Cheriton, VA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5115112, place: Cheriton town, Virginia)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 78 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 8 (10.26%)
Kindergarten: 7 (8.97%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 36 (46.15%)
High school (grades 9-12): 21 (26.92%)
College or graduate school: 6 (7.69%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 386 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 50 (12.95%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 59 (15.28%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 158 (40.93%)
Some college, no degree: 50 (12.95%)
Associate degree: 21 (5.44%)
Bachelor's degree: 34 (8.81%)
Graduate or professional degree: 14 (3.63%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 71.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 12.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 419 (100%)
Never married: 98 (23.39%)
Now married, except separated: 218 (52.03%)
Separated: 22 (5.25%)
Total Widowed: 50 (11.93%)
Widowed Female: 43 (10.26%)
Total Divorced: 31 (7.4%)
Divorced Female: 17 (4.06%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 18 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 9 (50%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 411 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 57 (13.87%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 80 (100%)
--With a disability: 0 (0%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 288 (100%)
--With a disability: 90 (31.25%)
----Percent employed: 63.3%
--No disability: 198 (68.75%)
----Percent employed: 77.8%
Population 65 years and over: 113 (100%)
--With a disability: 52 (46.02%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 481 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 308 (64.03%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 168 (34.93%)
--Same county: 107 (22.25%)
--Different county: 61 (12.68%)
----Same state: 33 (6.86%)
----Different state: 28 (5.82%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 5 (1.04%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 513 (100%)
Native: 511 (99.61%)
--Born in United States: 511 (100%)
----State of residence: 357 (69.59%)
----Different state: 154 (30.02%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 2 (0.39%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 2 (0.39%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 2 (100%)
Europe: 2 (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: 481 (100%)
English only: 472 (98.13%)
Language other than English: 9 (1.87%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Spanish: 7 (1.46%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 2 (0.42%)
----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: 513 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 447% (87.13%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 0 (0%)
English: 82 (15.98%)
French (except Basque): 7 (1.36%)
French Canadian: 9 (1.75%)
German: 36 (7.02%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 31 (6.04%)
Italian: 12 (2.34%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 2 (0.39%)
Polish: 3 (0.58%)
Portuguese: 2 (0.39%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 11 (2.14%)
Scottish: 2 (0.39%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 33 (6.43%)
Swedish: 3 (0.58%)
Swiss: 10 (1.95%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 66 (12.87%)
Welsh: 6 (1.17%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 132 (25.73%)

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