Floyd County, VA Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Floyd county virginia dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	2,800	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	226	8.1
Kindergarten	148	5.3
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	1,401	50.0
High school (grades 9-12)	620	22.1
College or graduate school	405	14.5

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	9,836	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,580	16.1
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	1,365	13.9
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	3,759	38.2
Some college, no degree	1,413	14.4
Associate degree	489	5.0
Bachelor's degree	793	8.1
Graduate or professional degree	437	4.4

Percent high school graduate or higher	70.1	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	12.5	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	11,324	100.0
Never married	1,949	17.2
Now married, except separated	7,382	65.2
Separated	218	1.9
Widowed	817	7.2
Female	711	6.3
Divorced	958	8.5
Female	459	4.1

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	161	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	86	53.4

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	10,778	100.0
Civilian veterans	1,347	12.5

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	2,744	100.0
With a disability	262	9.5

Population 21 to 64 years	8,145	100.0
With a disability	1,667	20.5
Percent employed	54.8	(X)
No disability	6,478	79.5
Percent employed	76.7	(X)

Population 65 years and over	2,137	100.0
With a disability	967	45.3

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	13,080	100.0
Same house in 1995	8,478	64.8
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	4,480	34.3
Same county	1,941	14.8
Different county	2,539	19.4
Same state	1,530	11.7
Different state	1,009	7.7
Elsewhere in 1995	122	0.9

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	13,874	100.0
Native	13,663	98.5
Born in United States	13,628	98.2
State of residence	10,268	74.0
Different state	3,360	24.2
Born outside United States	35	0.3
Foreign born	211	1.5
Entered 1990 to March 2000	91	0.7
Naturalized citizen	66	0.5
Not a citizen	145	1.0

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	211	100.0
Europe	44	20.9
Asia	17	8.1
Africa	10	4.7
Oceania	12	5.7
Latin America	120	56.9
Northern America	8	3.8

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	13,080	100.0
English only	12,697	97.1
Language other than English	383	2.9
Speak English less than 'very well	152	1.2
Spanish	222	1.7
Speak English less than "very well"	97	0.7
Other Indo-European languages	152	1.2
Speak English less than "very well"	55	0.4
Asian and Pacific Island languages	9	0.1
Speak English less than "very well"	0	0.0

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	13,874	100.0
Total ancestries reported	10,742	77.4
Arab	0	0.0
Czech¹	12	0.1
Danish	14	0.1
Dutch	219	1.6
English	1,485	10.7
French (except Basque)¹	205	1.5
French Canadian¹	90	0.6
German	1,559	11.2
Greek	13	0.1
Hungarian	25	0.2
Irish¹	855	6.2
Italian	311	2.2
Lithuanian	31	0.2
Norwegian	47	0.3
Polish	158	1.1
Portuguese	35	0.3
Russian	21	0.2
Scotch-Irish	376	2.7
Scottish	189	1.4
Slovak	4	0.0
Subsaharan African	12	0.1
Swedish	67	0.5
Swiss	63	0.5
Ukrainian	0	0.0
United States or American	3,409	24.6
Welsh	106	0.8
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	0	0.0
Other ancestries	1,436	10.4

(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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