South Hill, VA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5173904, place: South Hill town, Virginia)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 942 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 72 (7.64%)
Kindergarten: 57 (6.05%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 383 (40.66%)
High school (grades 9-12): 261 (27.71%)
College or graduate school: 169 (17.94%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 3,085 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 174 (5.64%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 644 (20.88%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 943 (30.57%)
Some college, no degree: 601 (19.48%)
Associate degree: 192 (6.22%)
Bachelor's degree: 354 (11.47%)
Graduate or professional degree: 177 (5.74%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 73.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 17.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 3,603 (100%)
Never married: 1,041 (28.89%)
Now married, except separated: 1,642 (45.57%)
Separated: 141 (3.91%)
Total Widowed: 430 (11.93%)
Widowed Female: 395 (10.96%)
Total Divorced: 349 (9.69%)
Divorced Female: 211 (5.86%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 84 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 35 (41.67%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 3,408 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 473 (13.88%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 883 (100%)
--With a disability: 101 (11.44%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,335 (100%)
--With a disability: 514 (22.01%)
----Percent employed: 44.4%
--No disability: 1,821 (77.99%)
----Percent employed: 81.5%
Population 65 years and over: 778 (100%)
--With a disability: 428 (55.01%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 4,144 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,673 (64.5%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,471 (35.5%)
--Same county: 802 (19.35%)
--Different county: 669 (16.14%)
----Same state: 427 (10.3%)
----Different state: 242 (5.84%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 4,400 (100%)
Native: 4,386 (99.68%)
--Born in United States: 4,319 (100%)
----State of residence: 3,353 (76.2%)
----Different state: 966 (21.95%)
--Born outside United States: 67 (1.52%)
Foreign born: 14 (0.32%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 8 (0.18%)
--Not a citizen: 6 (0.14%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 14 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 14 (100%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 4,144 (100%)
English only: 4,095 (98.82%)
Language other than English: 49 (1.18%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Spanish: 31 (0.75%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 10 (0.24%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 4,400 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 3,349% (76.11%)
Arab: 8 (0.18%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 37 (0.84%)
English: 466 (10.59%)
French (except Basque): 51 (1.16%)
French Canadian: 6 (0.14%)
German: 301 (6.84%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 128 (2.91%)
Italian: 83 (1.89%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 20 (0.45%)
Polish: 33 (0.75%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 125 (2.84%)
Scottish: 45 (1.02%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 20 (0.45%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 8 (0.18%)
United States or American: 709 (16.11%)
Welsh: 9 (0.2%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 1,300 (29.55%)

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