Powhatan County, VA Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Powhatan county virginia dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	5,353	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	358	6.7
Kindergarten	348	6.5
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	2,529	47.2
High school (grades 9-12)	1,311	24.5
College or graduate school	807	15.1

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	15,411	100.0
Less than 9th grade	961	6.2
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	2,291	14.9
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	4,966	32.2
Some college, no degree	3,324	21.6
Associate degree	919	6.0
Bachelor's degree	2,299	14.9
Graduate or professional degree	651	4.2

Percent high school graduate or higher	78.9	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	19.1	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	17,972	100.0
Never married	2,856	15.9
Now married, except separated	12,265	68.2
Separated	529	2.9
Widowed	1,043	5.8
Female	534	3.0
Divorced	1,279	7.1
Female	672	3.7

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	327	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	106	32.4

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	17,026	100.0
Civilian veterans	2,398	14.1

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	4,666	100.0
With a disability	336	7.2

Population 21 to 64 years	12,150	100.0
With a disability	1,546	12.7
Percent employed	59.2	(X)
No disability	10,604	87.3
Percent employed	82.2	(X)

Population 65 years and over	1,870	100.0
With a disability	760	40.6

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	21,069	100.0
Same house in 1995	12,473	59.2
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	8,580	40.7
Same county	2,125	10.1
Different county	6,455	30.6
Same state	5,219	24.8
Different state	1,236	5.9
Elsewhere in 1995	16	0.1

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	22,377	100.0
Native	22,051	98.5
Born in United States	21,878	97.8
State of residence	16,339	73.0
Different state	5,539	24.8
Born outside United States	173	0.8
Foreign born	326	1.5
Entered 1990 to March 2000	111	0.5
Naturalized citizen	120	0.5
Not a citizen	206	0.9

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	326	100.0
Europe	97	29.8
Asia	49	15.0
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	93	28.5
Northern America	87	26.7

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	21,069	100.0
English only	20,487	97.2
Language other than English	582	2.8
Speak English less than 'very well	189	0.9
Spanish	301	1.4
Speak English less than "very well"	106	0.5
Other Indo-European languages	208	1.0
Speak English less than "very well"	71	0.3
Asian and Pacific Island languages	13	0.1
Speak English less than "very well"	0	0.0

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	22,377	100.0
Total ancestries reported	18,714	83.6
Arab	21	0.1
Czech¹	16	0.1
Danish	32	0.1
Dutch	244	1.1
English	3,369	15.1
French (except Basque)¹	450	2.0
French Canadian¹	40	0.2
German	2,321	10.4
Greek	59	0.3
Hungarian	120	0.5
Irish¹	2,056	9.2
Italian	605	2.7
Lithuanian	34	0.2
Norwegian	150	0.7
Polish	201	0.9
Portuguese	23	0.1
Russian	38	0.2
Scotch-Irish	432	1.9
Scottish	592	2.6
Slovak	7	0.0
Subsaharan African	47	0.2
Swedish	76	0.3
Swiss	61	0.3
Ukrainian	0	0.0
United States or American	3,729	16.7
Welsh	177	0.8
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	5	0.0
Other ancestries	3,809	17.0

(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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