Purcellville, VA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5165008, place: Purcellville town, Virginia)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,124 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 95 (8.45%)
Kindergarten: 70 (6.23%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 588 (52.31%)
High school (grades 9-12): 253 (22.51%)
College or graduate school: 118 (10.5%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,225 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 100 (4.49%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 174 (7.82%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 522 (23.46%)
Some college, no degree: 533 (23.96%)
Associate degree: 146 (6.56%)
Bachelor's degree: 565 (25.39%)
Graduate or professional degree: 185 (8.31%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 87.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 33.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,574 (100%)
Never married: 548 (21.29%)
Now married, except separated: 1,646 (63.95%)
Separated: 55 (2.14%)
Total Widowed: 156 (6.06%)
Widowed Female: 131 (5.09%)
Total Divorced: 169 (6.57%)
Divorced Female: 130 (5.05%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 39 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 16 (41.03%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,389 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 368 (15.4%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,007 (100%)
--With a disability: 60 (5.96%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,926 (100%)
--With a disability: 199 (10.33%)
----Percent employed: 62.8%
--No disability: 1,727 (89.67%)
----Percent employed: 82.9%
Population 65 years and over: 363 (100%)
--With a disability: 166 (45.73%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 3,299 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,360 (41.22%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,912 (57.96%)
--Same county: 1,011 (30.65%)
--Different county: 901 (27.31%)
----Same state: 296 (8.97%)
----Different state: 605 (18.34%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 27 (0.82%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 3,599 (100%)
Native: 3,514 (97.64%)
--Born in United States: 3,472 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,810 (50.29%)
----Different state: 1,662 (46.18%)
--Born outside United States: 42 (1.17%)
Foreign born: 85 (2.36%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 22 (0.61%)
--Naturalized citizen: 57 (1.58%)
--Not a citizen: 28 (0.78%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 85 (100%)
Europe: 40 (47.06%)
Asia: 12 (14.12%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 11 (12.94%)
Northern America: 22 (25.88%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 3,299 (100%)
English only: 3,194 (96.82%)
Language other than English: 105 (3.18%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 22 (0.67%)
--Spanish: 30 (0.91%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (0.12%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 70 (2.12%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 18 (0.55%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 5 (0.15%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 3,599 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 3,758% (104.42%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 20 (0.56%)
Danish: 14 (0.39%)
Dutch: 83 (2.31%)
English: 441 (12.25%)
French (except Basque): 70 (1.94%)
French Canadian: 7 (0.19%)
German: 675 (18.76%)
Greek: 29 (0.81%)
Hungarian: 29 (0.81%)
Irish: 567 (15.75%)
Italian: 186 (5.17%)
Lithuanian: 8 (0.22%)
Norwegian: 32 (0.89%)
Polish: 94 (2.61%)
Portuguese: 7 (0.19%)
Russian: 8 (0.22%)
Scotch-Irish: 129 (3.58%)
Scottish: 85 (2.36%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 77 (2.14%)
Swedish: 51 (1.42%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 18 (0.5%)
United States or American: 421 (11.7%)
Welsh: 54 (1.5%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 22 (0.61%)
Other ancestries: 631 (17.53%)

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