Nelson County, VA Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Nelson county virginia dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	2,892	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	146	5.0
Kindergarten	115	4.0
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	1,399	48.4
High school (grades 9-12)	839	29.0
College or graduate school	393	13.6

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	10,403	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,390	13.4
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	1,834	17.6
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	2,766	26.6
Some college, no degree	1,793	17.2
Associate degree	458	4.4
Bachelor's degree	1,205	11.6
Graduate or professional degree	957	9.2

Percent high school graduate or higher	69.0	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	20.8	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	11,951	100.0
Never married	2,595	21.7
Now married, except separated	6,971	58.3
Separated	335	2.8
Widowed	876	7.3
Female	691	5.8
Divorced	1,174	9.8
Female	610	5.1

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	289	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	207	71.6

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	11,320	100.0
Civilian veterans	1,564	13.8

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	2,808	100.0
With a disability	286	10.2

Population 21 to 64 years	8,441	100.0
With a disability	2,025	24.0
Percent employed	56.2	(X)
No disability	6,416	76.0
Percent employed	76.2	(X)

Population 65 years and over	2,352	100.0
With a disability	1,037	44.1

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	13,683	100.0
Same house in 1995	9,157	66.9
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	4,477	32.7
Same county	1,812	13.2
Different county	2,665	19.5
Same state	1,819	13.3
Different state	846	6.2
Elsewhere in 1995	49	0.4

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	14,445	100.0
Native	14,174	98.1
Born in United States	14,079	97.5
State of residence	10,795	74.7
Different state	3,284	22.7
Born outside United States	95	0.7
Foreign born	271	1.9
Entered 1990 to March 2000	80	0.6
Naturalized citizen	183	1.3
Not a citizen	88	0.6

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	271	100.0
Europe	146	53.9
Asia	6	2.2
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	104	38.4
Northern America	15	5.5

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	13,683	100.0
English only	13,194	96.4
Language other than English	489	3.6
Speak English less than 'very well	148	1.1
Spanish	300	2.2
Speak English less than "very well"	80	0.6
Other Indo-European languages	169	1.2
Speak English less than "very well"	63	0.5
Asian and Pacific Island languages	11	0.1
Speak English less than "very well"	5	0.0

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	14,445	100.0
Total ancestries reported	12,394	85.8
Arab	23	0.2
Czech¹	65	0.4
Danish	37	0.3
Dutch	149	1.0
English	1,861	12.9
French (except Basque)¹	178	1.2
French Canadian¹	33	0.2
German	1,219	8.4
Greek	54	0.4
Hungarian	45	0.3
Irish¹	1,284	8.9
Italian	257	1.8
Lithuanian	32	0.2
Norwegian	40	0.3
Polish	162	1.1
Portuguese	6	0.0
Russian	99	0.7
Scotch-Irish	529	3.7
Scottish	359	2.5
Slovak	7	0.0
Subsaharan African	5	0.0
Swedish	101	0.7
Swiss	61	0.4
Ukrainian	18	0.1
United States or American	3,124	21.6
Welsh	120	0.8
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	0	0.0
Other ancestries	2,526	17.5

(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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