The Plains, VA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5178192, place: The Plains town, Virginia)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 75 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 14 (18.67%)
Kindergarten: 4 (5.33%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 21 (28%)
High school (grades 9-12): 20 (26.67%)
College or graduate school: 16 (21.33%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 195 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 26 (13.33%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 47 (24.1%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 40 (20.51%)
Some college, no degree: 23 (11.79%)
Associate degree: 2 (1.03%)
Bachelor's degree: 48 (24.62%)
Graduate or professional degree: 9 (4.62%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 62.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 29.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 222 (100%)
Never married: 69 (31.08%)
Now married, except separated: 99 (44.59%)
Separated: 5 (2.25%)
Total Widowed: 26 (11.71%)
Widowed Female: 22 (9.91%)
Total Divorced: 23 (10.36%)
Divorced Female: 6 (2.7%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 5 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 5 (100%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 216 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 17 (7.87%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 51 (100%)
--With a disability: 3 (5.88%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 181 (100%)
--With a disability: 22 (12.15%)
----Percent employed: 22.7%
--No disability: 159 (87.85%)
----Percent employed: 84.3%
Population 65 years and over: 27 (100%)
--With a disability: 12 (44.44%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 259 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 135 (52.12%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 117 (45.17%)
--Same county: 56 (21.62%)
--Different county: 61 (23.55%)
----Same state: 24 (9.27%)
----Different state: 37 (14.29%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 7 (2.7%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 297 (100%)
Native: 285 (95.96%)
--Born in United States: 280 (100%)
----State of residence: 206 (69.36%)
----Different state: 74 (24.92%)
--Born outside United States: 5 (1.68%)
Foreign born: 12 (4.04%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 7 (2.36%)
--Naturalized citizen: 3 (1.01%)
--Not a citizen: 9 (3.03%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 12 (100%)
Europe: 10 (83.33%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 2 (16.67%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 259 (100%)
English only: 241 (93.05%)
Language other than English: 18 (6.95%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.77%)
--Spanish: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 18 (6.95%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.77%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 297 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 301% (101.35%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 6 (2.02%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 3 (1.01%)
English: 30 (10.1%)
French (except Basque): 1 (0.34%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 36 (12.12%)
Greek: 2 (0.67%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 27 (9.09%)
Italian: 21 (7.07%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 2 (0.67%)
Scotch-Irish: 7 (2.36%)
Scottish: 35 (11.78%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 114 (38.38%)
Welsh: 2 (0.67%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 15 (5.05%)

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