Chatham, VA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5115000, place: Chatham town, Virginia)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 307 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 31 (10.1%)
Kindergarten: 13 (4.23%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 138 (44.95%)
High school (grades 9-12): 89 (28.99%)
College or graduate school: 36 (11.73%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 971 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 80 (8.24%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 139 (14.32%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 222 (22.86%)
Some college, no degree: 181 (18.64%)
Associate degree: 28 (2.88%)
Bachelor's degree: 193 (19.88%)
Graduate or professional degree: 128 (13.18%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 77.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 33.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,126 (100%)
Never married: 263 (23.36%)
Now married, except separated: 559 (49.64%)
Separated: 43 (3.82%)
Total Widowed: 110 (9.77%)
Widowed Female: 101 (8.97%)
Total Divorced: 151 (13.41%)
Divorced Female: 48 (4.26%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 23 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 14 (60.87%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,062 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 176 (16.57%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 253 (100%)
--With a disability: 16 (6.32%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 690 (100%)
--With a disability: 138 (20%)
----Percent employed: 60.1%
--No disability: 552 (80%)
----Percent employed: 80.6%
Population 65 years and over: 229 (100%)
--With a disability: 115 (50.22%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,291 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 847 (65.61%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 436 (33.77%)
--Same county: 187 (14.48%)
--Different county: 249 (19.29%)
----Same state: 125 (9.68%)
----Different state: 124 (9.6%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 8 (0.62%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,349 (100%)
Native: 1,330 (98.59%)
--Born in United States: 1,321 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,001 (74.2%)
----Different state: 320 (23.72%)
--Born outside United States: 9 (0.67%)
Foreign born: 19 (1.41%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 8 (0.59%)
--Not a citizen: 11 (0.82%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 19 (100%)
Europe: 7 (36.84%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 3 (15.79%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 3 (15.79%)
Northern America: 6 (31.58%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,291 (100%)
English only: 1,281 (99.23%)
Language other than English: 10 (0.77%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.15%)
--Spanish: 2 (0.15%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.15%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 8 (0.62%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,349 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,199% (88.88%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 3 (0.22%)
English: 247 (18.31%)
French (except Basque): 13 (0.96%)
French Canadian: 17 (1.26%)
German: 168 (12.45%)
Greek: 5 (0.37%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 114 (8.45%)
Italian: 22 (1.63%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 4 (0.3%)
Polish: 10 (0.74%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 35 (2.59%)
Scottish: 40 (2.97%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 5 (0.37%)
Swedish: 2 (0.15%)
Swiss: 2 (0.15%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 138 (10.23%)
Welsh: 9 (0.67%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 365 (27.06%)

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