Amherst County, VA Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Amherst county virginia dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	7,838	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	472	6.0
Kindergarten	279	3.6
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	3,513	44.8
High school (grades 9-12)	1,817	23.2
College or graduate school	1,757	22.4

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	21,293	100.0
Less than 9th grade	3,275	15.4
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	2,990	14.0
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	7,108	33.4
Some college, no degree	4,073	19.1
Associate degree	1,065	5.0
Bachelor's degree	1,876	8.8
Graduate or professional degree	906	4.3

Percent high school graduate or higher	70.6	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	13.1	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	25,771	100.0
Never married	6,389	24.8
Now married, except separated	14,633	56.8
Separated	666	2.6
Widowed	1,932	7.5
Female	1,563	6.1
Divorced	2,151	8.3
Female	1,183	4.6

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	616	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	324	52.6

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	24,394	100.0
Civilian veterans	3,309	13.6

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	7,307	100.0
With a disability	701	9.6

Population 21 to 64 years	17,715	100.0
With a disability	3,955	22.3
Percent employed	53.0	(X)
No disability	13,760	77.7
Percent employed	78.8	(X)

Population 65 years and over	4,256	100.0
With a disability	1,878	44.1

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	30,113	100.0
Same house in 1995	19,178	63.7
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	10,717	35.6
Same county	5,472	18.2
Different county	5,245	17.4
Same state	3,529	11.7
Different state	1,716	5.7
Elsewhere in 1995	218	0.7

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	31,894	100.0
Native	31,506	98.8
Born in United States	31,338	98.3
State of residence	25,479	79.9
Different state	5,859	18.4
Born outside United States	168	0.5
Foreign born	388	1.2
Entered 1990 to March 2000	257	0.8
Naturalized citizen	108	0.3
Not a citizen	280	0.9

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	388	100.0
Europe	117	30.2
Asia	73	18.8
Africa	6	1.5
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	179	46.1
Northern America	13	3.4

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	30,113	100.0
English only	29,224	97.0
Language other than English	889	3.0
Speak English less than 'very well	283	0.9
Spanish	508	1.7
Speak English less than "very well"	214	0.7
Other Indo-European languages	258	0.9
Speak English less than "very well"	34	0.1
Asian and Pacific Island languages	107	0.4
Speak English less than "very well"	29	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	31,894	100.0
Total ancestries reported	25,710	80.6
Arab	40	0.1
Czech¹	84	0.3
Danish	19	0.1
Dutch	187	0.6
English	3,020	9.5
French (except Basque)¹	463	1.5
French Canadian¹	103	0.3
German	1,938	6.1
Greek	59	0.2
Hungarian	19	0.1
Irish¹	1,906	6.0
Italian	328	1.0
Lithuanian	46	0.1
Norwegian	64	0.2
Polish	243	0.8
Portuguese	4	0.0
Russian	92	0.3
Scotch-Irish	574	1.8
Scottish	808	2.5
Slovak	20	0.1
Subsaharan African	92	0.3
Swedish	185	0.6
Swiss	61	0.2
Ukrainian	45	0.1
United States or American	7,717	24.2
Welsh	115	0.4
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	0	0.0
Other ancestries	7,478	23.4

(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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