Chesapeake, VA Social Statistics
Updated June 5, 2020 |
Infoplease Staff
Number | Percent | |
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT | ||
---|---|---|
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school | 58,385 | 100.0 |
Nursery school, preschool | 4,058 | 7.0 |
Kindergarten | 3,335 | 5.7 |
Elementary school (grades 1-8) | 27,226 | 46.6 |
High school (grades 9-12) | 12,981 | 22.2 |
College or graduate school | 10,785 | 18.5 |
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT | ||
Population 25 years and over | 125,498 | 100.0 |
Less than 9th grade | 5,059 | 4.0 |
9th to 12th grade, no diploma | 13,588 | 10.8 |
High school graduate (includes equivalency) | 34,840 | 27.8 |
Some college, no degree | 32,997 | 26.3 |
Associate degree | 8,071 | 6.4 |
Bachelor's degree | 19,926 | 15.9 |
Graduate or professional degree | 11,017 | 8.8 |
Percent high school graduate or higher | 85.1 | (X) |
Percent bachelor's degree or higher | 24.7 | (X) |
MARITAL STATUS | ||
Population 15 years and over | 151,698 | 100.0 |
Never married | 34,237 | 22.6 |
Now married, except separated | 90,341 | 59.6 |
Separated | 5,594 | 3.7 |
Widowed | 8,327 | 5.5 |
Female | 6,756 | 4.5 |
Divorced | 13,199 | 8.7 |
Female | 7,807 | 5.1 |
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS | ||
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years | 5,414 | 100.0 |
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren | 2,184 | 40.3 |
VETERAN STATUS | ||
Civilian population 18 years and over | 135,698 | 100.0 |
Civilian veterans | 25,621 | 18.9 |
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION | ||
Population 5 to 20 years | 49,412 | 100.0 |
With a disability | 4,681 | 9.5 |
Population 21 to 64 years | 109,300 | 100.0 |
With a disability | 19,953 | 18.3 |
Percent employed | 62.4 | (X) |
No disability | 89,347 | 81.7 |
Percent employed | 80.2 | (X) |
Population 65 years and over | 16,960 | 100.0 |
With a disability | 7,712 | 45.5 |
RESIDENCE IN 1995 | ||
Population 5 years and over | 185,025 | 100.0 |
Same house in 1995 | 96,089 | 51.9 |
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 | 85,952 | 46.5 |
Same county | 32,695 | 17.7 |
Different county | 53,257 | 28.8 |
Same state | 29,882 | 16.2 |
Different state | 23,375 | 12.6 |
Elsewhere in 1995 | 2,984 | 1.6 |
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH | ||
Total population | 199,184 | 100.0 |
Native | 193,213 | 97.0 |
Born in United States | 189,858 | 95.3 |
State of residence | 109,334 | 54.9 |
Different state | 80,524 | 40.4 |
Born outside United States | 3,355 | 1.7 |
Foreign born | 5,971 | 3.0 |
Entered 1990 to March 2000 | 1,755 | 0.9 |
Naturalized citizen | 3,627 | 1.8 |
Not a citizen | 2,344 | 1.2 |
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN | ||
Total (excluding born at sea) | 5,971 | 100.0 |
Europe | 1,324 | 22.2 |
Asia | 2,667 | 44.7 |
Africa | 165 | 2.8 |
Oceania | 24 | 0.4 |
Latin America | 1,439 | 24.1 |
Northern America | 352 | 5.9 |
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME | ||
Population 5 years and over | 185,025 | 100.0 |
English only | 174,633 | 94.4 |
Language other than English | 10,392 | 5.6 |
Speak English less than 'very well | 3,258 | 1.8 |
Spanish | 4,665 | 2.5 |
Speak English less than "very well" | 1,578 | 0.9 |
Other Indo-European languages | 3,058 | 1.7 |
Speak English less than "very well" | 842 | 0.5 |
Asian and Pacific Island languages | 2,300 | 1.2 |
Speak English less than "very well" | 795 | 0.4 |
ANCESTRY (single or multiple) | ||
Total population | 199,184 | 100.0 |
Total ancestries reported | 187,953 | 94.4 |
Arab | 364 | 0.2 |
Czech1 | 603 | 0.3 |
Danish | 488 | 0.2 |
Dutch | 2,283 | 1.1 |
English | 20,988 | 10.5 |
French (except Basque)1 | 4,598 | 2.3 |
French Canadian1 | 1,500 | 0.8 |
German | 20,453 | 10.3 |
Greek | 504 | 0.3 |
Hungarian | 599 | 0.3 |
Irish1 | 18,842 | 9.5 |
Italian | 8,231 | 4.1 |
Lithuanian | 238 | 0.1 |
Norwegian | 1,443 | 0.7 |
Polish | 3,988 | 2.0 |
Portuguese | 189 | 0.1 |
Russian | 588 | 0.3 |
Scotch-Irish | 3,781 | 1.9 |
Scottish | 4,133 | 2.1 |
Slovak | 411 | 0.2 |
Subsaharan African | 944 | 0.5 |
Swedish | 1,720 | 0.9 |
Swiss | 223 | 0.1 |
Ukrainian | 302 | 0.2 |
United States or American | 19,360 | 9.7 |
Welsh | 1,277 | 0.6 |
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) | 741 | 0.4 |
Other ancestries | 69,162 | 34.7 |
(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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