Hanover County, VA Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Hanover county virginia dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	23,954	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	2,117	8.8
Kindergarten	1,349	5.6
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	10,878	45.4
High school (grades 9-12)	5,309	22.2
College or graduate school	4,301	18.0

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	56,892	100.0
Less than 9th grade	2,247	3.9
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	5,370	9.4
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	16,401	28.8
Some college, no degree	13,441	23.6
Associate degree	3,109	5.5
Bachelor's degree	11,245	19.8
Graduate or professional degree	5,079	8.9

Percent high school graduate or higher	86.6	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	28.7	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	67,002	100.0
Never married	13,253	19.8
Now married, except separated	43,310	64.6
Separated	1,181	1.8
Widowed	3,688	5.5
Female	2,976	4.4
Divorced	5,570	8.3
Female	3,271	4.9

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	1,367	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	551	40.3

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	62,861	100.0
Civilian veterans	8,783	14.0

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	20,468	100.0
With a disability	1,269	6.2

Population 21 to 64 years	50,139	100.0
With a disability	6,622	13.2
Percent employed	67.1	(X)
No disability	43,517	86.8
Percent employed	84.2	(X)

Population 65 years and over	8,923	100.0
With a disability	3,534	39.6

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	80,643	100.0
Same house in 1995	45,981	57.0
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	34,206	42.4
Same county	11,437	14.2
Different county	22,769	28.2
Same state	16,098	20.0
Different state	6,671	8.3
Elsewhere in 1995	456	0.6

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	86,320	100.0
Native	84,793	98.2
Born in United States	84,141	97.5
State of residence	59,364	68.8
Different state	24,777	28.7
Born outside United States	652	0.8
Foreign born	1,527	1.8
Entered 1990 to March 2000	518	0.6
Naturalized citizen	792	0.9
Not a citizen	735	0.9

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	1,527	100.0
Europe	522	34.2
Asia	405	26.5
Africa	111	7.3
Oceania	14	0.9
Latin America	312	20.4
Northern America	163	10.7

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	80,643	100.0
English only	77,707	96.4
Language other than English	2,936	3.6
Speak English less than 'very well	849	1.1
Spanish	1,385	1.7
Speak English less than "very well"	442	0.5
Other Indo-European languages	1,076	1.3
Speak English less than "very well"	251	0.3
Asian and Pacific Island languages	302	0.4
Speak English less than "very well"	123	0.2

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	86,320	100.0
Total ancestries reported	85,078	98.6
Arab	333	0.4
Czech¹	322	0.4
Danish	281	0.3
Dutch	1,018	1.2
English	15,118	17.5
French (except Basque)¹	2,219	2.6
French Canadian¹	448	0.5
German	12,205	14.1
Greek	247	0.3
Hungarian	296	0.3
Irish¹	10,308	11.9
Italian	3,640	4.2
Lithuanian	123	0.1
Norwegian	664	0.8
Polish	1,323	1.5
Portuguese	108	0.1
Russian	436	0.5
Scotch-Irish	3,092	3.6
Scottish	2,562	3.0
Slovak	190	0.2
Subsaharan African	626	0.7
Swedish	461	0.5
Swiss	194	0.2
Ukrainian	138	0.2
United States or American	13,299	15.4
Welsh	593	0.7
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	72	0.1
Other ancestries	14,762	17.1

(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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