Gordonsville, VA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5131936, place: Gordonsville town, Virginia)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 329 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 12 (3.65%)
Kindergarten: 18 (5.47%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 144 (43.77%)
High school (grades 9-12): 122 (37.08%)
College or graduate school: 33 (10.03%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 962 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 94 (9.77%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 166 (17.26%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 402 (41.79%)
Some college, no degree: 149 (15.49%)
Associate degree: 36 (3.74%)
Bachelor's degree: 83 (8.63%)
Graduate or professional degree: 32 (3.33%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 73%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 12%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,226 (100%)
Never married: 365 (29.77%)
Now married, except separated: 540 (44.05%)
Separated: 43 (3.51%)
Total Widowed: 127 (10.36%)
Widowed Female: 111 (9.05%)
Total Divorced: 151 (12.32%)
Divorced Female: 86 (7.01%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 47 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 19 (40.43%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,125 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 140 (12.44%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 338 (100%)
--With a disability: 25 (7.4%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 835 (100%)
--With a disability: 149 (17.84%)
----Percent employed: 55.7%
--No disability: 686 (82.16%)
----Percent employed: 82.9%
Population 65 years and over: 210 (100%)
--With a disability: 98 (46.67%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,405 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 883 (62.85%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 513 (36.51%)
--Same county: 271 (19.29%)
--Different county: 242 (17.22%)
----Same state: 199 (14.16%)
----Different state: 43 (3.06%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 9 (0.64%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,476 (100%)
Native: 1,459 (98.85%)
--Born in United States: 1,455 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,177 (79.74%)
----Different state: 278 (18.83%)
--Born outside United States: 4 (0.27%)
Foreign born: 17 (1.15%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 7 (0.47%)
--Naturalized citizen: 8 (0.54%)
--Not a citizen: 9 (0.61%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 17 (100%)
Europe: 7 (41.18%)
Asia: 5 (29.41%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 3 (17.65%)
Northern America: 2 (11.76%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,405 (100%)
English only: 1,374 (97.79%)
Language other than English: 31 (2.21%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 14 (1%)
--Spanish: 8 (0.57%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3 (0.21%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 15 (1.07%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3 (0.21%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 8 (0.57%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 8 (0.57%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,476 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,332% (90.24%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 5 (0.34%)
Danish: 5 (0.34%)
Dutch: 19 (1.29%)
English: 123 (8.33%)
French (except Basque): 21 (1.42%)
French Canadian: 4 (0.27%)
German: 121 (8.2%)
Greek: 2 (0.14%)
Hungarian: 4 (0.27%)
Irish: 36 (2.44%)
Italian: 43 (2.91%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 17 (1.15%)
Polish: 18 (1.22%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 1 (0.07%)
Scotch-Irish: 9 (0.61%)
Scottish: 5 (0.34%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 7 (0.47%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 2 (0.14%)
Ukrainian: 3 (0.2%)
United States or American: 390 (26.42%)
Welsh: 11 (0.75%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 3 (0.2%)
Other ancestries: 483 (32.72%)

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