Radford, VA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5165392, place: Radford city, Virginia)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 8,502 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 115 (1.35%)
Kindergarten: 87 (1.02%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 969 (11.4%)
High school (grades 9-12): 379 (4.46%)
College or graduate school: 6,952 (81.77%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 6,766 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 518 (7.66%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 606 (8.96%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,329 (19.64%)
Some college, no degree: 1,529 (22.6%)
Associate degree: 480 (7.09%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,254 (18.53%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,050 (15.52%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 83.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 34.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 14,104 (100%)
Never married: 7,888 (55.93%)
Now married, except separated: 4,761 (33.76%)
Separated: 234 (1.66%)
Total Widowed: 604 (4.28%)
Widowed Female: 571 (4.05%)
Total Divorced: 617 (4.37%)
Divorced Female: 420 (2.98%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 117 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 84 (71.79%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 13,798 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,114 (8.07%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 5,323 (100%)
--With a disability: 491 (9.22%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 8,373 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,241 (14.82%)
----Percent employed: 62.9%
--No disability: 7,132 (85.18%)
----Percent employed: 72%
Population 65 years and over: 1,535 (100%)
--With a disability: 703 (45.8%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 15,267 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 4,817 (31.55%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 10,136 (66.39%)
--Same county: 1,250 (8.19%)
--Different county: 8,886 (58.2%)
----Same state: 6,684 (43.78%)
----Different state: 2,202 (14.42%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 314 (2.06%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 15,859 (100%)
Native: 15,460 (97.48%)
--Born in United States: 15,302 (100%)
----State of residence: 9,829 (61.98%)
----Different state: 5,473 (34.51%)
--Born outside United States: 158 (1%)
Foreign born: 399 (2.52%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 239 (1.51%)
--Naturalized citizen: 189 (1.19%)
--Not a citizen: 210 (1.32%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 399 (100%)
Europe: 105 (26.32%)
Asia: 132 (33.08%)
Africa: 42 (10.53%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 85 (21.3%)
Northern America: 35 (8.77%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 15,267 (100%)
English only: 14,469 (94.77%)
Language other than English: 798 (5.23%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 209 (1.37%)
--Spanish: 355 (2.33%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 91 (0.6%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 322 (2.11%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 107 (0.7%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 94 (0.62%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 11 (0.07%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 15,859 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 14,216% (89.64%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 72 (0.45%)
Danish: 38 (0.24%)
Dutch: 212 (1.34%)
English: 1,769 (11.15%)
French (except Basque): 248 (1.56%)
French Canadian: 128 (0.81%)
German: 2,278 (14.36%)
Greek: 45 (0.28%)
Hungarian: 55 (0.35%)
Irish: 1,855 (11.7%)
Italian: 632 (3.99%)
Lithuanian: 8 (0.05%)
Norwegian: 59 (0.37%)
Polish: 347 (2.19%)
Portuguese: 38 (0.24%)
Russian: 78 (0.49%)
Scotch-Irish: 612 (3.86%)
Scottish: 553 (3.49%)
Slovak: 47 (0.3%)
Subsaharan African: 59 (0.37%)
Swedish: 129 (0.81%)
Swiss: 42 (0.26%)
Ukrainian: 7 (0.04%)
United States or American: 2,096 (13.22%)
Welsh: 106 (0.67%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 30 (0.19%)
Other ancestries: 2,673 (16.85%)

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