Falls Church, VA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5127200, place: Falls Church city, Virginia)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,683 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 219 (8.16%)
Kindergarten: 148 (5.52%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,110 (41.37%)
High school (grades 9-12): 570 (21.24%)
College or graduate school: 636 (23.7%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 7,464 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 137 (1.84%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 171 (2.29%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 938 (12.57%)
Some college, no degree: 1,172 (15.7%)
Associate degree: 288 (3.86%)
Bachelor's degree: 2,236 (29.96%)
Graduate or professional degree: 2,522 (33.79%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 95.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 63.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 8,394 (100%)
Never married: 2,293 (27.32%)
Now married, except separated: 4,407 (52.5%)
Separated: 222 (2.64%)
Total Widowed: 594 (7.08%)
Widowed Female: 475 (5.66%)
Total Divorced: 878 (10.46%)
Divorced Female: 588 (7.01%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 76 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 5 (6.58%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 7,894 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,164 (14.75%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,953 (100%)
--With a disability: 180 (9.22%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 6,481 (100%)
--With a disability: 627 (9.67%)
----Percent employed: 68.6%
--No disability: 5,854 (90.33%)
----Percent employed: 86%
Population 65 years and over: 1,209 (100%)
--With a disability: 364 (30.11%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 9,751 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 4,601 (47.18%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 4,416 (45.29%)
--Same county: 610 (6.26%)
--Different county: 3,806 (39.03%)
----Same state: 2,098 (21.52%)
----Different state: 1,708 (17.52%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 734 (7.53%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 10,377 (100%)
Native: 8,710 (83.94%)
--Born in United States: 8,319 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,141 (20.63%)
----Different state: 6,178 (59.54%)
--Born outside United States: 391 (3.77%)
Foreign born: 1,667 (16.06%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 695 (6.7%)
--Naturalized citizen: 706 (6.8%)
--Not a citizen: 961 (9.26%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,667 (100%)
Europe: 359 (21.54%)
Asia: 632 (37.91%)
Africa: 112 (6.72%)
Oceania: 12 (0.72%)
Latin America: 506 (30.35%)
Northern America: 46 (2.76%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 9,751 (100%)
English only: 7,929 (81.31%)
Language other than English: 1,822 (18.69%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 714 (7.32%)
--Spanish: 716 (7.34%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 386 (3.96%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 668 (6.85%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 116 (1.19%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 378 (3.88%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 204 (2.09%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 10,377 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 13,049% (125.75%)
Arab: 67 (0.65%)
Czech: 70 (0.67%)
Danish: 57 (0.55%)
Dutch: 154 (1.48%)
English: 1,825 (17.59%)
French (except Basque): 375 (3.61%)
French Canadian: 80 (0.77%)
German: 1,874 (18.06%)
Greek: 109 (1.05%)
Hungarian: 70 (0.67%)
Irish: 1,999 (19.26%)
Italian: 763 (7.35%)
Lithuanian: 50 (0.48%)
Norwegian: 166 (1.6%)
Polish: 392 (3.78%)
Portuguese: 38 (0.37%)
Russian: 243 (2.34%)
Scotch-Irish: 360 (3.47%)
Scottish: 595 (5.73%)
Slovak: 57 (0.55%)
Subsaharan African: 74 (0.71%)
Swedish: 141 (1.36%)
Swiss: 48 (0.46%)
Ukrainian: 55 (0.53%)
United States or American: 395 (3.81%)
Welsh: 164 (1.58%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 2,828 (27.25%)

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