Roanoke County, VA Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Roanoke county virginia dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	20,624	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	1,540	7.5
Kindergarten	1,176	5.7
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	9,244	44.8
High school (grades 9-12)	4,712	22.8
College or graduate school	3,952	19.2

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	60,771	100.0
Less than 9th grade	3,590	5.9
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	5,062	8.3
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	16,907	27.8
Some college, no degree	13,066	21.5
Associate degree	4,995	8.2
Bachelor's degree	11,452	18.8
Graduate or professional degree	5,699	9.4

Percent high school graduate or higher	85.8	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	28.2	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	69,734	100.0
Never married	13,152	18.9
Now married, except separated	43,341	62.2
Separated	1,210	1.7
Widowed	5,477	7.9
Female	4,550	6.5
Divorced	6,554	9.4
Female	4,012	5.8

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	1,279	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	553	43.2

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	66,246	100.0
Civilian veterans	9,944	15.0

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	17,715	100.0
With a disability	1,294	7.3

Population 21 to 64 years	49,824	100.0
With a disability	7,554	15.2
Percent employed	61.0	(X)
No disability	42,270	84.8
Percent employed	82.8	(X)

Population 65 years and over	12,342	100.0
With a disability	4,577	37.1

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	81,272	100.0
Same house in 1995	47,127	58.0
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	33,329	41.0
Same county	9,065	11.2
Different county	24,264	29.9
Same state	16,749	20.6
Different state	7,515	9.2
Elsewhere in 1995	816	1.0

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	85,778	100.0
Native	83,147	96.9
Born in United States	82,448	96.1
State of residence	55,703	64.9
Different state	26,745	31.2
Born outside United States	699	0.8
Foreign born	2,631	3.1
Entered 1990 to March 2000	1,142	1.3
Naturalized citizen	1,231	1.4
Not a citizen	1,400	1.6

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	2,631	100.0
Europe	787	29.9
Asia	903	34.3
Africa	249	9.5
Oceania	16	0.6
Latin America	527	20.0
Northern America	149	5.7

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	81,272	100.0
English only	77,166	94.9
Language other than English	4,106	5.1
Speak English less than 'very well	1,231	1.5
Spanish	1,694	2.1
Speak English less than "very well"	470	0.6
Other Indo-European languages	1,661	2.0
Speak English less than "very well"	383	0.5
Asian and Pacific Island languages	505	0.6
Speak English less than "very well"	330	0.4

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	85,778	100.0
Total ancestries reported	76,371	89.0
Arab	497	0.6
Czech¹	306	0.4
Danish	114	0.1
Dutch	1,016	1.2
English	12,619	14.7
French (except Basque)¹	1,939	2.3
French Canadian¹	251	0.3
German	12,645	14.7
Greek	169	0.2
Hungarian	323	0.4
Irish¹	9,646	11.2
Italian	2,495	2.9
Lithuanian	107	0.1
Norwegian	356	0.4
Polish	1,200	1.4
Portuguese	59	0.1
Russian	373	0.4
Scotch-Irish	2,937	3.4
Scottish	2,706	3.2
Slovak	107	0.1
Subsaharan African	235	0.3
Swedish	556	0.6
Swiss	185	0.2
Ukrainian	136	0.2
United States or American	13,375	15.6
Welsh	629	0.7
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	161	0.2
Other ancestries	11,229	13.1

(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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