New Kent County, VA Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

New kent county virginia dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	3,026	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	158	5.2
Kindergarten	142	4.7
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	1,598	52.8
High school (grades 9-12)	809	26.7
College or graduate school	319	10.5

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	9,285	100.0
Less than 9th grade	494	5.3
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	1,305	14.1
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	3,226	34.7
Some college, no degree	2,195	23.6
Associate degree	549	5.9
Bachelor's degree	1,034	11.1
Graduate or professional degree	482	5.2

Percent high school graduate or higher	80.6	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	16.3	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	10,718	100.0
Never married	2,015	18.8
Now married, except separated	7,002	65.3
Separated	300	2.8
Widowed	597	5.6
Female	442	4.1
Divorced	804	7.5
Female	427	4.0

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	321	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	171	53.3

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	10,049	100.0
Civilian veterans	1,561	15.5

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	2,825	100.0
With a disability	259	9.2

Population 21 to 64 years	8,083	100.0
With a disability	1,207	14.9
Percent employed	59.7	(X)
No disability	6,876	85.1
Percent employed	83.4	(X)

Population 65 years and over	1,308	100.0
With a disability	638	48.8

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	12,667	100.0
Same house in 1995	7,805	61.6
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	4,816	38.0
Same county	1,366	10.8
Different county	3,450	27.2
Same state	2,905	22.9
Different state	545	4.3
Elsewhere in 1995	46	0.4

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	13,462	100.0
Native	13,347	99.1
Born in United States	13,287	98.7
State of residence	10,061	74.7
Different state	3,226	24.0
Born outside United States	60	0.4
Foreign born	115	0.9
Entered 1990 to March 2000	10	0.1
Naturalized citizen	77	0.6
Not a citizen	38	0.3

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	115	100.0
Europe	62	53.9
Asia	20	17.4
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	33	28.7
Northern America	0	0.0

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	12,667	100.0
English only	12,387	97.8
Language other than English	280	2.2
Speak English less than 'very well	82	0.6
Spanish	172	1.4
Speak English less than "very well"	56	0.4
Other Indo-European languages	77	0.6
Speak English less than "very well"	21	0.2
Asian and Pacific Island languages	14	0.1
Speak English less than "very well"	5	0.0

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	13,462	100.0
Total ancestries reported	11,737	87.2
Arab	7	0.1
Czech¹	96	0.7
Danish	26	0.2
Dutch	144	1.1
English	1,676	12.4
French (except Basque)¹	336	2.5
French Canadian¹	50	0.4
German	1,393	10.3
Greek	35	0.3
Hungarian	60	0.4
Irish¹	1,146	8.5
Italian	425	3.2
Lithuanian	18	0.1
Norwegian	84	0.6
Polish	322	2.4
Portuguese	107	0.8
Russian	31	0.2
Scotch-Irish	372	2.8
Scottish	209	1.6
Slovak	0	0.0
Subsaharan African	97	0.7
Swedish	117	0.9
Swiss	24	0.2
Ukrainian	18	0.1
United States or American	1,858	13.8
Welsh	48	0.4
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	6	0.0
Other ancestries	3,032	22.5

(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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