Wythe County, VA Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Wythe county virginia dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	5,862	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	367	6.3
Kindergarten	328	5.6
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	2,779	47.4
High school (grades 9-12)	1,364	23.3
College or graduate school	1,024	17.5

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	19,528	100.0
Less than 9th grade	2,770	14.2
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	3,050	15.6
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	6,334	32.4
Some college, no degree	3,536	18.1
Associate degree	1,472	7.5
Bachelor's degree	1,637	8.4
Graduate or professional degree	729	3.7

Percent high school graduate or higher	70.2	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	12.1	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	22,688	100.0
Never married	4,039	17.8
Now married, except separated	13,843	61.0
Separated	694	3.1
Widowed	1,837	8.1
Female	1,614	7.1
Divorced	2,275	10.0
Female	1,283	5.7

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	445	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	340	76.4

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	21,571	100.0
Civilian veterans	2,822	13.1

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	5,365	100.0
With a disability	368	6.9

Population 21 to 64 years	16,272	100.0
With a disability	3,834	23.6
Percent employed	48.0	(X)
No disability	12,438	76.4
Percent employed	78.7	(X)

Population 65 years and over	4,039	100.0
With a disability	1,958	48.5

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	26,083	100.0
Same house in 1995	16,986	65.1
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	9,001	34.5
Same county	5,092	19.5
Different county	3,909	15.0
Same state	2,260	8.7
Different state	1,649	6.3
Elsewhere in 1995	96	0.4

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	27,599	100.0
Native	27,459	99.5
Born in United States	27,395	99.3
State of residence	21,462	77.8
Different state	5,933	21.5
Born outside United States	64	0.2
Foreign born	140	0.5
Entered 1990 to March 2000	71	0.3
Naturalized citizen	61	0.2
Not a citizen	79	0.3

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	140	100.0
Europe	28	20.0
Asia	64	45.7
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	40	28.6
Northern America	8	5.7

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	26,083	100.0
English only	25,436	97.5
Language other than English	647	2.5
Speak English less than 'very well	201	0.8
Spanish	325	1.2
Speak English less than "very well"	123	0.5
Other Indo-European languages	272	1.0
Speak English less than "very well"	61	0.2
Asian and Pacific Island languages	37	0.1
Speak English less than "very well"	17	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	27,599	100.0
Total ancestries reported	19,625	71.1
Arab	0	0.0
Czech¹	0	0.0
Danish	41	0.1
Dutch	408	1.5
English	2,424	8.8
French (except Basque)¹	112	0.4
French Canadian¹	15	0.1
German	3,442	12.5
Greek	0	0.0
Hungarian	25	0.1
Irish¹	1,912	6.9
Italian	327	1.2
Lithuanian	10	0.0
Norwegian	43	0.2
Polish	122	0.4
Portuguese	0	0.0
Russian	0	0.0
Scotch-Irish	681	2.5
Scottish	324	1.2
Slovak	0	0.0
Subsaharan African	34	0.1
Swedish	81	0.3
Swiss	33	0.1
Ukrainian	0	0.0
United States or American	6,822	24.7
Welsh	65	0.2
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	0	0.0
Other ancestries	2,704	9.8

(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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