Appomattox County, VA Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Appomattox county virginia dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	3,174	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	196	6.2
Kindergarten	192	6.0
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	1,578	49.7
High school (grades 9-12)	858	27.0
College or graduate school	350	11.0

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	9,421	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,081	11.5
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	1,678	17.8
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	3,610	38.3
Some college, no degree	1,666	17.7
Associate degree	396	4.2
Bachelor's degree	625	6.6
Graduate or professional degree	365	3.9

Percent high school graduate or higher	70.7	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	10.5	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	10,931	100.0
Never married	2,238	20.5
Now married, except separated	6,458	59.1
Separated	293	2.7
Widowed	926	8.5
Female	758	6.9
Divorced	1,016	9.3
Female	629	5.8

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	248	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	102	41.1

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	10,322	100.0
Civilian veterans	1,473	14.3

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	2,947	100.0
With a disability	297	10.1

Population 21 to 64 years	7,835	100.0
With a disability	1,829	23.3
Percent employed	56.7	(X)
No disability	6,006	76.7
Percent employed	78.6	(X)

Population 65 years and over	2,007	100.0
With a disability	932	46.4

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	12,871	100.0
Same house in 1995	8,219	63.9
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	4,578	35.6
Same county	2,391	18.6
Different county	2,187	17.0
Same state	1,568	12.2
Different state	619	4.8
Elsewhere in 1995	74	0.6

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	13,705	100.0
Native	13,517	98.6
Born in United States	13,474	98.3
State of residence	10,994	80.2
Different state	2,480	18.1
Born outside United States	43	0.3
Foreign born	188	1.4
Entered 1990 to March 2000	102	0.7
Naturalized citizen	84	0.6
Not a citizen	104	0.8

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	188	100.0
Europe	58	30.9
Asia	41	21.8
Africa	42	22.3
Oceania	1	0.5
Latin America	40	21.3
Northern America	6	3.2

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	12,871	100.0
English only	12,502	97.1
Language other than English	369	2.9
Speak English less than 'very well	140	1.1
Spanish	156	1.2
Speak English less than "very well"	57	0.4
Other Indo-European languages	127	1.0
Speak English less than "very well"	40	0.3
Asian and Pacific Island languages	40	0.3
Speak English less than "very well"	18	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	13,705	100.0
Total ancestries reported	10,744	78.4
Arab	5	0.0
Czech¹	10	0.1
Danish	44	0.3
Dutch	61	0.4
English	1,227	9.0
French (except Basque)¹	225	1.6
French Canadian¹	19	0.1
German	616	4.5
Greek	0	0.0
Hungarian	47	0.3
Irish¹	749	5.5
Italian	161	1.2
Lithuanian	13	0.1
Norwegian	23	0.2
Polish	184	1.3
Portuguese	0	0.0
Russian	0	0.0
Scotch-Irish	141	1.0
Scottish	241	1.8
Slovak	15	0.1
Subsaharan African	132	1.0
Swedish	30	0.2
Swiss	10	0.1
Ukrainian	0	0.0
United States or American	3,797	27.7
Welsh	61	0.4
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	1	0.0
Other ancestries	2,932	21.4

(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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