Williamsburg, VA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5186160, place: Williamsburg city, Virginia)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 6,365 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 130 (2.04%)
Kindergarten: 26 (0.41%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 582 (9.14%)
High school (grades 9-12): 224 (3.52%)
College or graduate school: 5,403 (84.89%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 5,360 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 202 (3.77%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 355 (6.62%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,115 (20.8%)
Some college, no degree: 1,023 (19.09%)
Associate degree: 252 (4.7%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,268 (23.66%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,145 (21.36%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 89.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 45%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 11,009 (100%)
Never married: 3,341 (30.35%)
Now married, except separated: 5,952 (54.06%)
Separated: 222 (2.02%)
Total Widowed: 638 (5.8%)
Widowed Female: 470 (4.27%)
Total Divorced: 856 (7.78%)
Divorced Female: 579 (5.26%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 45 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0 (0%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 10,762 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 956 (8.88%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 4,143 (100%)
--With a disability: 327 (7.89%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 6,007 (100%)
--With a disability: 866 (14.42%)
----Percent employed: 47.8%
--No disability: 5,141 (85.58%)
----Percent employed: 61.1%
Population 65 years and over: 1,335 (100%)
--With a disability: 467 (34.98%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 11,675 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 3,268 (27.99%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 8,041 (68.87%)
--Same county: 734 (6.29%)
--Different county: 7,307 (62.59%)
----Same state: 4,421 (37.87%)
----Different state: 2,886 (24.72%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 366 (3.13%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 11,998 (100%)
Native: 11,376 (94.82%)
--Born in United States: 11,137 (100%)
----State of residence: 4,502 (37.52%)
----Different state: 6,635 (55.3%)
--Born outside United States: 239 (1.99%)
Foreign born: 622 (5.18%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 280 (2.33%)
--Naturalized citizen: 253 (2.11%)
--Not a citizen: 369 (3.08%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 622 (100%)
Europe: 210 (33.76%)
Asia: 243 (39.07%)
Africa: 37 (5.95%)
Oceania: 21 (3.38%)
Latin America: 50 (8.04%)
Northern America: 61 (9.81%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 11,675 (100%)
English only: 10,776 (92.3%)
Language other than English: 899 (7.7%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 311 (2.66%)
--Spanish: 178 (1.52%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 43 (0.37%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 422 (3.61%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 104 (0.89%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 265 (2.27%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 157 (1.34%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 11,998 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 10,357% (86.32%)
Arab: 32 (0.27%)
Czech: 41 (0.34%)
Danish: 41 (0.34%)
Dutch: 153 (1.28%)
English: 1,805 (15.04%)
French (except Basque): 244 (2.03%)
French Canadian: 38 (0.32%)
German: 1,491 (12.43%)
Greek: 77 (0.64%)
Hungarian: 155 (1.29%)
Irish: 1,194 (9.95%)
Italian: 402 (3.35%)
Lithuanian: 35 (0.29%)
Norwegian: 107 (0.89%)
Polish: 298 (2.48%)
Portuguese: 33 (0.28%)
Russian: 95 (0.79%)
Scotch-Irish: 316 (2.63%)
Scottish: 390 (3.25%)
Slovak: 61 (0.51%)
Subsaharan African: 59 (0.49%)
Swedish: 158 (1.32%)
Swiss: 68 (0.57%)
Ukrainian: 45 (0.38%)
United States or American: 444 (3.7%)
Welsh: 146 (1.22%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 16 (0.13%)
Other ancestries: 2,413 (20.11%)

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