Chincoteague, VA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5116512, place: Chincoteague town, Virginia)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 692 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 36 (5.2%)
Kindergarten: 26 (3.76%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 397 (57.37%)
High school (grades 9-12): 131 (18.93%)
College or graduate school: 102 (14.74%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 3,209 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 321 (10%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 598 (18.64%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,115 (34.75%)
Some college, no degree: 566 (17.64%)
Associate degree: 124 (3.86%)
Bachelor's degree: 313 (9.75%)
Graduate or professional degree: 172 (5.36%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 71.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 15.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 3,700 (100%)
Never married: 778 (21.03%)
Now married, except separated: 2,095 (56.62%)
Separated: 109 (2.95%)
Total Widowed: 339 (9.16%)
Widowed Female: 283 (7.65%)
Total Divorced: 379 (10.24%)
Divorced Female: 167 (4.51%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 51 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 42 (82.35%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 3,526 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 633 (17.95%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 725 (100%)
--With a disability: 33 (4.55%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,488 (100%)
--With a disability: 530 (21.3%)
----Percent employed: 61.3%
--No disability: 1,958 (78.7%)
----Percent employed: 76.1%
Population 65 years and over: 906 (100%)
--With a disability: 323 (35.65%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 4,149 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,319 (55.89%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,802 (43.43%)
--Same county: 851 (20.51%)
--Different county: 951 (22.92%)
----Same state: 128 (3.09%)
----Different state: 823 (19.84%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 28 (0.67%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 4,317 (100%)
Native: 4,242 (98.26%)
--Born in United States: 4,222 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,908 (44.2%)
----Different state: 2,314 (53.6%)
--Born outside United States: 20 (0.46%)
Foreign born: 75 (1.74%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 46 (1.07%)
--Not a citizen: 29 (0.67%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 75 (100%)
Europe: 22 (29.33%)
Asia: 41 (54.67%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 12 (16%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 4,149 (100%)
English only: 3,984 (96.02%)
Language other than English: 165 (3.98%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 49 (1.18%)
--Spanish: 89 (2.15%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 12 (0.29%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 35 (0.84%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 18 (0.43%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 36 (0.87%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 19 (0.46%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 4,317 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 3,769% (87.31%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 5 (0.12%)
Danish: 5 (0.12%)
Dutch: 43 (1%)
English: 812 (18.81%)
French (except Basque): 80 (1.85%)
French Canadian: 6 (0.14%)
German: 618 (14.32%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 69 (1.6%)
Irish: 488 (11.3%)
Italian: 216 (5%)
Lithuanian: 11 (0.25%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 44 (1.02%)
Portuguese: 5 (0.12%)
Russian: 10 (0.23%)
Scotch-Irish: 74 (1.71%)
Scottish: 45 (1.04%)
Slovak: 10 (0.23%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 13 (0.3%)
Swiss: 12 (0.28%)
Ukrainian: 12 (0.28%)
United States or American: 651 (15.08%)
Welsh: 55 (1.27%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 485 (11.23%)

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