Farmville, VA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5127440, place: Farmville town, Virginia)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 3,333 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 43 (1.29%)
Kindergarten: 45 (1.35%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 448 (13.44%)
High school (grades 9-12): 239 (7.17%)
College or graduate school: 2,558 (76.75%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 3,023 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 233 (7.71%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 453 (14.99%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 641 (21.2%)
Some college, no degree: 706 (23.35%)
Associate degree: 106 (3.51%)
Bachelor's degree: 497 (16.44%)
Graduate or professional degree: 387 (12.8%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 77.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 29.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 5,904 (100%)
Never married: 2,762 (46.78%)
Now married, except separated: 2,064 (34.96%)
Separated: 148 (2.51%)
Total Widowed: 448 (7.59%)
Widowed Female: 369 (6.25%)
Total Divorced: 482 (8.16%)
Divorced Female: 234 (3.96%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 67 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 42 (62.69%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 5,747 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 433 (7.53%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,503 (100%)
--With a disability: 163 (6.51%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 3,010 (100%)
--With a disability: 645 (21.43%)
----Percent employed: 58.9%
--No disability: 2,365 (78.57%)
----Percent employed: 65%
Population 65 years and over: 862 (100%)
--With a disability: 377 (43.74%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 6,430 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,704 (42.05%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 3,662 (56.95%)
--Same county: 748 (11.63%)
--Different county: 2,914 (45.32%)
----Same state: 2,463 (38.3%)
----Different state: 451 (7.01%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 64 (1%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 6,660 (100%)
Native: 6,554 (98.41%)
--Born in United States: 6,485 (100%)
----State of residence: 4,842 (72.7%)
----Different state: 1,643 (24.67%)
--Born outside United States: 69 (1.04%)
Foreign born: 106 (1.59%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 23 (0.35%)
--Naturalized citizen: 69 (1.04%)
--Not a citizen: 37 (0.56%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 106 (100%)
Europe: 39 (36.79%)
Asia: 36 (33.96%)
Africa: 23 (21.7%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 8 (7.55%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 6,430 (100%)
English only: 6,064 (94.31%)
Language other than English: 366 (5.69%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 199 (3.09%)
--Spanish: 169 (2.63%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 109 (1.7%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 118 (1.84%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 50 (0.78%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 68 (1.06%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 40 (0.62%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 6,660 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 6,034% (90.6%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 18 (0.27%)
Danish: 16 (0.24%)
Dutch: 16 (0.24%)
English: 825 (12.39%)
French (except Basque): 156 (2.34%)
French Canadian: 10 (0.15%)
German: 710 (10.66%)
Greek: 62 (0.93%)
Hungarian: 15 (0.23%)
Irish: 560 (8.41%)
Italian: 173 (2.6%)
Lithuanian: 6 (0.09%)
Norwegian: 58 (0.87%)
Polish: 121 (1.82%)
Portuguese: 20 (0.3%)
Russian: 9 (0.14%)
Scotch-Irish: 292 (4.38%)
Scottish: 109 (1.64%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 90 (1.35%)
Swedish: 33 (0.5%)
Swiss: 7 (0.11%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 483 (7.25%)
Welsh: 90 (1.35%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 26 (0.39%)
Other ancestries: 2,129 (31.97%)

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