York County, VA Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

York county virginia dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	17,228	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	1,288	7.5
Kindergarten	972	5.6
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	7,935	46.1
High school (grades 9-12)	3,967	23.0
College or graduate school	3,066	17.8

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	36,168	100.0
Less than 9th grade	938	2.6
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	2,070	5.7
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	7,649	21.1
Some college, no degree	9,270	25.6
Associate degree	2,729	7.5
Bachelor's degree	7,567	20.9
Graduate or professional degree	5,945	16.4

Percent high school graduate or higher	91.7	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	37.4	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	42,777	100.0
Never married	8,931	20.9
Now married, except separated	28,209	65.9
Separated	826	1.9
Widowed	1,848	4.3
Female	1,620	3.8
Divorced	2,963	6.9
Female	1,715	4.0

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	901	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	251	27.9

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	36,392	100.0
Civilian veterans	7,617	20.9

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	14,226	100.0
With a disability	896	6.3

Population 21 to 64 years	29,683	100.0
With a disability	3,877	13.1
Percent employed	63.3	(X)
No disability	25,806	86.9
Percent employed	79.7	(X)

Population 65 years and over	5,031	100.0
With a disability	1,729	34.4

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	52,569	100.0
Same house in 1995	25,145	47.8
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	24,920	47.4
Same county	5,480	10.4
Different county	19,440	37.0
Same state	9,491	18.1
Different state	9,949	18.9
Elsewhere in 1995	2,504	4.8

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	56,297	100.0
Native	53,366	94.8
Born in United States	51,270	91.1
State of residence	22,227	39.5
Different state	29,043	51.6
Born outside United States	2,096	3.7
Foreign born	2,931	5.2
Entered 1990 to March 2000	810	1.4
Naturalized citizen	1,787	3.2
Not a citizen	1,144	2.0

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	2,931	100.0
Europe	936	31.9
Asia	1,435	49.0
Africa	5	0.2
Oceania	40	1.4
Latin America	376	12.8
Northern America	139	4.7

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	52,569	100.0
English only	48,762	92.8
Language other than English	3,807	7.2
Speak English less than 'very well	1,071	2.0
Spanish	1,210	2.3
Speak English less than "very well"	302	0.6
Other Indo-European languages	1,412	2.7
Speak English less than "very well"	256	0.5
Asian and Pacific Island languages	1,156	2.2
Speak English less than "very well"	513	1.0

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	56,297	100.0
Total ancestries reported	60,734	107.9
Arab	69	0.1
Czech¹	408	0.7
Danish	285	0.5
Dutch	933	1.7
English	8,890	15.8
French (except Basque)¹	1,506	2.7
French Canadian¹	477	0.8
German	8,813	15.7
Greek	385	0.7
Hungarian	212	0.4
Irish¹	6,821	12.1
Italian	3,238	5.8
Lithuanian	159	0.3
Norwegian	601	1.1
Polish	1,683	3.0
Portuguese	192	0.3
Russian	332	0.6
Scotch-Irish	1,426	2.5
Scottish	1,869	3.3
Slovak	95	0.2
Subsaharan African	181	0.3
Swedish	383	0.7
Swiss	111	0.2
Ukrainian	109	0.2
United States or American	5,697	10.1
Welsh	534	0.9
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	178	0.3
Other ancestries	15,147	26.9

(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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