Drakes Branch, VA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5123376, place: Drakes Branch town, Virginia)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 133 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 21 (15.79%)
Kindergarten: 4 (3.01%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 62 (46.62%)
High school (grades 9-12): 34 (25.56%)
College or graduate school: 12 (9.02%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 343 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 52 (15.16%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 70 (20.41%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 103 (30.03%)
Some college, no degree: 46 (13.41%)
Associate degree: 23 (6.71%)
Bachelor's degree: 30 (8.75%)
Graduate or professional degree: 19 (5.54%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 64.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 14.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 404 (100%)
Never married: 105 (25.99%)
Now married, except separated: 180 (44.55%)
Separated: 22 (5.45%)
Total Widowed: 41 (10.15%)
Widowed Female: 32 (7.92%)
Total Divorced: 56 (13.86%)
Divorced Female: 19 (4.7%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 6 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 4 (66.67%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 388 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 62 (15.98%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 117 (100%)
--With a disability: 31 (26.5%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 272 (100%)
--With a disability: 79 (29.04%)
----Percent employed: 38%
--No disability: 193 (70.96%)
----Percent employed: 82.4%
Population 65 years and over: 91 (100%)
--With a disability: 37 (40.66%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 480 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 316 (65.83%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 164 (34.17%)
--Same county: 91 (18.96%)
--Different county: 73 (15.21%)
----Same state: 34 (7.08%)
----Different state: 39 (8.13%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 505 (100%)
Native: 505 (100%)
--Born in United States: 503 (100%)
----State of residence: 415 (82.18%)
----Different state: 88 (17.43%)
--Born outside United States: 2 (0.4%)
Foreign born: 0 (0%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 0 (0%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 0
Europe: 0
Asia: 0
Africa: 0
Oceania: 0
Latin America: 0
Northern America: 0

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 480 (100%)
English only: 468 (97.5%)
Language other than English: 12 (2.5%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3 (0.63%)
--Spanish: 7 (1.46%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 5 (1.04%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3 (0.63%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 505 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 441% (87.33%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 0 (0%)
English: 44 (8.71%)
French (except Basque): 0 (0%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 8 (1.58%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 3 (0.59%)
Irish: 14 (2.77%)
Italian: 5 (0.99%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 1 (0.2%)
Scotch-Irish: 6 (1.19%)
Scottish: 7 (1.39%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 9 (1.78%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 124 (24.55%)
Welsh: 4 (0.79%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 216 (42.77%)

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