Augusta County, VA Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Augusta county virginia dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	14,577	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	943	6.5
Kindergarten	825	5.7
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	7,332	50.3
High school (grades 9-12)	3,897	26.7
College or graduate school	1,580	10.8

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	45,609	100.0
Less than 9th grade	3,715	8.1
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	6,240	13.7
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	18,348	40.2
Some college, no degree	8,035	17.6
Associate degree	2,242	4.9
Bachelor's degree	4,970	10.9
Graduate or professional degree	2,059	4.5

Percent high school graduate or higher	78.2	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	15.4	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	52,838	100.0
Never married	9,291	17.6
Now married, except separated	34,048	64.4
Separated	1,207	2.3
Widowed	3,340	6.3
Female	2,710	5.1
Divorced	4,952	9.4
Female	2,355	4.5

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	1,309	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	620	47.4

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	50,064	100.0
Civilian veterans	7,210	14.4

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	13,906	100.0
With a disability	1,069	7.7

Population 21 to 64 years	38,037	100.0
With a disability	6,806	17.9
Percent employed	59.9	(X)
No disability	31,231	82.1
Percent employed	81.7	(X)

Population 65 years and over	8,105	100.0
With a disability	3,246	40.0

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	61,958	100.0
Same house in 1995	38,408	62.0
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	23,061	37.2
Same county	12,109	19.5
Different county	10,952	17.7
Same state	7,024	11.3
Different state	3,928	6.3
Elsewhere in 1995	489	0.8

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	65,615	100.0
Native	64,690	98.6
Born in United States	64,419	98.2
State of residence	47,957	73.1
Different state	16,462	25.1
Born outside United States	271	0.4
Foreign born	925	1.4
Entered 1990 to March 2000	423	0.6
Naturalized citizen	384	0.6
Not a citizen	541	0.8

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	925	100.0
Europe	488	52.8
Asia	160	17.3
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	9	1.0
Latin America	239	25.8
Northern America	29	3.1

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	61,958	100.0
English only	60,329	97.4
Language other than English	1,629	2.6
Speak English less than 'very well	577	0.9
Spanish	746	1.2
Speak English less than "very well"	307	0.5
Other Indo-European languages	729	1.2
Speak English less than "very well"	219	0.4
Asian and Pacific Island languages	123	0.2
Speak English less than "very well"	51	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	65,615	100.0
Total ancestries reported	52,201	79.6
Arab	105	0.2
Czech¹	42	0.1
Danish	76	0.1
Dutch	851	1.3
English	6,272	9.6
French (except Basque)¹	976	1.5
French Canadian¹	131	0.2
German	11,397	17.4
Greek	9	0.0
Hungarian	136	0.2
Irish¹	5,544	8.4
Italian	1,421	2.2
Lithuanian	51	0.1
Norwegian	211	0.3
Polish	647	1.0
Portuguese	44	0.1
Russian	330	0.5
Scotch-Irish	2,413	3.7
Scottish	1,169	1.8
Slovak	119	0.2
Subsaharan African	31	0.0
Swedish	267	0.4
Swiss	366	0.6
Ukrainian	81	0.1
United States or American	13,137	20.0
Welsh	182	0.3
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	42	0.1
Other ancestries	6,151	9.4

(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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