Bensley, VA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5106728, place: Bensley CDP, Virginia)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,465 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 86 (5.87%)
Kindergarten: 132 (9.01%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 654 (44.64%)
High school (grades 9-12): 299 (20.41%)
College or graduate school: 294 (20.07%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 3,377 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 390 (11.55%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 763 (22.59%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,165 (34.5%)
Some college, no degree: 724 (21.44%)
Associate degree: 104 (3.08%)
Bachelor's degree: 201 (5.95%)
Graduate or professional degree: 30 (0.89%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 65.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 6.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 4,238 (100%)
Never married: 1,242 (29.31%)
Now married, except separated: 1,941 (45.8%)
Separated: 201 (4.74%)
Total Widowed: 221 (5.21%)
Widowed Female: 156 (3.68%)
Total Divorced: 633 (14.94%)
Divorced Female: 351 (8.28%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 154 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 92 (59.74%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 4,011 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 548 (13.66%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,332 (100%)
--With a disability: 176 (13.21%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 3,274 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,053 (32.16%)
----Percent employed: 55.4%
--No disability: 2,221 (67.84%)
----Percent employed: 75.3%
Population 65 years and over: 441 (100%)
--With a disability: 199 (45.12%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 5,063 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,280 (45.03%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,484 (49.06%)
--Same county: 1,247 (24.63%)
--Different county: 1,237 (24.43%)
----Same state: 744 (14.69%)
----Different state: 493 (9.74%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 299 (5.91%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 5,450 (100%)
Native: 4,777 (87.65%)
--Born in United States: 4,741 (100%)
----State of residence: 3,389 (62.18%)
----Different state: 1,352 (24.81%)
--Born outside United States: 36 (0.66%)
Foreign born: 673 (12.35%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 425 (7.8%)
--Naturalized citizen: 208 (3.82%)
--Not a citizen: 465 (8.53%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 673 (100%)
Europe: 76 (11.29%)
Asia: 180 (26.75%)
Africa: 7 (1.04%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 410 (60.92%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 5,063 (100%)
English only: 4,174 (82.44%)
Language other than English: 889 (17.56%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 505 (9.97%)
--Spanish: 581 (11.48%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 330 (6.52%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 155 (3.06%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 56 (1.11%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 153 (3.02%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 119 (2.35%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 5,450 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 4,259% (78.15%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 4 (0.07%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 38 (0.7%)
English: 312 (5.72%)
French (except Basque): 122 (2.24%)
French Canadian: 17 (0.31%)
German: 407 (7.47%)
Greek: 14 (0.26%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 199 (3.65%)
Italian: 70 (1.28%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 3 (0.06%)
Polish: 25 (0.46%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 5 (0.09%)
Scotch-Irish: 80 (1.47%)
Scottish: 24 (0.44%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 16 (0.29%)
Swedish: 38 (0.7%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 11 (0.2%)
United States or American: 620 (11.38%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 32 (0.59%)
Other ancestries: 2,222 (40.77%)

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