Leesburg, VA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5144984, place: Leesburg town, Virginia)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 7,398 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 892 (12.06%)
Kindergarten: 644 (8.71%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 3,456 (46.72%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,252 (16.92%)
College or graduate school: 1,154 (15.6%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 18,261 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 707 (3.87%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,161 (6.36%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 3,514 (19.24%)
Some college, no degree: 4,046 (22.16%)
Associate degree: 1,290 (7.06%)
Bachelor's degree: 5,161 (28.26%)
Graduate or professional degree: 2,382 (13.04%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 89.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 41.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 20,956 (100%)
Never married: 4,672 (22.29%)
Now married, except separated: 12,450 (59.41%)
Separated: 636 (3.03%)
Total Widowed: 926 (4.42%)
Widowed Female: 764 (3.65%)
Total Divorced: 2,272 (10.84%)
Divorced Female: 1,413 (6.74%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 448 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 220 (49.11%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 19,929 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 2,646 (13.28%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 6,141 (100%)
--With a disability: 377 (6.14%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 17,451 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,094 (12%)
----Percent employed: 78.6%
--No disability: 15,357 (88%)
----Percent employed: 84.3%
Population 65 years and over: 1,361 (100%)
--With a disability: 456 (33.5%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 25,520 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 9,964 (39.04%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 14,620 (57.29%)
--Same county: 5,864 (22.98%)
--Different county: 8,756 (34.31%)
----Same state: 3,865 (15.14%)
----Different state: 4,891 (19.17%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 936 (3.67%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 28,237 (100%)
Native: 25,798 (91.36%)
--Born in United States: 25,269 (100%)
----State of residence: 10,265 (36.35%)
----Different state: 15,004 (53.14%)
--Born outside United States: 529 (1.87%)
Foreign born: 2,439 (8.64%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 1,062 (3.76%)
--Naturalized citizen: 922 (3.27%)
--Not a citizen: 1,517 (5.37%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 2,439 (100%)
Europe: 596 (24.44%)
Asia: 720 (29.52%)
Africa: 87 (3.57%)
Oceania: 21 (0.86%)
Latin America: 915 (37.52%)
Northern America: 100 (4.1%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 25,520 (100%)
English only: 22,705 (88.97%)
Language other than English: 2,815 (11.03%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,182 (4.63%)
--Spanish: 1,369 (5.36%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 583 (2.28%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 879 (3.44%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 269 (1.05%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 450 (1.76%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 282 (1.11%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 28,237 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 31,937% (113.1%)
Arab: 162 (0.57%)
Czech: 211 (0.75%)
Danish: 153 (0.54%)
Dutch: 256 (0.91%)
English: 3,824 (13.54%)
French (except Basque): 633 (2.24%)
French Canadian: 217 (0.77%)
German: 6,057 (21.45%)
Greek: 121 (0.43%)
Hungarian: 211 (0.75%)
Irish: 4,419 (15.65%)
Italian: 1,777 (6.29%)
Lithuanian: 124 (0.44%)
Norwegian: 339 (1.2%)
Polish: 1,016 (3.6%)
Portuguese: 55 (0.19%)
Russian: 364 (1.29%)
Scotch-Irish: 587 (2.08%)
Scottish: 1,024 (3.63%)
Slovak: 140 (0.5%)
Subsaharan African: 132 (0.47%)
Swedish: 365 (1.29%)
Swiss: 101 (0.36%)
Ukrainian: 135 (0.48%)
United States or American: 2,091 (7.41%)
Welsh: 344 (1.22%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 117 (0.41%)
Other ancestries: 6,962 (24.66%)

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