Henry County, VA Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Henry county virginia dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	12,980	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	799	6.2
Kindergarten	700	5.4
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	6,148	47.4
High school (grades 9-12)	3,133	24.1
College or graduate school	2,200	16.9

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	40,518	100.0
Less than 9th grade	6,119	15.1
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	8,111	20.0
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	13,240	32.7
Some college, no degree	7,135	17.6
Associate degree	2,093	5.2
Bachelor's degree	2,567	6.3
Graduate or professional degree	1,253	3.1

Percent high school graduate or higher	64.9	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	9.4	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	47,175	100.0
Never married	9,507	20.2
Now married, except separated	27,795	58.9
Separated	1,543	3.3
Widowed	3,789	8.0
Female	2,994	6.3
Divorced	4,541	9.6
Female	2,633	5.6

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	1,439	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	630	43.8

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	44,969	100.0
Civilian veterans	5,873	13.1

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	11,900	100.0
With a disability	924	7.8

Population 21 to 64 years	34,031	100.0
With a disability	8,634	25.4
Percent employed	52.6	(X)
No disability	25,397	74.6
Percent employed	77.5	(X)

Population 65 years and over	8,513	100.0
With a disability	3,922	46.1

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	54,861	100.0
Same house in 1995	36,308	66.2
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	17,731	32.3
Same county	11,971	21.8
Different county	5,760	10.5
Same state	2,843	5.2
Different state	2,917	5.3
Elsewhere in 1995	822	1.5

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	57,930	100.0
Native	56,342	97.3
Born in United States	56,238	97.1
State of residence	44,036	76.0
Different state	12,202	21.1
Born outside United States	104	0.2
Foreign born	1,588	2.7
Entered 1990 to March 2000	1,189	2.1
Naturalized citizen	207	0.4
Not a citizen	1,381	2.4

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	1,588	100.0
Europe	108	6.8
Asia	131	8.2
Africa	23	1.4
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	1,310	82.5
Northern America	16	1.0

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	54,861	100.0
English only	52,319	95.4
Language other than English	2,542	4.6
Speak English less than 'very well	1,574	2.9
Spanish	1,976	3.6
Speak English less than "very well"	1,293	2.4
Other Indo-European languages	412	0.8
Speak English less than "very well"	193	0.4
Asian and Pacific Island languages	125	0.2
Speak English less than "very well"	78	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	57,930	100.0
Total ancestries reported	43,452	75.0
Arab	8	0.0
Czech¹	23	0.0
Danish	47	0.1
Dutch	507	0.9
English	5,345	9.2
French (except Basque)¹	383	0.7
French Canadian¹	65	0.1
German	2,870	5.0
Greek	46	0.1
Hungarian	2	0.0
Irish¹	3,287	5.7
Italian	410	0.7
Lithuanian	33	0.1
Norwegian	92	0.2
Polish	83	0.1
Portuguese	29	0.1
Russian	66	0.1
Scotch-Irish	795	1.4
Scottish	445	0.8
Slovak	0	0.0
Subsaharan African	258	0.4
Swedish	118	0.2
Swiss	39	0.1
Ukrainian	17	0.0
United States or American	12,362	21.3
Welsh	122	0.2
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	40	0.1
Other ancestries	15,960	27.6

(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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