Montgomery County, VA Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Montgomery county virginia dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	37,615	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	1,050	2.8
Kindergarten	856	2.3
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	6,364	16.9
High school (grades 9-12)	3,121	8.3
College or graduate school	26,224	69.7

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	43,106	100.0
Less than 9th grade	3,248	7.5
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	4,179	9.7
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	10,227	23.7
Some college, no degree	7,538	17.5
Associate degree	2,446	5.7
Bachelor's degree	7,439	17.3
Graduate or professional degree	8,029	18.6

Percent high school graduate or higher	82.8	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	35.9	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	71,634	100.0
Never married	31,156	43.5
Now married, except separated	31,499	44.0
Separated	1,096	1.5
Widowed	3,136	4.4
Female	2,669	3.7
Divorced	4,747	6.6
Female	2,433	3.4

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	745	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	406	54.5

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	69,053	100.0
Civilian veterans	6,097	8.8

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	23,438	100.0
With a disability	1,589	6.8

Population 21 to 64 years	48,552	100.0
With a disability	6,988	14.4
Percent employed	53.2	(X)
No disability	41,564	85.6
Percent employed	72.8	(X)

Population 65 years and over	6,894	100.0
With a disability	2,885	41.8

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	79,589	100.0
Same house in 1995	30,785	38.7
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	45,946	57.7
Same county	14,552	18.3
Different county	31,394	39.4
Same state	19,705	24.8
Different state	11,689	14.7
Elsewhere in 1995	2,858	3.6

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	83,629	100.0
Native	78,816	94.2
Born in United States	77,776	93.0
State of residence	47,997	57.4
Different state	29,779	35.6
Born outside United States	1,040	1.2
Foreign born	4,813	5.8
Entered 1990 to March 2000	3,416	4.1
Naturalized citizen	1,192	1.4
Not a citizen	3,621	4.3

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	4,813	100.0
Europe	941	19.6
Asia	2,758	57.3
Africa	298	6.2
Oceania	52	1.1
Latin America	524	10.9
Northern America	240	5.0

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	79,589	100.0
English only	73,712	92.6
Language other than English	5,877	7.4
Speak English less than 'very well	2,007	2.5
Spanish	1,459	1.8
Speak English less than "very well"	463	0.6
Other Indo-European languages	1,941	2.4
Speak English less than "very well"	500	0.6
Asian and Pacific Island languages	1,992	2.5
Speak English less than "very well"	965	1.2

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	83,629	100.0
Total ancestries reported	78,065	93.3
Arab	483	0.6
Czech¹	304	0.4
Danish	193	0.2
Dutch	1,247	1.5
English	11,107	13.3
French (except Basque)¹	1,659	2.0
French Canadian¹	323	0.4
German	13,529	16.2
Greek	302	0.4
Hungarian	401	0.5
Irish¹	9,309	11.1
Italian	3,333	4.0
Lithuanian	137	0.2
Norwegian	689	0.8
Polish	1,583	1.9
Portuguese	79	0.1
Russian	534	0.6
Scotch-Irish	2,973	3.6
Scottish	2,663	3.2
Slovak	182	0.2
Subsaharan African	382	0.5
Swedish	856	1.0
Swiss	141	0.2
Ukrainian	227	0.3
United States or American	9,848	11.8
Welsh	677	0.8
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	133	0.2
Other ancestries	14,771	17.7

(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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