Blue Ridge, VA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5108200, place: Blue Ridge CDP, Virginia)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 818 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 69 (8.44%)
Kindergarten: 30 (3.67%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 408 (49.88%)
High school (grades 9-12): 151 (18.46%)
College or graduate school: 160 (19.56%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,408 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 110 (4.57%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 223 (9.26%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 829 (34.43%)
Some college, no degree: 555 (23.05%)
Associate degree: 156 (6.48%)
Bachelor's degree: 390 (16.2%)
Graduate or professional degree: 145 (6.02%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 86.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 22.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,706 (100%)
Never married: 442 (16.33%)
Now married, except separated: 1,965 (72.62%)
Separated: 16 (0.59%)
Total Widowed: 152 (5.62%)
Widowed Female: 143 (5.28%)
Total Divorced: 131 (4.84%)
Divorced Female: 57 (2.11%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 38 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0 (0%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,577 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 512 (19.87%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 731 (100%)
--With a disability: 107 (14.64%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,028 (100%)
--With a disability: 287 (14.15%)
----Percent employed: 57.8%
--No disability: 1,741 (85.85%)
----Percent employed: 83.5%
Population 65 years and over: 419 (100%)
--With a disability: 157 (37.47%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 3,178 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,291 (72.09%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 887 (27.91%)
--Same county: 282 (8.87%)
--Different county: 605 (19.04%)
----Same state: 348 (10.95%)
----Different state: 257 (8.09%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 3,340 (100%)
Native: 3,335 (99.85%)
--Born in United States: 3,326 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,478 (74.19%)
----Different state: 848 (25.39%)
--Born outside United States: 9 (0.27%)
Foreign born: 5 (0.15%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 5 (0.15%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 5 (100%)
Europe: 5 (100%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 3,178 (100%)
English only: 3,128 (98.43%)
Language other than English: 50 (1.57%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 33 (1.04%)
--Spanish: 26 (0.82%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 26 (0.82%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 24 (0.76%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7 (0.22%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 3,340 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,906% (87.01%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 8 (0.24%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 185 (5.54%)
English: 300 (8.98%)
French (except Basque): 67 (2.01%)
French Canadian: 23 (0.69%)
German: 360 (10.78%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 6 (0.18%)
Irish: 484 (14.49%)
Italian: 78 (2.34%)
Lithuanian: 24 (0.72%)
Norwegian: 25 (0.75%)
Polish: 46 (1.38%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 17 (0.51%)
Scotch-Irish: 90 (2.69%)
Scottish: 103 (3.08%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 7 (0.21%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 585 (17.51%)
Welsh: 5 (0.15%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 493 (14.76%)

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