Merrimac, VA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5151208, place: Merrimac CDP, Virginia)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 392 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 27 (6.89%)
Kindergarten: 16 (4.08%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 120 (30.61%)
High school (grades 9-12): 70 (17.86%)
College or graduate school: 159 (40.56%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,348 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 115 (8.53%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 187 (13.87%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 418 (31.01%)
Some college, no degree: 268 (19.88%)
Associate degree: 43 (3.19%)
Bachelor's degree: 187 (13.87%)
Graduate or professional degree: 130 (9.64%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 77.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 23.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,590 (100%)
Never married: 364 (22.89%)
Now married, except separated: 754 (47.42%)
Separated: 53 (3.33%)
Total Widowed: 228 (14.34%)
Widowed Female: 196 (12.33%)
Total Divorced: 191 (12.01%)
Divorced Female: 94 (5.91%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 25 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0 (0%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,515 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 184 (12.15%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 261 (100%)
--With a disability: 21 (8.05%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 971 (100%)
--With a disability: 279 (28.73%)
----Percent employed: 49.8%
--No disability: 692 (71.27%)
----Percent employed: 76%
Population 65 years and over: 442 (100%)
--With a disability: 230 (52.04%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,745 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 665 (38.11%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,059 (60.69%)
--Same county: 564 (32.32%)
--Different county: 495 (28.37%)
----Same state: 303 (17.36%)
----Different state: 192 (11%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 21 (1.2%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,816 (100%)
Native: 1,766 (97.25%)
--Born in United States: 1,766 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,159 (63.82%)
----Different state: 607 (33.43%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 50 (2.75%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 38 (2.09%)
--Naturalized citizen: 6 (0.33%)
--Not a citizen: 44 (2.42%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 50 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 43 (86%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 7 (14%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,745 (100%)
English only: 1,669 (95.64%)
Language other than English: 76 (4.36%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 23 (1.32%)
--Spanish: 24 (1.38%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7 (0.4%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 9 (0.52%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 43 (2.46%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 16 (0.92%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,816 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,375% (75.72%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 37 (2.04%)
English: 298 (16.41%)
French (except Basque): 8 (0.44%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 227 (12.5%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 151 (8.31%)
Italian: 8 (0.44%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 15 (0.83%)
Polish: 14 (0.77%)
Portuguese: 6 (0.33%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 78 (4.3%)
Scottish: 26 (1.43%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 7 (0.39%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 233 (12.83%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 267 (14.7%)

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