Lynchburg, VA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5147672, place: Lynchburg city, Virginia)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 19,578 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 1,126 (5.75%)
Kindergarten: 1,056 (5.39%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 6,503 (33.22%)
High school (grades 9-12): 3,271 (16.71%)
College or graduate school: 7,622 (38.93%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 40,806 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 3,321 (8.14%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 5,650 (13.85%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 11,296 (27.68%)
Some college, no degree: 8,172 (20.03%)
Associate degree: 2,066 (5.06%)
Bachelor's degree: 6,431 (15.76%)
Graduate or professional degree: 3,870 (9.48%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 78%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 25.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 53,081 (100%)
Never married: 17,293 (32.58%)
Now married, except separated: 23,999 (45.21%)
Separated: 1,731 (3.26%)
Total Widowed: 5,006 (9.43%)
Widowed Female: 4,273 (8.05%)
Total Divorced: 5,052 (9.52%)
Divorced Female: 3,174 (5.98%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 1,217 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 660 (54.23%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 50,740 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 6,329 (12.47%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 15,593 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,430 (9.17%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 34,454 (100%)
--With a disability: 7,777 (22.57%)
----Percent employed: 58.1%
--No disability: 26,677 (77.43%)
----Percent employed: 77.1%
Population 65 years and over: 9,618 (100%)
--With a disability: 4,398 (45.73%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 61,433 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 31,670 (51.55%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 28,558 (46.49%)
--Same county: 12,573 (20.47%)
--Different county: 15,985 (26.02%)
----Same state: 8,437 (13.73%)
----Different state: 7,548 (12.29%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 1,205 (1.96%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 65,269 (100%)
Native: 63,196 (96.82%)
--Born in United States: 62,722 (100%)
----State of residence: 43,665 (66.9%)
----Different state: 19,057 (29.2%)
--Born outside United States: 474 (0.73%)
Foreign born: 2,073 (3.18%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 1,093 (1.67%)
--Naturalized citizen: 754 (1.16%)
--Not a citizen: 1,319 (2.02%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 2,073 (100%)
Europe: 595 (28.7%)
Asia: 876 (42.26%)
Africa: 109 (5.26%)
Oceania: 14 (0.68%)
Latin America: 372 (17.95%)
Northern America: 107 (5.16%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 61,433 (100%)
English only: 58,012 (94.43%)
Language other than English: 3,421 (5.57%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,168 (1.9%)
--Spanish: 1,538 (2.5%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 438 (0.71%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 1,259 (2.05%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 396 (0.64%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 488 (0.79%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 269 (0.44%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 65,269 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 57,753% (88.48%)
Arab: 75 (0.11%)
Czech: 168 (0.26%)
Danish: 88 (0.13%)
Dutch: 708 (1.08%)
English: 7,781 (11.92%)
French (except Basque): 1,251 (1.92%)
French Canadian: 247 (0.38%)
German: 5,759 (8.82%)
Greek: 78 (0.12%)
Hungarian: 194 (0.3%)
Irish: 5,296 (8.11%)
Italian: 1,286 (1.97%)
Lithuanian: 36 (0.06%)
Norwegian: 322 (0.49%)
Polish: 638 (0.98%)
Portuguese: 51 (0.08%)
Russian: 193 (0.3%)
Scotch-Irish: 1,650 (2.53%)
Scottish: 1,513 (2.32%)
Slovak: 75 (0.11%)
Subsaharan African: 537 (0.82%)
Swedish: 396 (0.61%)
Swiss: 134 (0.21%)
Ukrainian: 84 (0.13%)
United States or American: 8,070 (12.36%)
Welsh: 427 (0.65%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 227 (0.35%)
Other ancestries: 20,469 (31.36%)

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