Forest, VA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5128688, place: Forest CDP, Virginia)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,230 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 173 (7.76%)
Kindergarten: 81 (3.63%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,036 (46.46%)
High school (grades 9-12): 497 (22.29%)
College or graduate school: 443 (19.87%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 5,366 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 100 (1.86%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 217 (4.04%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,091 (20.33%)
Some college, no degree: 1,348 (25.12%)
Associate degree: 488 (9.09%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,389 (25.89%)
Graduate or professional degree: 733 (13.66%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 94.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 39.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 6,201 (100%)
Never married: 1,227 (19.79%)
Now married, except separated: 4,181 (67.42%)
Separated: 93 (1.5%)
Total Widowed: 256 (4.13%)
Widowed Female: 221 (3.56%)
Total Divorced: 444 (7.16%)
Divorced Female: 264 (4.26%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 102 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 81 (79.41%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 5,819 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 776 (13.34%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,868 (100%)
--With a disability: 106 (5.67%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 4,903 (100%)
--With a disability: 431 (8.79%)
----Percent employed: 53.8%
--No disability: 4,472 (91.21%)
----Percent employed: 80.5%
Population 65 years and over: 700 (100%)
--With a disability: 190 (27.14%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 7,471 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 3,851 (51.55%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 3,525 (47.18%)
--Same county: 1,022 (13.68%)
--Different county: 2,503 (33.5%)
----Same state: 1,573 (21.05%)
----Different state: 930 (12.45%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 95 (1.27%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 7,995 (100%)
Native: 7,793 (97.47%)
--Born in United States: 7,722 (100%)
----State of residence: 4,285 (53.6%)
----Different state: 3,437 (42.99%)
--Born outside United States: 71 (0.89%)
Foreign born: 202 (2.53%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 71 (0.89%)
--Naturalized citizen: 98 (1.23%)
--Not a citizen: 104 (1.3%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 202 (100%)
Europe: 119 (58.91%)
Asia: 63 (31.19%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 20 (9.9%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 7,471 (100%)
English only: 7,235 (96.84%)
Language other than English: 236 (3.16%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 73 (0.98%)
--Spanish: 114 (1.53%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 40 (0.54%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 90 (1.2%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 23 (0.31%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 32 (0.43%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 10 (0.13%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 7,995 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 7,019% (87.79%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 41 (0.51%)
Danish: 8 (0.1%)
Dutch: 78 (0.98%)
English: 1,229 (15.37%)
French (except Basque): 280 (3.5%)
French Canadian: 51 (0.64%)
German: 1,106 (13.83%)
Greek: 48 (0.6%)
Hungarian: 25 (0.31%)
Irish: 920 (11.51%)
Italian: 350 (4.38%)
Lithuanian: 19 (0.24%)
Norwegian: 93 (1.16%)
Polish: 169 (2.11%)
Portuguese: 7 (0.09%)
Russian: 37 (0.46%)
Scotch-Irish: 95 (1.19%)
Scottish: 182 (2.28%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 89 (1.11%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 960 (12.01%)
Welsh: 52 (0.65%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 1,180 (14.76%)

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