Lancaster County, VA Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Lancaster county virginia dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	2,169	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	167	7.7
Kindergarten	109	5.0
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	1,127	52.0
High school (grades 9-12)	569	26.2
College or graduate school	197	9.1

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	8,841	100.0
Less than 9th grade	881	10.0
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	1,381	15.6
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	2,468	27.9
Some college, no degree	1,480	16.7
Associate degree	466	5.3
Bachelor's degree	1,349	15.3
Graduate or professional degree	816	9.2

Percent high school graduate or higher	74.4	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	24.5	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	9,735	100.0
Never married	1,549	15.9
Now married, except separated	6,175	63.4
Separated	189	1.9
Widowed	1,225	12.6
Female	1,004	10.3
Divorced	597	6.1
Female	290	3.0

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	277	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	107	38.6

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	9,363	100.0
Civilian veterans	1,795	19.2

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	2,024	100.0
With a disability	165	8.2

Population 21 to 64 years	5,775	100.0
With a disability	1,175	20.3
Percent employed	48.3	(X)
No disability	4,600	79.7
Percent employed	68.8	(X)

Population 65 years and over	2,980	100.0
With a disability	991	33.3

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	11,134	100.0
Same house in 1995	7,100	63.8
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	3,979	35.7
Same county	1,842	16.5
Different county	2,137	19.2
Same state	1,189	10.7
Different state	948	8.5
Elsewhere in 1995	55	0.5

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	11,567	100.0
Native	11,366	98.3
Born in United States	11,293	97.6
State of residence	7,398	64.0
Different state	3,895	33.7
Born outside United States	73	0.6
Foreign born	201	1.7
Entered 1990 to March 2000	37	0.3
Naturalized citizen	112	1.0
Not a citizen	89	0.8

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	201	100.0
Europe	121	60.2
Asia	51	25.4
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	6	3.0
Northern America	23	11.4

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	11,134	100.0
English only	10,766	96.7
Language other than English	368	3.3
Speak English less than 'very well	132	1.2
Spanish	123	1.1
Speak English less than "very well"	56	0.5
Other Indo-European languages	202	1.8
Speak English less than "very well"	57	0.5
Asian and Pacific Island languages	33	0.3
Speak English less than "very well"	17	0.2

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	11,567	100.0
Total ancestries reported	10,228	88.4
Arab	21	0.2
Czech¹	0	0.0
Danish	23	0.2
Dutch	112	1.0
English	2,066	17.9
French (except Basque)¹	233	2.0
French Canadian¹	23	0.2
German	1,115	9.6
Greek	2	0.0
Hungarian	23	0.2
Irish¹	877	7.6
Italian	244	2.1
Lithuanian	2	0.0
Norwegian	58	0.5
Polish	71	0.6
Portuguese	13	0.1
Russian	21	0.2
Scotch-Irish	220	1.9
Scottish	360	3.1
Slovak	4	0.0
Subsaharan African	39	0.3
Swedish	63	0.5
Swiss	24	0.2
Ukrainian	5	0.0
United States or American	1,489	12.9
Welsh	92	0.8
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	2	0.0
Other ancestries	3,026	26.2

(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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