Smyth County, VA Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Smyth county virginia dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	6,761	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	273	4.0
Kindergarten	410	6.1
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	3,256	48.2
High school (grades 9-12)	1,782	26.4
College or graduate school	1,040	15.4

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	23,255	100.0
Less than 9th grade	3,488	15.0
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	4,068	17.5
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	7,992	34.4
Some college, no degree	3,961	17.0
Associate degree	1,276	5.5
Bachelor's degree	1,717	7.4
Graduate or professional degree	753	3.2

Percent high school graduate or higher	67.5	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	10.6	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	27,153	100.0
Never married	4,888	18.0
Now married, except separated	16,353	60.2
Separated	945	3.5
Widowed	2,438	9.0
Female	2,038	7.5
Divorced	2,529	9.3
Female	1,391	5.1

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	729	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	340	46.6

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	25,929	100.0
Civilian veterans	3,393	13.1

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	6,581	100.0
With a disability	487	7.4

Population 21 to 64 years	18,923	100.0
With a disability	4,745	25.1
Percent employed	44.9	(X)
No disability	14,178	74.9
Percent employed	80.1	(X)

Population 65 years and over	5,186	100.0
With a disability	2,403	46.3

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	31,314	100.0
Same house in 1995	20,005	63.9
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	11,201	35.8
Same county	7,027	22.4
Different county	4,174	13.3
Same state	2,554	8.2
Different state	1,620	5.2
Elsewhere in 1995	108	0.3

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	33,081	100.0
Native	32,922	99.5
Born in United States	32,821	99.2
State of residence	26,371	79.7
Different state	6,450	19.5
Born outside United States	101	0.3
Foreign born	159	0.5
Entered 1990 to March 2000	63	0.2
Naturalized citizen	105	0.3
Not a citizen	54	0.2

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	159	100.0
Europe	44	27.7
Asia	22	13.8
Africa	47	29.6
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	46	28.9
Northern America	0	0.0

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	31,314	100.0
English only	30,609	97.7
Language other than English	705	2.3
Speak English less than 'very well	216	0.7
Spanish	370	1.2
Speak English less than "very well"	129	0.4
Other Indo-European languages	227	0.7
Speak English less than "very well"	34	0.1
Asian and Pacific Island languages	53	0.2
Speak English less than "very well"	33	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	33,081	100.0
Total ancestries reported	22,718	68.7
Arab	80	0.2
Czech¹	36	0.1
Danish	21	0.1
Dutch	503	1.5
English	2,561	7.7
French (except Basque)¹	336	1.0
French Canadian¹	70	0.2
German	2,827	8.5
Greek	6	0.0
Hungarian	5	0.0
Irish¹	2,059	6.2
Italian	204	0.6
Lithuanian	0	0.0
Norwegian	57	0.2
Polish	78	0.2
Portuguese	0	0.0
Russian	25	0.1
Scotch-Irish	915	2.8
Scottish	492	1.5
Slovak	0	0.0
Subsaharan African	46	0.1
Swedish	124	0.4
Swiss	31	0.1
Ukrainian	13	0.0
United States or American	9,333	28.2
Welsh	137	0.4
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	18	0.1
Other ancestries	2,741	8.3

(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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