Shenandoah County, VA Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Shenandoah county virginia dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	7,076	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	478	6.8
Kindergarten	482	6.8
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	3,564	50.4
High school (grades 9-12)	1,728	24.4
College or graduate school	824	11.6

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	24,926	100.0
Less than 9th grade	2,474	9.9
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	3,688	14.8
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	9,572	38.4
Some college, no degree	4,367	17.5
Associate degree	1,164	4.7
Bachelor's degree	2,461	9.9
Graduate or professional degree	1,200	4.8

Percent high school graduate or higher	75.3	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	14.7	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	28,536	100.0
Never married	5,608	19.7
Now married, except separated	17,101	59.9
Separated	739	2.6
Widowed	2,227	7.8
Female	1,925	6.7
Divorced	2,861	10.0
Female	1,544	5.4

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	612	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	274	44.8

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	27,178	100.0
Civilian veterans	4,157	15.3

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	6,842	100.0
With a disability	409	6.0

Population 21 to 64 years	20,039	100.0
With a disability	3,265	16.3
Percent employed	60.2	(X)
No disability	16,774	83.7
Percent employed	81.8	(X)

Population 65 years and over	5,752	100.0
With a disability	2,155	37.5

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	33,059	100.0
Same house in 1995	19,508	59.0
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	13,271	40.1
Same county	7,316	22.1
Different county	5,955	18.0
Same state	3,416	10.3
Different state	2,539	7.7
Elsewhere in 1995	280	0.8

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	35,075	100.0
Native	33,995	96.9
Born in United States	33,720	96.1
State of residence	23,491	67.0
Different state	10,229	29.2
Born outside United States	275	0.8
Foreign born	1,080	3.1
Entered 1990 to March 2000	489	1.4
Naturalized citizen	398	1.1
Not a citizen	682	1.9

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	1,080	100.0
Europe	207	19.2
Asia	87	8.1
Africa	2	0.2
Oceania	10	0.9
Latin America	717	66.4
Northern America	57	5.3

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	33,059	100.0
English only	31,430	95.1
Language other than English	1,629	4.9
Speak English less than 'very well	788	2.4
Spanish	1,205	3.6
Speak English less than "very well"	700	2.1
Other Indo-European languages	371	1.1
Speak English less than "very well"	64	0.2
Asian and Pacific Island languages	41	0.1
Speak English less than "very well"	22	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	35,075	100.0
Total ancestries reported	30,462	86.8
Arab	34	0.1
Czech¹	43	0.1
Danish	33	0.1
Dutch	639	1.8
English	3,613	10.3
French (except Basque)¹	541	1.5
French Canadian¹	83	0.2
German	8,331	23.8
Greek	60	0.2
Hungarian	132	0.4
Irish¹	2,972	8.5
Italian	781	2.2
Lithuanian	11	0.0
Norwegian	83	0.2
Polish	316	0.9
Portuguese	56	0.2
Russian	75	0.2
Scotch-Irish	777	2.2
Scottish	656	1.9
Slovak	11	0.0
Subsaharan African	5	0.0
Swedish	223	0.6
Swiss	139	0.4
Ukrainian	9	0.0
United States or American	6,826	19.5
Welsh	133	0.4
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	0	0.0
Other ancestries	3,880	11.1

(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

Atlas Tools Menu

Encyclopedia Tools Menu

Shenandoah county virginia dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

More census articles:

Trending