Bristol, VA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5109816, place: Bristol city, Virginia)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 3,677 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 269 (7.32%)
Kindergarten: 232 (6.31%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,608 (43.73%)
High school (grades 9-12): 776 (21.1%)
College or graduate school: 792 (21.54%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 12,366 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,530 (12.37%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,880 (15.2%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 3,623 (29.3%)
Some college, no degree: 2,445 (19.77%)
Associate degree: 782 (6.32%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,552 (12.55%)
Graduate or professional degree: 554 (4.48%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 72.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 17%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 14,483 (100%)
Never married: 2,751 (18.99%)
Now married, except separated: 7,842 (54.15%)
Separated: 401 (2.77%)
Total Widowed: 1,762 (12.17%)
Widowed Female: 1,524 (10.52%)
Total Divorced: 1,727 (11.92%)
Divorced Female: 1,240 (8.56%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 253 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 140 (55.34%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 13,854 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,821 (13.14%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 3,184 (100%)
--With a disability: 324 (10.18%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 9,526 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,198 (23.07%)
----Percent employed: 40.6%
--No disability: 7,328 (76.93%)
----Percent employed: 74.2%
Population 65 years and over: 3,416 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,631 (47.75%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 16,479 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 9,611 (58.32%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 6,786 (41.18%)
--Same county: 1,812 (11%)
--Different county: 4,974 (30.18%)
----Same state: 2,576 (15.63%)
----Different state: 2,398 (14.55%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 82 (0.5%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 17,367 (100%)
Native: 17,116 (98.55%)
--Born in United States: 17,047 (100%)
----State of residence: 8,264 (47.58%)
----Different state: 8,783 (50.57%)
--Born outside United States: 69 (0.4%)
Foreign born: 251 (1.45%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 124 (0.71%)
--Naturalized citizen: 140 (0.81%)
--Not a citizen: 111 (0.64%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 251 (100%)
Europe: 97 (38.65%)
Asia: 72 (28.69%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 8 (3.19%)
Latin America: 74 (29.48%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 16,479 (100%)
English only: 16,075 (97.55%)
Language other than English: 404 (2.45%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 154 (0.93%)
--Spanish: 174 (1.06%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 70 (0.42%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 152 (0.92%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 33 (0.2%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 78 (0.47%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 51 (0.31%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 17,367 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 13,237% (76.22%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 23 (0.13%)
Danish: 9 (0.05%)
Dutch: 306 (1.76%)
English: 1,777 (10.23%)
French (except Basque): 217 (1.25%)
French Canadian: 19 (0.11%)
German: 1,733 (9.98%)
Greek: 9 (0.05%)
Hungarian: 8 (0.05%)
Irish: 1,921 (11.06%)
Italian: 255 (1.47%)
Lithuanian: 24 (0.14%)
Norwegian: 39 (0.22%)
Polish: 121 (0.7%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 40 (0.23%)
Scotch-Irish: 582 (3.35%)
Scottish: 290 (1.67%)
Slovak: 5 (0.03%)
Subsaharan African: 52 (0.3%)
Swedish: 96 (0.55%)
Swiss: 6 (0.03%)
Ukrainian: 34 (0.2%)
United States or American: 3,147 (18.12%)
Welsh: 75 (0.43%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 2,449 (14.1%)

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