Lorton, VA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5147064, place: Lorton CDP, Virginia)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 4,948 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 380 (7.68%)
Kindergarten: 246 (4.97%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 2,035 (41.13%)
High school (grades 9-12): 898 (18.15%)
College or graduate school: 1,389 (28.07%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 12,036 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,283 (10.66%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,188 (9.87%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,536 (21.07%)
Some college, no degree: 2,784 (23.13%)
Associate degree: 755 (6.27%)
Bachelor's degree: 2,213 (18.39%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,277 (10.61%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 79.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 29%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 13,981 (100%)
Never married: 3,972 (28.41%)
Now married, except separated: 7,596 (54.33%)
Separated: 522 (3.73%)
Total Widowed: 419 (3%)
Widowed Female: 276 (1.97%)
Total Divorced: 1,472 (10.53%)
Divorced Female: 731 (5.23%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 347 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 130 (37.46%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 13,032 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 2,125 (16.31%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 3,468 (100%)
--With a disability: 418 (12.05%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 9,559 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,607 (16.81%)
----Percent employed: 69.4%
--No disability: 7,952 (83.19%)
----Percent employed: 81.5%
Population 65 years and over: 430 (100%)
--With a disability: 171 (39.77%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 16,503 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 7,034 (42.62%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 8,589 (52.05%)
--Same county: 3,458 (20.95%)
--Different county: 5,131 (31.09%)
----Same state: 2,506 (15.19%)
----Different state: 2,625 (15.91%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 880 (5.33%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 17,760 (100%)
Native: 15,030 (84.63%)
--Born in United States: 14,402 (100%)
----State of residence: 5,403 (30.42%)
----Different state: 8,999 (50.67%)
--Born outside United States: 628 (3.54%)
Foreign born: 2,730 (15.37%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 1,145 (6.45%)
--Naturalized citizen: 1,330 (7.49%)
--Not a citizen: 1,400 (7.88%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 2,730 (100%)
Europe: 191 (7%)
Asia: 1,267 (46.41%)
Africa: 252 (9.23%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 990 (36.26%)
Northern America: 30 (1.1%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 16,503 (100%)
English only: 12,511 (75.81%)
Language other than English: 3,992 (24.19%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,470 (8.91%)
--Spanish: 1,856 (11.25%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 617 (3.74%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 1,006 (6.1%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 293 (1.78%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 933 (5.65%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 516 (3.13%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 17,760 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 16,807% (94.63%)
Arab: 229 (1.29%)
Czech: 153 (0.86%)
Danish: 24 (0.14%)
Dutch: 144 (0.81%)
English: 1,233 (6.94%)
French (except Basque): 384 (2.16%)
French Canadian: 93 (0.52%)
German: 1,616 (9.1%)
Greek: 14 (0.08%)
Hungarian: 84 (0.47%)
Irish: 1,596 (8.99%)
Italian: 773 (4.35%)
Lithuanian: 27 (0.15%)
Norwegian: 68 (0.38%)
Polish: 264 (1.49%)
Portuguese: 42 (0.24%)
Russian: 63 (0.35%)
Scotch-Irish: 197 (1.11%)
Scottish: 205 (1.15%)
Slovak: 24 (0.14%)
Subsaharan African: 473 (2.66%)
Swedish: 71 (0.4%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 91 (0.51%)
United States or American: 881 (4.96%)
Welsh: 85 (0.48%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 153 (0.86%)
Other ancestries: 7,820 (44.03%)

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