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Alleghany County

DP-2. Selected Social Characteristics:2000


Subject

Number

Percent

     

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

   

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school

2,029

100.0

Nursery school, preschool 113 5.6
Kindergarten 84 4.1
Elementary school (grades 1-8) 988 48.7
High school (grades 9-12) 452 22.3
College or graduate school 392 19.3
     

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

   

Population 25 years and over

7,829

100.0

Less than 9th grade 1,136 14.5
9th to 12th grade, no diploma 1,367 17.5
High school graduate (includes equivalency) 2,488 31.8
Some college, no degree 1,453 18.6
Associate degree 471 6.0
Bachelor's degree 643 8.2
Graduate or professional degree 271 3.5
     
Percent high school graduate or higher 68.0  
Percent bachelor's degree or higher 11.7  
     

MARITAL STATUS

   

Population 15 years and over

8,994

100.0

Never married 1,393 15.5
Now married, except separated 5,695 63.3
Separated 187 2.1
Widowed 868 9.7

Female

711 7.9
Divorced 851 9.5

Female

441 4.9
     

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS

   

Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years

86

100.0

Grandparent responsible for grandchildren 58 67.4
     

VETERAN STATUS

   

Civilian population 18 years and over

8,621

100.0

Civilian veterans 1,151 13.4
     

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION

   

Population 5 to 20 years

1,900

100.0

With a disability 130 6.8
     

Population 21 to 64 years

6,097

100.0

With a disability 1,325 21.7

Percent employed

52.3  
No disability 4,772 78.3

Percent employed

79.1  
     

Population 65 years and over

1,979

100.0

With a disability 943 47.7
     

RESIDENCE IN 1995

   

Population 5 years and over

10,126

100.0

Same house in 1995 6,572 64.9
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 3,273 32.3

Same county

1,751 17.3

Different county

1,522 15.0

Same state

859 8.5

Different state

663 6.5
Elsewhere in 1995 281 2.8
     

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

   

Total population

10,677

100.0

Native 10,236 95.9

Born in United States

10,223 95.7

State of residence

7,005 65.6

Different state

3,218 30.1

Born outside United States

13 0.1
Foreign born 441 4.1

Entered 1990 to March 2000

362 3.4

Naturalized citizen

106 1.0

Not a citizen

335 3.1
     

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN

   

Total (excluding born at sea)

441

100.0

Europe 38 8.6
Asia 51 11.6
Africa 0 0.0
Oceania 0 0.0
Latin America 352 79.8
Northern America 0 0.0
     

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

   

Population 5 years and over

10,126

100.0

English only 9,505 93.9
Language other than English 621 6.1

Speak English less than "very well"

359 3.5

Spanish

516 5.1

Speak English less than "very well"

306 3.0

Other Indo-European languages

65 0.6

Speak English less than "very well"

18 0.2

Asian and Pacific Island languages

40 0.4

Speak English less than "very well"

35 0.3
     

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)

   

Total population

10,677

100.0

Total ancestries reported

7,995 74.9
Arab 0 0.0
Czech1 7 0.1
Danish 10 0.1
Dutch 148 1.4
English 1,211 11.3
French (except Basque)1 72 0.7
French Canadian1 11 0.1
German 779 7.3
Greek 0 0.0
Hungarian 18 0.2
Irish1 718 6.7
Italian 88 0.8
Lithuanian 4 0.0
Norwegian 34 0.3
Polish 46 0.4
Portuguese 6 0.1
Russian 7 0.1
Scotch-Irish 433 4.1
Scottish 147 1.4
Slovak 0 0.0
Subsaharan African 0 0.0
Swedish 39 0.4
Swiss 0 0.0
Ukrainian 0 0.0
United States or American 2,965 27.8
Welsh 33 0.3
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) 16 0.1
Other ancestries 1,203 11.3
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.
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