Waverly, VA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5183600, place: Waverly town, Virginia)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 586 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 29 (4.95%)
Kindergarten: 48 (8.19%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 284 (48.46%)
High school (grades 9-12): 166 (28.33%)
College or graduate school: 59 (10.07%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,572 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 329 (20.93%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 293 (18.64%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 491 (31.23%)
Some college, no degree: 209 (13.3%)
Associate degree: 53 (3.37%)
Bachelor's degree: 115 (7.32%)
Graduate or professional degree: 82 (5.22%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 60.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 12.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,875 (100%)
Never married: 612 (32.64%)
Now married, except separated: 774 (41.28%)
Separated: 101 (5.39%)
Total Widowed: 233 (12.43%)
Widowed Female: 217 (11.57%)
Total Divorced: 155 (8.27%)
Divorced Female: 78 (4.16%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 59 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 32 (54.24%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,747 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 198 (11.33%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 574 (100%)
--With a disability: 36 (6.27%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,195 (100%)
--With a disability: 304 (25.44%)
----Percent employed: 35.9%
--No disability: 891 (74.56%)
----Percent employed: 77.6%
Population 65 years and over: 344 (100%)
--With a disability: 131 (38.08%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,228 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,426 (64%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 802 (36%)
--Same county: 427 (19.17%)
--Different county: 375 (16.83%)
----Same state: 340 (15.26%)
----Different state: 35 (1.57%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,360 (100%)
Native: 2,354 (99.75%)
--Born in United States: 2,354 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,042 (86.53%)
----Different state: 312 (13.22%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 6 (0.25%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 6 (0.25%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 6 (100%)
Europe: 6 (100%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,228 (100%)
English only: 2,164 (97.13%)
Language other than English: 64 (2.87%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 14 (0.63%)
--Spanish: 42 (1.89%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 8 (0.36%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 22 (0.99%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6 (0.27%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,360 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,924% (81.53%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 0 (0%)
English: 154 (6.53%)
French (except Basque): 8 (0.34%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 55 (2.33%)
Greek: 4 (0.17%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 52 (2.2%)
Italian: 0 (0%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 7 (0.3%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 63 (2.67%)
Scottish: 18 (0.76%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 3 (0.13%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 301 (12.75%)
Welsh: 3 (0.13%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 1,256 (53.22%)

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