Christiansburg, VA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5116608, place: Christiansburg town, Virginia)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 4,312 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 297 (6.89%)
Kindergarten: 272 (6.31%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,676 (38.87%)
High school (grades 9-12): 936 (21.71%)
College or graduate school: 1,131 (26.23%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 11,535 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 848 (7.35%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,242 (10.77%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 3,035 (26.31%)
Some college, no degree: 2,485 (21.54%)
Associate degree: 1,029 (8.92%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,849 (16.03%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,047 (9.08%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 81.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 25.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 13,568 (100%)
Never married: 2,828 (20.84%)
Now married, except separated: 8,030 (59.18%)
Separated: 352 (2.59%)
Total Widowed: 1,014 (7.47%)
Widowed Female: 885 (6.52%)
Total Divorced: 1,344 (9.91%)
Divorced Female: 787 (5.8%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 216 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 136 (62.96%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 12,811 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,695 (13.23%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 3,315 (100%)
--With a disability: 258 (7.78%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 10,168 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,759 (17.3%)
----Percent employed: 50%
--No disability: 8,409 (82.7%)
----Percent employed: 86.8%
Population 65 years and over: 1,985 (100%)
--With a disability: 784 (39.5%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 15,753 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 7,987 (50.7%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 7,494 (47.57%)
--Same county: 4,342 (27.56%)
--Different county: 3,152 (20.01%)
----Same state: 1,488 (9.45%)
----Different state: 1,664 (10.56%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 272 (1.73%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 16,976 (100%)
Native: 16,728 (98.54%)
--Born in United States: 16,619 (100%)
----State of residence: 11,670 (68.74%)
----Different state: 4,949 (29.15%)
--Born outside United States: 109 (0.64%)
Foreign born: 248 (1.46%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 117 (0.69%)
--Naturalized citizen: 72 (0.42%)
--Not a citizen: 176 (1.04%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 248 (100%)
Europe: 91 (36.69%)
Asia: 58 (23.39%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 28 (11.29%)
Northern America: 71 (28.63%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 15,753 (100%)
English only: 15,443 (98.03%)
Language other than English: 310 (1.97%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 147 (0.93%)
--Spanish: 127 (0.81%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 55 (0.35%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 133 (0.84%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 85 (0.54%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 43 (0.27%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7 (0.04%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 16,976 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 13,814% (81.37%)
Arab: 25 (0.15%)
Czech: 19 (0.11%)
Danish: 24 (0.14%)
Dutch: 251 (1.48%)
English: 2,363 (13.92%)
French (except Basque): 225 (1.33%)
French Canadian: 47 (0.28%)
German: 2,369 (13.95%)
Greek: 42 (0.25%)
Hungarian: 48 (0.28%)
Irish: 1,792 (10.56%)
Italian: 298 (1.76%)
Lithuanian: 6 (0.04%)
Norwegian: 67 (0.39%)
Polish: 214 (1.26%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 7 (0.04%)
Scotch-Irish: 600 (3.53%)
Scottish: 404 (2.38%)
Slovak: 33 (0.19%)
Subsaharan African: 90 (0.53%)
Swedish: 84 (0.49%)
Swiss: 6 (0.04%)
Ukrainian: 11 (0.06%)
United States or American: 2,768 (16.31%)
Welsh: 110 (0.65%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 19 (0.11%)
Other ancestries: 1,892 (11.15%)

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