Madison Heights, VA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5148520, place: Madison Heights CDP, Virginia)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,325 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 158 (6.8%)
Kindergarten: 94 (4.04%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,157 (49.76%)
High school (grades 9-12): 494 (21.25%)
College or graduate school: 422 (18.15%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 7,914 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,640 (20.72%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,124 (14.2%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,613 (33.02%)
Some college, no degree: 1,516 (19.16%)
Associate degree: 331 (4.18%)
Bachelor's degree: 486 (6.14%)
Graduate or professional degree: 204 (2.58%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 65.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 8.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 9,234 (100%)
Never married: 2,133 (23.1%)
Now married, except separated: 5,075 (54.96%)
Separated: 261 (2.83%)
Total Widowed: 803 (8.7%)
Widowed Female: 657 (7.12%)
Total Divorced: 962 (10.42%)
Divorced Female: 544 (5.89%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 235 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 123 (52.34%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 8,870 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,127 (12.71%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,169 (100%)
--With a disability: 169 (7.79%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 6,073 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,544 (25.42%)
----Percent employed: 60.6%
--No disability: 4,529 (74.58%)
----Percent employed: 75.7%
Population 65 years and over: 1,733 (100%)
--With a disability: 745 (42.99%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 10,676 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 6,956 (65.16%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 3,618 (33.89%)
--Same county: 2,091 (19.59%)
--Different county: 1,527 (14.3%)
----Same state: 1,165 (10.91%)
----Different state: 362 (3.39%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 102 (0.96%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 11,351 (100%)
Native: 11,237 (99%)
--Born in United States: 11,171 (100%)
----State of residence: 9,683 (85.31%)
----Different state: 1,488 (13.11%)
--Born outside United States: 66 (0.58%)
Foreign born: 114 (1%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 107 (0.94%)
--Naturalized citizen: 7 (0.06%)
--Not a citizen: 107 (0.94%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 114 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 7 (6.14%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 107 (93.86%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 10,676 (100%)
English only: 10,389 (97.31%)
Language other than English: 287 (2.69%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 128 (1.2%)
--Spanish: 226 (2.12%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 116 (1.09%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 44 (0.41%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 12 (0.11%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 7 (0.07%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 11,351 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 8,521% (75.07%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 36 (0.32%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 53 (0.47%)
English: 886 (7.81%)
French (except Basque): 158 (1.39%)
French Canadian: 16 (0.14%)
German: 389 (3.43%)
Greek: 40 (0.35%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 566 (4.99%)
Italian: 68 (0.6%)
Lithuanian: 23 (0.2%)
Norwegian: 9 (0.08%)
Polish: 84 (0.74%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 21 (0.19%)
Scotch-Irish: 143 (1.26%)
Scottish: 137 (1.21%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 26 (0.23%)
Swedish: 66 (0.58%)
Swiss: 16 (0.14%)
Ukrainian: 21 (0.19%)
United States or American: 2,988 (26.32%)
Welsh: 48 (0.42%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 2,727 (24.02%)

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