Fincastle, VA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5127824, place: Fincastle town, Virginia)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 56 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 4 (7.14%)
Kindergarten: 3 (5.36%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 23 (41.07%)
High school (grades 9-12): 23 (41.07%)
College or graduate school: 3 (5.36%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 245 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 5 (2.04%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 31 (12.65%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 78 (31.84%)
Some college, no degree: 54 (22.04%)
Associate degree: 17 (6.94%)
Bachelor's degree: 32 (13.06%)
Graduate or professional degree: 28 (11.43%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 85.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 24.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 315 (100%)
Never married: 80 (25.4%)
Now married, except separated: 142 (45.08%)
Separated: 9 (2.86%)
Total Widowed: 33 (10.48%)
Widowed Female: 25 (7.94%)
Total Divorced: 51 (16.19%)
Divorced Female: 34 (10.79%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 6 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0 (0%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 299 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 36 (12.04%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 58 (100%)
--With a disability: 8 (13.79%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 189 (100%)
--With a disability: 47 (24.87%)
----Percent employed: 72.3%
--No disability: 142 (75.13%)
----Percent employed: 93.7%
Population 65 years and over: 49 (100%)
--With a disability: 16 (32.65%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 344 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 189 (54.94%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 155 (45.06%)
--Same county: 85 (24.71%)
--Different county: 70 (20.35%)
----Same state: 51 (14.83%)
----Different state: 19 (5.52%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 357 (100%)
Native: 349 (97.76%)
--Born in United States: 349 (100%)
----State of residence: 262 (73.39%)
----Different state: 87 (24.37%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 8 (2.24%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 2 (0.56%)
--Not a citizen: 6 (1.68%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 8 (100%)
Europe: 2 (25%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 6 (75%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 344 (100%)
English only: 330 (95.93%)
Language other than English: 14 (4.07%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5 (1.45%)
--Spanish: 6 (1.74%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 5 (1.45%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.58%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 357 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 384% (107.56%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 8 (2.24%)
English: 60 (16.81%)
French (except Basque): 10 (2.8%)
French Canadian: 4 (1.12%)
German: 74 (20.73%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 82 (22.97%)
Italian: 6 (1.68%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 14 (3.92%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 2 (0.56%)
Scotch-Irish: 32 (8.96%)
Scottish: 9 (2.52%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 1 (0.28%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 33 (9.24%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 49 (13.73%)

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