Goshen, VA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5131968, place: Goshen town, Virginia)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 74 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 0 (0%)
Kindergarten: 7 (9.46%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 42 (56.76%)
High school (grades 9-12): 20 (27.03%)
College or graduate school: 5 (6.76%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 275 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 48 (17.45%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 54 (19.64%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 97 (35.27%)
Some college, no degree: 45 (16.36%)
Associate degree: 19 (6.91%)
Bachelor's degree: 10 (3.64%)
Graduate or professional degree: 2 (0.73%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 62.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 4.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 318 (100%)
Never married: 73 (22.96%)
Now married, except separated: 148 (46.54%)
Separated: 10 (3.14%)
Total Widowed: 49 (15.41%)
Widowed Female: 36 (11.32%)
Total Divorced: 38 (11.95%)
Divorced Female: 24 (7.55%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 18 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 10 (55.56%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 302 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 47 (15.56%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 82 (100%)
--With a disability: 4 (4.88%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 221 (100%)
--With a disability: 70 (31.67%)
----Percent employed: 45.7%
--No disability: 151 (68.33%)
----Percent employed: 71.5%
Population 65 years and over: 69 (100%)
--With a disability: 33 (47.83%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 372 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 225 (60.48%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 147 (39.52%)
--Same county: 74 (19.89%)
--Different county: 73 (19.62%)
----Same state: 27 (7.26%)
----Different state: 46 (12.37%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 401 (100%)
Native: 397 (99%)
--Born in United States: 397 (100%)
----State of residence: 310 (77.31%)
----Different state: 87 (21.7%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 4 (1%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 4 (1%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 4 (100%)
Europe: 4 (100%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 372 (100%)
English only: 369 (99.19%)
Language other than English: 3 (0.81%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Spanish: 3 (0.81%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 401 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 288% (71.82%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 2 (0.5%)
English: 30 (7.48%)
French (except Basque): 1 (0.25%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 20 (4.99%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 27 (6.73%)
Italian: 7 (1.75%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 2 (0.5%)
Polish: 19 (4.74%)
Portuguese: 1 (0.25%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 6 (1.5%)
Scottish: 3 (0.75%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 2 (0.5%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 137 (34.16%)
Welsh: 2 (0.5%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 29 (7.23%)

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