Rockbridge County, VA Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Rockbridge county virginia dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	4,498	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	169	3.8
Kindergarten	319	7.1
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	2,103	46.8
High school (grades 9-12)	1,128	25.1
College or graduate school	779	17.3

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	14,556	100.0
Less than 9th grade	2,149	14.8
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	2,078	14.3
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	4,708	32.3
Some college, no degree	2,261	15.5
Associate degree	638	4.4
Bachelor's degree	1,486	10.2
Graduate or professional degree	1,236	8.5

Percent high school graduate or higher	71.0	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	18.7	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	17,084	100.0
Never married	3,601	21.1
Now married, except separated	10,300	60.3
Separated	318	1.9
Widowed	1,235	7.2
Female	951	5.6
Divorced	1,630	9.5
Female	826	4.8

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	443	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	260	58.7

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	16,186	100.0
Civilian veterans	2,277	14.1

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	4,144	100.0
With a disability	453	10.9

Population 21 to 64 years	12,131	100.0
With a disability	2,700	22.3
Percent employed	57.6	(X)
No disability	9,431	77.7
Percent employed	78.8	(X)

Population 65 years and over	3,220	100.0
With a disability	1,208	37.5

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	19,712	100.0
Same house in 1995	12,756	64.7
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	6,778	34.4
Same county	3,673	18.6
Different county	3,105	15.8
Same state	1,569	8.0
Different state	1,536	7.8
Elsewhere in 1995	178	0.9

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	20,808	100.0
Native	20,392	98.0
Born in United States	20,302	97.6
State of residence	15,289	73.5
Different state	5,013	24.1
Born outside United States	90	0.4
Foreign born	416	2.0
Entered 1990 to March 2000	101	0.5
Naturalized citizen	211	1.0
Not a citizen	205	1.0

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	416	100.0
Europe	168	40.4
Asia	156	37.5
Africa	2	0.5
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	83	20.0
Northern America	7	1.7

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	19,712	100.0
English only	19,111	97.0
Language other than English	601	3.0
Speak English less than 'very well	192	1.0
Spanish	227	1.2
Speak English less than "very well"	105	0.5
Other Indo-European languages	315	1.6
Speak English less than "very well"	78	0.4
Asian and Pacific Island languages	38	0.2
Speak English less than "very well"	9	0.0

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	20,808	100.0
Total ancestries reported	17,183	82.6
Arab	45	0.2
Czech¹	77	0.4
Danish	48	0.2
Dutch	183	0.9
English	2,415	11.6
French (except Basque)¹	221	1.1
French Canadian¹	59	0.3
German	2,815	13.5
Greek	49	0.2
Hungarian	42	0.2
Irish¹	1,832	8.8
Italian	450	2.2
Lithuanian	26	0.1
Norwegian	121	0.6
Polish	184	0.9
Portuguese	9	0.0
Russian	82	0.4
Scotch-Irish	1,112	5.3
Scottish	407	2.0
Slovak	14	0.1
Subsaharan African	28	0.1
Swedish	98	0.5
Swiss	44	0.2
Ukrainian	20	0.1
United States or American	4,672	22.5
Welsh	120	0.6
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	0	0.0
Other ancestries	2,010	9.7

(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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