Scott County, VA Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Scott county virginia dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	4,540	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	252	5.6
Kindergarten	269	5.9
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	2,303	50.7
High school (grades 9-12)	1,082	23.8
College or graduate school	634	14.0

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	16,846	100.0
Less than 9th grade	3,566	21.2
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	2,434	14.4
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	6,108	36.3
Some college, no degree	2,605	15.5
Associate degree	729	4.3
Bachelor's degree	1,003	6.0
Graduate or professional degree	401	2.4

Percent high school graduate or higher	64.4	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	8.3	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	19,417	100.0
Never married	3,288	16.9
Now married, except separated	12,154	62.6
Separated	449	2.3
Widowed	2,032	10.5
Female	1,683	8.7
Divorced	1,494	7.7
Female	810	4.2

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	389	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	201	51.7

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	18,568	100.0
Civilian veterans	2,387	12.9

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	4,422	100.0
With a disability	357	8.1

Population 21 to 64 years	13,601	100.0
With a disability	3,887	28.6
Percent employed	34.0	(X)
No disability	9,714	71.4
Percent employed	72.9	(X)

Population 65 years and over	3,988	100.0
With a disability	2,169	54.4

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	22,219	100.0
Same house in 1995	15,436	69.5
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	6,742	30.3
Same county	3,885	17.5
Different county	2,857	12.9
Same state	1,271	5.7
Different state	1,586	7.1
Elsewhere in 1995	41	0.2

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	23,403	100.0
Native	23,332	99.7
Born in United States	23,286	99.5
State of residence	10,478	44.8
Different state	12,808	54.7
Born outside United States	46	0.2
Foreign born	71	0.3
Entered 1990 to March 2000	26	0.1
Naturalized citizen	28	0.1
Not a citizen	43	0.2

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	71	100.0
Europe	55	77.5
Asia	11	15.5
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	5	7.0
Northern America	0	0.0

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	22,219	100.0
English only	21,953	98.8
Language other than English	266	1.2
Speak English less than 'very well	54	0.2
Spanish	128	0.6
Speak English less than "very well"	39	0.2
Other Indo-European languages	127	0.6
Speak English less than "very well"	10	0.0
Asian and Pacific Island languages	11	0.0
Speak English less than "very well"	5	0.0

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	23,403	100.0
Total ancestries reported	15,290	65.3
Arab	0	0.0
Czech¹	3	0.0
Danish	0	0.0
Dutch	295	1.3
English	1,771	7.6
French (except Basque)¹	118	0.5
French Canadian¹	40	0.2
German	1,303	5.6
Greek	0	0.0
Hungarian	10	0.0
Irish¹	1,792	7.7
Italian	153	0.7
Lithuanian	0	0.0
Norwegian	28	0.1
Polish	57	0.2
Portuguese	0	0.0
Russian	26	0.1
Scotch-Irish	699	3.0
Scottish	330	1.4
Slovak	0	0.0
Subsaharan African	2	0.0
Swedish	43	0.2
Swiss	5	0.0
Ukrainian	0	0.0
United States or American	6,953	29.7
Welsh	45	0.2
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	0	0.0
Other ancestries	1,617	6.9

(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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