Ashland, VA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5103368, place: Ashland town, Virginia)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,334 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 87 (3.73%)
Kindergarten: 122 (5.23%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 600 (25.71%)
High school (grades 9-12): 295 (12.64%)
College or graduate school: 1,230 (52.7%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 3,781 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 258 (6.82%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 554 (14.65%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,267 (33.51%)
Some college, no degree: 679 (17.96%)
Associate degree: 241 (6.37%)
Bachelor's degree: 421 (11.13%)
Graduate or professional degree: 361 (9.55%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 78.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 20.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 5,456 (100%)
Never married: 2,056 (37.68%)
Now married, except separated: 2,107 (38.62%)
Separated: 112 (2.05%)
Total Widowed: 465 (8.52%)
Widowed Female: 398 (7.29%)
Total Divorced: 716 (13.12%)
Divorced Female: 446 (8.17%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 112 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 56 (50%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 5,249 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 620 (11.81%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,859 (100%)
--With a disability: 191 (10.27%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 3,476 (100%)
--With a disability: 682 (19.62%)
----Percent employed: 56.3%
--No disability: 2,794 (80.38%)
----Percent employed: 75.8%
Population 65 years and over: 686 (100%)
--With a disability: 323 (47.08%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 6,249 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,277 (36.44%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 3,925 (62.81%)
--Same county: 1,260 (20.16%)
--Different county: 2,665 (42.65%)
----Same state: 1,769 (28.31%)
----Different state: 896 (14.34%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 47 (0.75%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 6,597 (100%)
Native: 6,527 (98.94%)
--Born in United States: 6,452 (100%)
----State of residence: 4,019 (60.92%)
----Different state: 2,433 (36.88%)
--Born outside United States: 75 (1.14%)
Foreign born: 70 (1.06%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 33 (0.5%)
--Naturalized citizen: 29 (0.44%)
--Not a citizen: 41 (0.62%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 70 (100%)
Europe: 36 (51.43%)
Asia: 22 (31.43%)
Africa: 12 (17.14%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 6,249 (100%)
English only: 5,997 (95.97%)
Language other than English: 252 (4.03%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 72 (1.15%)
--Spanish: 154 (2.46%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 32 (0.51%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 77 (1.23%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 31 (0.5%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 9 (0.14%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 9 (0.14%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 6,597 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 6,804% (103.14%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 59 (0.89%)
Danish: 7 (0.11%)
Dutch: 71 (1.08%)
English: 780 (11.82%)
French (except Basque): 192 (2.91%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 947 (14.36%)
Greek: 21 (0.32%)
Hungarian: 20 (0.3%)
Irish: 855 (12.96%)
Italian: 377 (5.71%)
Lithuanian: 7 (0.11%)
Norwegian: 29 (0.44%)
Polish: 130 (1.97%)
Portuguese: 19 (0.29%)
Russian: 17 (0.26%)
Scotch-Irish: 250 (3.79%)
Scottish: 131 (1.99%)
Slovak: 13 (0.2%)
Subsaharan African: 69 (1.05%)
Swedish: 15 (0.23%)
Swiss: 8 (0.12%)
Ukrainian: 35 (0.53%)
United States or American: 724 (10.97%)
Welsh: 73 (1.11%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 1,955 (29.63%)

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