Valley Station, KY

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2178942, place: Valley Station CDP, Kentucky)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 5,413 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 338 (6.24%)
Kindergarten: 319 (5.89%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 2,625 (48.49%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,337 (24.7%)
College or graduate school: 794 (14.67%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 14,929 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,010 (6.77%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 2,357 (15.79%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 6,057 (40.57%)
Some college, no degree: 3,293 (22.06%)
Associate degree: 782 (5.24%)
Bachelor's degree: 898 (6.02%)
Graduate or professional degree: 532 (3.56%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 77.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 9.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 17,971 (100%)
Never married: 3,835 (21.34%)
Now married, except separated: 10,221 (56.87%)
Separated: 352 (1.96%)
Total Widowed: 1,575 (8.76%)
Widowed Female: 1,251 (6.96%)
Total Divorced: 1,988 (11.06%)
Divorced Female: 1,223 (6.81%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 645 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 263 (40.78%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 16,932 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 2,852 (16.84%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 5,160 (100%)
--With a disability: 531 (10.29%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 12,608 (100%)
--With a disability: 3,142 (24.92%)
----Percent employed: 63.2%
--No disability: 9,466 (75.08%)
----Percent employed: 80.2%
Population 65 years and over: 3,421 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,545 (45.16%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 21,226 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 13,125 (61.83%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 8,009 (37.73%)
--Same county: 6,450 (30.39%)
--Different county: 1,559 (7.34%)
----Same state: 637 (3%)
----Different state: 922 (4.34%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 92 (0.43%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 22,818 (100%)
Native: 22,397 (98.15%)
--Born in United States: 22,226 (100%)
----State of residence: 18,637 (81.68%)
----Different state: 3,589 (15.73%)
--Born outside United States: 171 (0.75%)
Foreign born: 421 (1.85%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 81 (0.35%)
--Naturalized citizen: 356 (1.56%)
--Not a citizen: 65 (0.28%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 421 (100%)
Europe: 243 (57.72%)
Asia: 87 (20.67%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 77 (18.29%)
Northern America: 14 (3.33%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 21,226 (100%)
English only: 20,572 (96.92%)
Language other than English: 654 (3.08%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 195 (0.92%)
--Spanish: 370 (1.74%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 138 (0.65%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 227 (1.07%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 45 (0.21%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 57 (0.27%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 12 (0.06%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 22,818 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 18,790% (82.35%)
Arab: 6 (0.03%)
Czech: 62 (0.27%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 498 (2.18%)
English: 2,082 (9.12%)
French (except Basque): 419 (1.84%)
French Canadian: 39 (0.17%)
German: 4,114 (18.03%)
Greek: 16 (0.07%)
Hungarian: 51 (0.22%)
Irish: 2,838 (12.44%)
Italian: 601 (2.63%)
Lithuanian: 28 (0.12%)
Norwegian: 18 (0.08%)
Polish: 91 (0.4%)
Portuguese: 11 (0.05%)
Russian: 47 (0.21%)
Scotch-Irish: 470 (2.06%)
Scottish: 325 (1.42%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 42 (0.18%)
Swiss: 86 (0.38%)
Ukrainian: 5 (0.02%)
United States or American: 4,111 (18.02%)
Welsh: 156 (0.68%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 2,674 (11.72%)

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