General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5139528, place: Independence town, Virginia)SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school: 135 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 5 (3.7%)
Kindergarten: 6 (4.44%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 72 (53.33%)
High school (grades 9-12): 27 (20%)
College or graduate school: 25 (18.52%)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTPopulation 25 years and over: 786 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 146 (18.58%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 155 (19.72%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 260 (33.08%)
Some college, no degree: 105 (13.36%)
Associate degree: 28 (3.56%)
Bachelor's degree: 61 (7.76%)
Graduate or professional degree: 31 (3.94%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 61.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 11.7%
MARITIAL STATUSPopulation 15 years and over: 889 (100%)
Never married: 148 (16.65%)
Now married, except separated: 454 (51.07%)
Separated: 36 (4.05%)
Total Widowed: 150 (16.87%)
Widowed Female: 120 (13.5%)
Total Divorced: 101 (11.36%)
Divorced Female: 48 (5.4%)
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERSGrandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 7 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 7 (100%)
VETERAN STATUSCivilian population 18 years and over: 857 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 132 (15.4%)
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATIONPopulation 5 to 20 years: 136 (100%)
--With a disability: 14 (10.29%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 442 (100%)
--With a disability: 133 (30.09%)
----Percent employed: 55.6%
--No disability: 309 (69.91%)
----Percent employed: 77.7%
Population 65 years and over: 265 (100%)
--With a disability: 115 (43.4%)
RESIDENCE IN 1995Population 5 years and over: 969 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 590 (60.89%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 354 (36.53%)
--Same county: 191 (19.71%)
--Different county: 163 (16.82%)
----Same state: 72 (7.43%)
----Different state: 91 (9.39%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 25 (2.58%)
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTHTotal population: 1,005 (100%)
Native: 976 (97.11%)
--Born in United States: 973 (100%)
----State of residence: 659 (65.57%)
----Different state: 314 (31.24%)
--Born outside United States: 3 (0.3%)
Foreign born: 29 (2.89%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 25 (2.49%)
--Naturalized citizen: 3 (0.3%)
--Not a citizen: 26 (2.59%)
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORNTotal (excluding born at sea): 29 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 29 (100%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOMEPopulation 5 years and over: 969 (100%)
English only: 917 (94.63%)
Language other than English: 52 (5.37%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 23 (2.37%)
--Spanish: 48 (4.95%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 23 (2.37%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 4 (0.41%)
----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: 1,005 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 629% (62.59%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 9 (0.9%)
English: 160 (15.92%)
French (except Basque): 3 (0.3%)
French Canadian: 8 (0.8%)
German: 57 (5.67%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 87 (8.66%)
Italian: 1 (0.1%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 1 (0.1%)
Polish: 2 (0.2%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 30 (2.99%)
Scottish: 6 (0.6%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 1 (0.1%)
Swedish: 1 (0.1%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 119 (11.84%)
Welsh: 4 (0.4%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 140 (13.93%)
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