Portsmouth, VA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5164000, place: Portsmouth city, Virginia)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 26,135 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 1,753 (6.71%)
Kindergarten: 1,503 (5.75%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 12,217 (46.75%)
High school (grades 9-12): 5,451 (20.86%)
College or graduate school: 5,211 (19.94%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 63,685 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 5,076 (7.97%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 10,747 (16.88%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 18,719 (29.39%)
Some college, no degree: 16,517 (25.94%)
Associate degree: 3,831 (6.02%)
Bachelor's degree: 5,791 (9.09%)
Graduate or professional degree: 3,004 (4.72%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 75.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 13.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 78,937 (100%)
Never married: 23,726 (30.06%)
Now married, except separated: 35,475 (44.94%)
Separated: 4,348 (5.51%)
Total Widowed: 7,217 (9.14%)
Widowed Female: 5,911 (7.49%)
Total Divorced: 8,171 (10.35%)
Divorced Female: 4,801 (6.08%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 3,503 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 1,858 (53.04%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 70,306 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 12,955 (18.43%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 22,174 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,416 (10.9%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 51,549 (100%)
--With a disability: 12,715 (24.67%)
----Percent employed: 54.7%
--No disability: 38,834 (75.33%)
----Percent employed: 75.6%
Population 65 years and over: 13,502 (100%)
--With a disability: 6,894 (51.06%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 93,508 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 48,074 (51.41%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 44,532 (47.62%)
--Same county: 21,893 (23.41%)
--Different county: 22,639 (24.21%)
----Same state: 13,297 (14.22%)
----Different state: 9,342 (9.99%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 902 (0.96%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 100,565 (100%)
Native: 98,970 (98.41%)
--Born in United States: 98,009 (100%)
----State of residence: 64,480 (64.12%)
----Different state: 33,529 (33.34%)
--Born outside United States: 961 (0.96%)
Foreign born: 1,595 (1.59%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 485 (0.48%)
--Naturalized citizen: 879 (0.87%)
--Not a citizen: 716 (0.71%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,595 (100%)
Europe: 416 (26.08%)
Asia: 572 (35.86%)
Africa: 72 (4.51%)
Oceania: 37 (2.32%)
Latin America: 466 (29.22%)
Northern America: 32 (2.01%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 93,508 (100%)
English only: 89,221 (95.42%)
Language other than English: 4,287 (4.58%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,686 (1.8%)
--Spanish: 2,312 (2.47%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 864 (0.92%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 1,017 (1.09%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 445 (0.48%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 706 (0.76%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 314 (0.34%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 100,565 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 89,522% (89.02%)
Arab: 172 (0.17%)
Czech: 73 (0.07%)
Danish: 162 (0.16%)
Dutch: 673 (0.67%)
English: 8,002 (7.96%)
French (except Basque): 1,337 (1.33%)
French Canadian: 416 (0.41%)
German: 6,034 (6%)
Greek: 324 (0.32%)
Hungarian: 180 (0.18%)
Irish: 6,332 (6.3%)
Italian: 2,289 (2.28%)
Lithuanian: 77 (0.08%)
Norwegian: 508 (0.51%)
Polish: 894 (0.89%)
Portuguese: 159 (0.16%)
Russian: 273 (0.27%)
Scotch-Irish: 1,549 (1.54%)
Scottish: 1,231 (1.22%)
Slovak: 32 (0.03%)
Subsaharan African: 1,206 (1.2%)
Swedish: 422 (0.42%)
Swiss: 135 (0.13%)
Ukrainian: 83 (0.08%)
United States or American: 7,107 (7.07%)
Welsh: 342 (0.34%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 255 (0.25%)
Other ancestries: 49,255 (48.98%)

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