Lexington, VA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5145512, place: Lexington city, Virginia)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 3,467 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 58 (1.67%)
Kindergarten: 16 (0.46%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 353 (10.18%)
High school (grades 9-12): 164 (4.73%)
College or graduate school: 2,876 (82.95%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 3,285 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 348 (10.59%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 404 (12.3%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 567 (17.26%)
Some college, no degree: 386 (11.75%)
Associate degree: 180 (5.48%)
Bachelor's degree: 692 (21.07%)
Graduate or professional degree: 708 (21.55%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 77.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 42.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 6,257 (100%)
Never married: 3,219 (51.45%)
Now married, except separated: 2,098 (33.53%)
Separated: 76 (1.21%)
Total Widowed: 457 (7.3%)
Widowed Female: 370 (5.91%)
Total Divorced: 407 (6.5%)
Divorced Female: 255 (4.08%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 50 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 20 (40%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 6,116 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 638 (10.43%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,200 (100%)
--With a disability: 123 (5.59%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 3,298 (100%)
--With a disability: 384 (11.64%)
----Percent employed: 34.1%
--No disability: 2,914 (88.36%)
----Percent employed: 55.4%
Population 65 years and over: 983 (100%)
--With a disability: 392 (39.88%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 6,656 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,795 (41.99%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 3,721 (55.9%)
--Same county: 72 (1.08%)
--Different county: 3,649 (54.82%)
----Same state: 1,659 (24.92%)
----Different state: 1,990 (29.9%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 140 (2.1%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 6,867 (100%)
Native: 6,593 (96.01%)
--Born in United States: 6,513 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,834 (41.27%)
----Different state: 3,679 (53.58%)
--Born outside United States: 80 (1.16%)
Foreign born: 274 (3.99%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 105 (1.53%)
--Naturalized citizen: 146 (2.13%)
--Not a citizen: 128 (1.86%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 274 (100%)
Europe: 109 (39.78%)
Asia: 76 (27.74%)
Africa: 48 (17.52%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 32 (11.68%)
Northern America: 9 (3.28%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 6,656 (100%)
English only: 6,143 (92.29%)
Language other than English: 513 (7.71%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 69 (1.04%)
--Spanish: 163 (2.45%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 10 (0.15%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 242 (3.64%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 41 (0.62%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 71 (1.07%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 10 (0.15%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 6,867 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 7,393% (107.66%)
Arab: 12 (0.17%)
Czech: 24 (0.35%)
Danish: 31 (0.45%)
Dutch: 129 (1.88%)
English: 1,149 (16.73%)
French (except Basque): 218 (3.17%)
French Canadian: 18 (0.26%)
German: 1,121 (16.32%)
Greek: 46 (0.67%)
Hungarian: 14 (0.2%)
Irish: 1,010 (14.71%)
Italian: 427 (6.22%)
Lithuanian: 6 (0.09%)
Norwegian: 88 (1.28%)
Polish: 197 (2.87%)
Portuguese: 15 (0.22%)
Russian: 79 (1.15%)
Scotch-Irish: 401 (5.84%)
Scottish: 223 (3.25%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 93 (1.35%)
Swedish: 120 (1.75%)
Swiss: 50 (0.73%)
Ukrainian: 37 (0.54%)
United States or American: 576 (8.39%)
Welsh: 132 (1.92%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 9 (0.13%)
Other ancestries: 1,168 (17.01%)

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