Gainesville, VA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5130176, place: Gainesville CDP, Virginia)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 920 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 99 (10.76%)
Kindergarten: 79 (8.59%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 355 (38.59%)
High school (grades 9-12): 127 (13.8%)
College or graduate school: 260 (28.26%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 3,002 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 138 (4.6%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 201 (6.7%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 662 (22.05%)
Some college, no degree: 728 (24.25%)
Associate degree: 170 (5.66%)
Bachelor's degree: 730 (24.32%)
Graduate or professional degree: 373 (12.43%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 88.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 36.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 3,359 (100%)
Never married: 609 (18.13%)
Now married, except separated: 2,242 (66.75%)
Separated: 64 (1.91%)
Total Widowed: 142 (4.23%)
Widowed Female: 113 (3.36%)
Total Divorced: 302 (8.99%)
Divorced Female: 199 (5.92%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 97 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 65 (67.01%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 3,247 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 586 (18.05%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 700 (100%)
--With a disability: 38 (5.43%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,653 (100%)
--With a disability: 358 (13.49%)
----Percent employed: 76.8%
--No disability: 2,295 (86.51%)
----Percent employed: 85.6%
Population 65 years and over: 495 (100%)
--With a disability: 185 (37.37%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 3,858 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 864 (22.4%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,881 (74.68%)
--Same county: 774 (20.06%)
--Different county: 2,107 (54.61%)
----Same state: 1,535 (39.79%)
----Different state: 572 (14.83%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 113 (2.93%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 4,274 (100%)
Native: 4,064 (95.09%)
--Born in United States: 4,022 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,950 (45.62%)
----Different state: 2,072 (48.48%)
--Born outside United States: 42 (0.98%)
Foreign born: 210 (4.91%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 67 (1.57%)
--Naturalized citizen: 131 (3.07%)
--Not a citizen: 79 (1.85%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 210 (100%)
Europe: 60 (28.57%)
Asia: 48 (22.86%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 3 (1.43%)
Latin America: 96 (45.71%)
Northern America: 3 (1.43%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 3,858 (100%)
English only: 3,504 (90.82%)
Language other than English: 354 (9.18%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 103 (2.67%)
--Spanish: 230 (5.96%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 65 (1.68%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 81 (2.1%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 24 (0.62%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 33 (0.86%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 14 (0.36%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 4,274 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 4,730% (110.67%)
Arab: 16 (0.37%)
Czech: 19 (0.44%)
Danish: 65 (1.52%)
Dutch: 129 (3.02%)
English: 566 (13.24%)
French (except Basque): 224 (5.24%)
French Canadian: 79 (1.85%)
German: 769 (17.99%)
Greek: 82 (1.92%)
Hungarian: 58 (1.36%)
Irish: 638 (14.93%)
Italian: 216 (5.05%)
Lithuanian: 16 (0.37%)
Norwegian: 58 (1.36%)
Polish: 121 (2.83%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 37 (0.87%)
Scotch-Irish: 80 (1.87%)
Scottish: 131 (3.07%)
Slovak: 1 (0.02%)
Subsaharan African: 26 (0.61%)
Swedish: 61 (1.43%)
Swiss: 29 (0.68%)
Ukrainian: 71 (1.66%)
United States or American: 338 (7.91%)
Welsh: 90 (2.11%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 810 (18.95%)

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