Caroline County, VA Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Caroline county virginia dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	4,940	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	290	5.9
Kindergarten	315	6.4
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	2,567	52.0
High school (grades 9-12)	1,309	26.5
College or graduate school	459	9.3

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	15,082	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,289	8.5
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	3,032	20.1
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	5,685	37.7
Some college, no degree	2,782	18.4
Associate degree	473	3.1
Bachelor's degree	1,228	8.1
Graduate or professional degree	593	3.9

Percent high school graduate or higher	71.3	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	12.1	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	17,580	100.0
Never married	4,218	24.0
Now married, except separated	10,006	56.9
Separated	507	2.9
Widowed	1,217	6.9
Female	979	5.6
Divorced	1,632	9.3
Female	869	4.9

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	781	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	360	46.1

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	16,590	100.0
Civilian veterans	2,424	14.6

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	4,795	100.0
With a disability	489	10.2

Population 21 to 64 years	12,588	100.0
With a disability	2,692	21.4
Percent employed	60.6	(X)
No disability	9,896	78.6
Percent employed	79.2	(X)

Population 65 years and over	2,778	100.0
With a disability	1,238	44.6

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	20,774	100.0
Same house in 1995	13,984	67.3
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	6,679	32.2
Same county	2,610	12.6
Different county	4,069	19.6
Same state	3,000	14.4
Different state	1,069	5.1
Elsewhere in 1995	111	0.5

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	22,121	100.0
Native	21,739	98.3
Born in United States	21,611	97.7
State of residence	15,965	72.2
Different state	5,646	25.5
Born outside United States	128	0.6
Foreign born	382	1.7
Entered 1990 to March 2000	140	0.6
Naturalized citizen	181	0.8
Not a citizen	201	0.9

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	382	100.0
Europe	142	37.2
Asia	86	22.5
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	8	2.1
Latin America	125	32.7
Northern America	21	5.5

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	20,774	100.0
English only	20,218	97.3
Language other than English	556	2.7
Speak English less than 'very well	148	0.7
Spanish	266	1.3
Speak English less than "very well"	123	0.6
Other Indo-European languages	167	0.8
Speak English less than "very well"	9	0.0
Asian and Pacific Island languages	59	0.3
Speak English less than "very well"	16	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	22,121	100.0
Total ancestries reported	19,302	87.3
Arab	8	0.0
Czech¹	38	0.2
Danish	34	0.2
Dutch	191	0.9
English	1,864	8.4
French (except Basque)¹	342	1.5
French Canadian¹	100	0.5
German	1,626	7.4
Greek	31	0.1
Hungarian	74	0.3
Irish¹	1,284	5.8
Italian	490	2.2
Lithuanian	9	0.0
Norwegian	50	0.2
Polish	292	1.3
Portuguese	32	0.1
Russian	45	0.2
Scotch-Irish	376	1.7
Scottish	466	2.1
Slovak	83	0.4
Subsaharan African	471	2.1
Swedish	105	0.5
Swiss	2	0.0
Ukrainian	47	0.2
United States or American	3,589	16.2
Welsh	120	0.5
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	26	0.1
Other ancestries	7,507	33.9

(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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