Burke, VA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5111464, place: Burke CDP, Virginia)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 18,147 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 1,195 (6.59%)
Kindergarten: 1,010 (5.57%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 7,531 (41.5%)
High school (grades 9-12): 4,495 (24.77%)
College or graduate school: 3,916 (21.58%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 37,545 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 912 (2.43%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,010 (2.69%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 4,618 (12.3%)
Some college, no degree: 6,532 (17.4%)
Associate degree: 2,307 (6.14%)
Bachelor's degree: 12,039 (32.07%)
Graduate or professional degree: 10,127 (26.97%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 94.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 59%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 44,985 (100%)
Never married: 10,684 (23.75%)
Now married, except separated: 29,008 (64.48%)
Separated: 694 (1.54%)
Total Widowed: 1,476 (3.28%)
Widowed Female: 1,265 (2.81%)
Total Divorced: 3,123 (6.94%)
Divorced Female: 2,261 (5.03%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 963 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 109 (11.32%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 40,429 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 6,526 (16.14%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 14,388 (100%)
--With a disability: 971 (6.75%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 35,489 (100%)
--With a disability: 3,010 (8.48%)
----Percent employed: 73.9%
--No disability: 32,479 (91.52%)
----Percent employed: 82.5%
Population 65 years and over: 2,815 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,007 (35.77%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 54,187 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 31,146 (57.48%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 20,215 (37.31%)
--Same county: 9,233 (17.04%)
--Different county: 10,982 (20.27%)
----Same state: 3,656 (6.75%)
----Different state: 7,326 (13.52%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 2,826 (5.22%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 57,651 (100%)
Native: 45,961 (79.72%)
--Born in United States: 44,288 (100%)
----State of residence: 13,482 (23.39%)
----Different state: 30,806 (53.44%)
--Born outside United States: 1,673 (2.9%)
Foreign born: 11,690 (20.28%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 3,887 (6.74%)
--Naturalized citizen: 6,230 (10.81%)
--Not a citizen: 5,460 (9.47%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 11,690 (100%)
Europe: 837 (7.16%)
Asia: 7,424 (63.51%)
Africa: 615 (5.26%)
Oceania: 60 (0.51%)
Latin America: 2,619 (22.4%)
Northern America: 135 (1.15%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 54,187 (100%)
English only: 40,041 (73.89%)
Language other than English: 14,146 (26.11%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5,427 (10.02%)
--Spanish: 3,888 (7.18%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,563 (2.88%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 3,517 (6.49%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 857 (1.58%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 5,794 (10.69%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2,881 (5.32%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 57,651 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 66,806% (115.88%)
Arab: 974 (1.69%)
Czech: 350 (0.61%)
Danish: 405 (0.7%)
Dutch: 572 (0.99%)
English: 7,072 (12.27%)
French (except Basque): 1,584 (2.75%)
French Canadian: 362 (0.63%)
German: 9,255 (16.05%)
Greek: 396 (0.69%)
Hungarian: 339 (0.59%)
Irish: 7,717 (13.39%)
Italian: 3,814 (6.62%)
Lithuanian: 252 (0.44%)
Norwegian: 693 (1.2%)
Polish: 2,083 (3.61%)
Portuguese: 235 (0.41%)
Russian: 845 (1.47%)
Scotch-Irish: 1,347 (2.34%)
Scottish: 1,862 (3.23%)
Slovak: 404 (0.7%)
Subsaharan African: 598 (1.04%)
Swedish: 873 (1.51%)
Swiss: 215 (0.37%)
Ukrainian: 255 (0.44%)
United States or American: 2,627 (4.56%)
Welsh: 582 (1.01%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 83 (0.14%)
Other ancestries: 21,012 (36.45%)

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