U.S. Beacon March 29, 2024

Onancock, VA

Accomack County, Virginia

Latitude: 37.710578     Longitude: -75.746307
Population 1,477 (2005)
Elevation of Onancock, Virginia: 18 feet



General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5159336, place: Onancock town, Virginia)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 294 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 23 (7.82%)
Kindergarten: 13 (4.42%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 148 (50.34%)
High school (grades 9-12): 76 (25.85%)
College or graduate school: 34 (11.56%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,060 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 156 (14.72%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 155 (14.62%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 301 (28.4%)
Some college, no degree: 168 (15.85%)
Associate degree: 63 (5.94%)
Bachelor's degree: 142 (13.4%)
Graduate or professional degree: 75 (7.08%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 70.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 20.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,251 (100%)
Never married: 309 (24.7%)
Now married, except separated: 611 (48.84%)
Separated: 50 (4%)
Total Widowed: 180 (14.39%)
Widowed Female: 156 (12.47%)
Total Divorced: 101 (8.07%)
Divorced Female: 67 (5.36%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 28 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 19 (67.86%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,190 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 183 (15.38%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 300 (100%)
--With a disability: 10 (3.33%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 734 (100%)
--With a disability: 151 (20.57%)
----Percent employed: 37.7%
--No disability: 583 (79.43%)
----Percent employed: 79.2%
Population 65 years and over: 334 (100%)
--With a disability: 136 (40.72%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,426 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 766 (53.72%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 603 (42.29%)
--Same county: 311 (21.81%)
--Different county: 292 (20.48%)
----Same state: 96 (6.73%)
----Different state: 196 (13.74%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 57 (4%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,524 (100%)
Native: 1,453 (95.34%)
--Born in United States: 1,440 (100%)
----State of residence: 857 (56.23%)
----Different state: 583 (38.25%)
--Born outside United States: 13 (0.85%)
Foreign born: 71 (4.66%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 48 (3.15%)
--Naturalized citizen: 21 (1.38%)
--Not a citizen: 50 (3.28%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 71 (100%)
Europe: 24 (33.8%)
Asia: 6 (8.45%)
Africa: 2 (2.82%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 39 (54.93%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,426 (100%)
English only: 1,341 (94.04%)
Language other than English: 85 (5.96%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 52 (3.65%)
--Spanish: 58 (4.07%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 34 (2.38%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 11 (0.77%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (0.28%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 2 (0.14%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,524 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,345% (88.25%)
Arab: 1 (0.07%)
Czech: 4 (0.26%)
Danish: 2 (0.13%)
Dutch: 23 (1.51%)
English: 211 (13.85%)
French (except Basque): 25 (1.64%)
French Canadian: 2 (0.13%)
German: 147 (9.65%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 18 (1.18%)
Irish: 100 (6.56%)
Italian: 39 (2.56%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 14 (0.92%)
Polish: 6 (0.39%)
Portuguese: 9 (0.59%)
Russian: 4 (0.26%)
Scotch-Irish: 30 (1.97%)
Scottish: 24 (1.57%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 3 (0.2%)
Swedish: 4 (0.26%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 182 (11.94%)
Welsh: 3 (0.2%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 494 (32.41%)

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