Gretna, VA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5133232, place: Gretna town, Virginia)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 198 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 10 (5.05%)
Kindergarten: 11 (5.56%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 101 (51.01%)
High school (grades 9-12): 57 (28.79%)
College or graduate school: 19 (9.6%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 970 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 160 (16.49%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 157 (16.19%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 366 (37.73%)
Some college, no degree: 127 (13.09%)
Associate degree: 46 (4.74%)
Bachelor's degree: 64 (6.6%)
Graduate or professional degree: 50 (5.15%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 67.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 11.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,095 (100%)
Never married: 269 (24.57%)
Now married, except separated: 514 (46.94%)
Separated: 44 (4.02%)
Total Widowed: 160 (14.61%)
Widowed Female: 147 (13.42%)
Total Divorced: 108 (9.86%)
Divorced Female: 67 (6.12%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 45 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 13 (28.89%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,058 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 134 (12.67%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 202 (100%)
--With a disability: 21 (10.4%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 627 (100%)
--With a disability: 160 (25.52%)
----Percent employed: 43.8%
--No disability: 467 (74.48%)
----Percent employed: 78.2%
Population 65 years and over: 304 (100%)
--With a disability: 136 (44.74%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,219 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 836 (68.58%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 377 (30.93%)
--Same county: 271 (22.23%)
--Different county: 106 (8.7%)
----Same state: 70 (5.74%)
----Different state: 36 (2.95%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 6 (0.49%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,273 (100%)
Native: 1,260 (98.98%)
--Born in United States: 1,256 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,088 (85.47%)
----Different state: 168 (13.2%)
--Born outside United States: 4 (0.31%)
Foreign born: 13 (1.02%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 11 (0.86%)
--Naturalized citizen: 7 (0.55%)
--Not a citizen: 6 (0.47%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 13 (100%)
Europe: 5 (38.46%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 6 (46.15%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 2 (15.38%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,219 (100%)
English only: 1,200 (98.44%)
Language other than English: 19 (1.56%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 8 (0.66%)
--Spanish: 10 (0.82%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6 (0.49%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 5 (0.41%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.16%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,273 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 995% (78.16%)
Arab: 6 (0.47%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 2 (0.16%)
English: 148 (11.63%)
French (except Basque): 23 (1.81%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 58 (4.56%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 49 (3.85%)
Italian: 6 (0.47%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 2 (0.16%)
Polish: 3 (0.24%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 3 (0.24%)
Scotch-Irish: 21 (1.65%)
Scottish: 21 (1.65%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 5 (0.39%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 188 (14.77%)
Welsh: 2 (0.16%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 458 (35.98%)

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