With a disability	1,696	23.6
Percent employed	57.6	(X)
No disability	5,485	76.4
Percent employed	81.6	(X)

Population 65 years and over	1,776	100.0
With a disability	679	38.2

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	11,839	100.0
Same house in 1995	7,593	64.1
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	4,066	34.3
Same county	1,844	15.6
Different county	2,222	18.8
Same state	1,435	12.1
Different state	787	6.6
Elsewhere in 1995	180	1.5

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	12,520	100.0
Native	12,241	97.8
Born in United States	12,151	97.1
State of residence	8,734	69.8
Different state	3,417	27.3
Born outside United States	90	0.7
Foreign born	279	2.2
Entered 1990 to March 2000	87	0.7
Naturalized citizen	104	0.8
Not a citizen	175	1.4

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	279	100.0
Europe	124	44.4
Asia	26	9.3
Africa	2	0.7
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	127	45.5
Northern America	0	0.0

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	11,839	100.0
English only	11,440	96.6
Language other than English	399	3.4
Speak English less than 'very well	150	1.3
Spanish	198	1.7
Speak English less than "very well"	86	0.7
Other Indo-European languages	163	1.4
Speak English less than "very well"	48	0.4
Asian and Pacific Island languages	38	0.3
Speak English less than "very well"	16	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	12,520	100.0
Total ancestries reported	10,556	84.3
Arab	8	0.1
Czech¹	24	0.2
Danish	70	0.6
Dutch	91	0.7
English	1,773	14.2
French (except Basque)¹	153	1.2
French Canadian¹	48	0.4
German	1,990	15.9
Greek	0	0.0
Hungarian	43	0.3
Irish¹	894	7.1
Italian	149	1.2
Lithuanian	4	0.0
Norwegian	71	0.6
Polish	118	0.9
Portuguese	8	0.1
Russian	5	0.0
Scotch-Irish	276	2.2
Scottish	252	2.0
Slovak	0	0.0
Subsaharan African	53	0.4
Swedish	110	0.9
Swiss	82	0.7
Ukrainian	0	0.0
United States or American	2,300	18.4
Welsh	67	0.5
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	22	0.2
Other ancestries	1,945	15.5

(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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