Galax, VA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5130208, place: Galax city, Virginia)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,446 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 80 (5.53%)
Kindergarten: 104 (7.19%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 714 (49.38%)
High school (grades 9-12): 353 (24.41%)
College or graduate school: 195 (13.49%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 4,782 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,007 (21.06%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 886 (18.53%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,370 (28.65%)
Some college, no degree: 733 (15.33%)
Associate degree: 256 (5.35%)
Bachelor's degree: 358 (7.49%)
Graduate or professional degree: 172 (3.6%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 60.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 11.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 5,527 (100%)
Never married: 996 (18.02%)
Now married, except separated: 3,066 (55.47%)
Separated: 170 (3.08%)
Total Widowed: 629 (11.38%)
Widowed Female: 524 (9.48%)
Total Divorced: 666 (12.05%)
Divorced Female: 388 (7.02%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 100 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 75 (75%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 5,254 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 595 (11.32%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,435 (100%)
--With a disability: 143 (9.97%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 3,755 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,123 (29.91%)
----Percent employed: 56.8%
--No disability: 2,632 (70.09%)
----Percent employed: 78%
Population 65 years and over: 1,135 (100%)
--With a disability: 523 (46.08%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 6,463 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 3,455 (53.46%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,858 (44.22%)
--Same county: 862 (13.34%)
--Different county: 1,996 (30.88%)
----Same state: 1,566 (24.23%)
----Different state: 430 (6.65%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 150 (2.32%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 6,837 (100%)
Native: 6,249 (91.4%)
--Born in United States: 6,240 (100%)
----State of residence: 4,718 (69.01%)
----Different state: 1,522 (22.26%)
--Born outside United States: 9 (0.13%)
Foreign born: 588 (8.6%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 353 (5.16%)
--Naturalized citizen: 34 (0.5%)
--Not a citizen: 554 (8.1%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 588 (100%)
Europe: 34 (5.78%)
Asia: 6 (1.02%)
Africa: 11 (1.87%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 537 (91.33%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 6,463 (100%)
English only: 5,749 (88.95%)
Language other than English: 714 (11.05%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 511 (7.91%)
--Spanish: 673 (10.41%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 494 (7.64%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 35 (0.54%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 17 (0.26%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 6 (0.09%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 6,837 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 4,649% (68%)
Arab: 11 (0.16%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 107 (1.57%)
English: 716 (10.47%)
French (except Basque): 0 (0%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 385 (5.63%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 310 (4.53%)
Italian: 76 (1.11%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 9 (0.13%)
Polish: 8 (0.12%)
Portuguese: 6 (0.09%)
Russian: 9 (0.13%)
Scotch-Irish: 120 (1.76%)
Scottish: 134 (1.96%)
Slovak: 20 (0.29%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 80 (1.17%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 9 (0.13%)
United States or American: 1,374 (20.1%)
Welsh: 20 (0.29%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 1,255 (18.36%)

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