Richmond, VA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5167000, place: Richmond city, Virginia)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 54,048 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 3,408 (6.31%)
Kindergarten: 2,610 (4.83%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 20,092 (37.17%)
High school (grades 9-12): 8,822 (16.32%)
College or graduate school: 19,116 (35.37%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 128,555 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 9,859 (7.67%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 22,048 (17.15%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 30,314 (23.58%)
Some college, no degree: 24,224 (18.84%)
Associate degree: 4,249 (3.31%)
Bachelor's degree: 23,951 (18.63%)
Graduate or professional degree: 13,910 (10.82%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 75.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 29.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 160,809 (100%)
Never married: 65,838 (40.94%)
Now married, except separated: 55,793 (34.7%)
Separated: 6,803 (4.23%)
Total Widowed: 13,853 (8.61%)
Widowed Female: 11,343 (7.05%)
Total Divorced: 18,522 (11.52%)
Divorced Female: 10,877 (6.76%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 4,971 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 2,272 (45.71%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 154,222 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 17,936 (11.63%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 42,153 (100%)
--With a disability: 4,971 (11.79%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 114,487 (100%)
--With a disability: 26,981 (23.57%)
----Percent employed: 54.6%
--No disability: 87,506 (76.43%)
----Percent employed: 76%
Population 65 years and over: 25,532 (100%)
--With a disability: 12,275 (48.08%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 185,379 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 88,927 (47.97%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 92,197 (49.73%)
--Same county: 46,847 (25.27%)
--Different county: 45,350 (24.46%)
----Same state: 29,174 (15.74%)
----Different state: 16,176 (8.73%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 4,255 (2.3%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 197,790 (100%)
Native: 190,147 (96.14%)
--Born in United States: 188,271 (100%)
----State of residence: 132,899 (67.19%)
----Different state: 55,372 (28%)
--Born outside United States: 1,876 (0.95%)
Foreign born: 7,643 (3.86%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 4,238 (2.14%)
--Naturalized citizen: 2,715 (1.37%)
--Not a citizen: 4,928 (2.49%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 7,643 (100%)
Europe: 1,288 (16.85%)
Asia: 1,993 (26.08%)
Africa: 649 (8.49%)
Oceania: 30 (0.39%)
Latin America: 3,513 (45.96%)
Northern America: 170 (2.22%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 185,379 (100%)
English only: 172,876 (93.26%)
Language other than English: 12,503 (6.74%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5,219 (2.82%)
--Spanish: 6,483 (3.5%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3,223 (1.74%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 3,595 (1.94%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,104 (0.6%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 1,507 (0.81%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 710 (0.38%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 197,790 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 177,556% (89.77%)
Arab: 639 (0.32%)
Czech: 404 (0.2%)
Danish: 248 (0.13%)
Dutch: 1,156 (0.58%)
English: 16,881 (8.53%)
French (except Basque): 2,580 (1.3%)
French Canadian: 625 (0.32%)
German: 12,006 (6.07%)
Greek: 409 (0.21%)
Hungarian: 482 (0.24%)
Irish: 10,769 (5.44%)
Italian: 3,838 (1.94%)
Lithuanian: 211 (0.11%)
Norwegian: 619 (0.31%)
Polish: 1,841 (0.93%)
Portuguese: 157 (0.08%)
Russian: 937 (0.47%)
Scotch-Irish: 3,371 (1.7%)
Scottish: 3,861 (1.95%)
Slovak: 196 (0.1%)
Subsaharan African: 2,833 (1.43%)
Swedish: 823 (0.42%)
Swiss: 226 (0.11%)
Ukrainian: 277 (0.14%)
United States or American: 7,575 (3.83%)
Welsh: 1,131 (0.57%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 933 (0.47%)
Other ancestries: 102,528 (51.84%)

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