West Point, VA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5184960, place: West Point town, Virginia)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 737 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 35 (4.75%)
Kindergarten: 16 (2.17%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 400 (54.27%)
High school (grades 9-12): 185 (25.1%)
College or graduate school: 101 (13.7%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,986 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 170 (8.56%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 167 (8.41%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 630 (31.72%)
Some college, no degree: 473 (23.82%)
Associate degree: 149 (7.5%)
Bachelor's degree: 274 (13.8%)
Graduate or professional degree: 123 (6.19%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 83%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 20%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,263 (100%)
Never married: 451 (19.93%)
Now married, except separated: 1,395 (61.64%)
Separated: 71 (3.14%)
Total Widowed: 221 (9.77%)
Widowed Female: 199 (8.79%)
Total Divorced: 125 (5.52%)
Divorced Female: 47 (2.08%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 48 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 21 (43.75%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,139 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 364 (17.02%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 642 (100%)
--With a disability: 15 (2.34%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,572 (100%)
--With a disability: 224 (14.25%)
----Percent employed: 41.1%
--No disability: 1,348 (85.75%)
----Percent employed: 82.6%
Population 65 years and over: 464 (100%)
--With a disability: 172 (37.07%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,735 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,656 (60.55%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,049 (38.35%)
--Same county: 447 (16.34%)
--Different county: 602 (22.01%)
----Same state: 544 (19.89%)
----Different state: 58 (2.12%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 30 (1.1%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,906 (100%)
Native: 2,839 (97.69%)
--Born in United States: 2,817 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,191 (75.4%)
----Different state: 626 (21.54%)
--Born outside United States: 22 (0.76%)
Foreign born: 67 (2.31%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 33 (1.14%)
--Naturalized citizen: 18 (0.62%)
--Not a citizen: 49 (1.69%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 67 (100%)
Europe: 39 (58.21%)
Asia: 23 (34.33%)
Africa: 5 (7.46%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,735 (100%)
English only: 2,562 (93.67%)
Language other than English: 173 (6.33%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 103 (3.77%)
--Spanish: 57 (2.08%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 20 (0.73%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 69 (2.52%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 53 (1.94%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 42 (1.54%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 30 (1.1%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,906 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,293% (78.91%)
Arab: 5 (0.17%)
Czech: 11 (0.38%)
Danish: 12 (0.41%)
Dutch: 40 (1.38%)
English: 443 (15.24%)
French (except Basque): 37 (1.27%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 158 (5.44%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 23 (0.79%)
Irish: 105 (3.61%)
Italian: 40 (1.38%)
Lithuanian: 11 (0.38%)
Norwegian: 5 (0.17%)
Polish: 169 (5.82%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 33 (1.14%)
Scotch-Irish: 86 (2.96%)
Scottish: 58 (2%)
Slovak: 5 (0.17%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 3 (0.1%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 301 (10.36%)
Welsh: 12 (0.41%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 736 (25.33%)

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