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Newport News Virginia Social and demographic information
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Newport News Virginia Social information
Profile of Selected Social Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: Newport News city
| Subject |
Number |
Percent |
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Subject |
Number |
Percent |
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| SCHOOL
ENROLLMENT |
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NATIVITY
AND PLACE OF BIRTH |
|
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| Population
3 years and over |
|
|
|
Total
poplulation |
180,150 |
100.0 |
| enrolled
in school |
50,215 |
100.0 |
|
Native |
171,540 |
95.2 |
| Nursery
school, preschool |
3,610 |
7.2 |
|
Born in
United States |
166,605 |
92.5 |
| Kindergarten |
3,274 |
6.5 |
|
State
of residence |
86,678 |
48.1 |
| Elementary
school (grades 1-8) |
22,511 |
44.8 |
|
Different state |
79,927 |
44.4 |
| High school
(grades 9-12) |
10,209 |
20.3 |
|
Born
outside United States |
4,935 |
2.7 |
| College or
graduate school |
10,611 |
21.1 |
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Foreign born |
8,610 |
4.8 |
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Entered 1990 to March 2000 |
3,056 |
1.7 |
| EDUCATIONAL
ATTAINMENT |
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Naturalized citizen |
4,540 |
2.5 |
| Population
25 years and over |
110,083 |
100.0 |
|
Not a
citizen |
4,070 |
2.3 |
| Less than 9th
grade |
4,665 |
4.2 |
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| 9th to 12th
grade, no diploma |
12,388 |
11.3 |
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REGION OF
BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN |
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| High school
graduate (includes equivalency) |
33,125 |
30.1 |
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Total
(excluding born at sea) |
8,610 |
100.0 |
| Some college,
no degree |
29,995 |
27.2 |
|
Europe |
2,586 |
30.0 |
| Associate
degree |
8,020 |
7.3 |
|
Asia |
3,595 |
41.8 |
| Bachelor's
degree |
14,735 |
13.4 |
|
Africa |
244 |
2.8 |
| Graduate or
professional degree |
7,155 |
6.5 |
|
Oceania |
95 |
1.1 |
| |
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Latin America |
1,837 |
21.3 |
| Percent high
school graduate or higher |
84.5 |
(X) |
|
Northern
America |
253 |
2.9 |
| Percent
bachelor's degree or higher |
19.9 |
(X) |
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LANGUAGE
SPOKEN AT HOME |
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| MARITAL
STATUS |
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Population 5 years and over |
165,897 |
100.0 |
| Population
15 years and over |
137,950 |
100.0 |
|
English only |
152,149 |
91.7 |
| Never married |
39,387 |
28.6 |
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Language other
than English |
13,748 |
8.3 |
| Now married,
except separated |
68,312 |
49.5 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
4,724 |
2.8 |
| Separated |
6,466 |
4.7 |
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Spanish |
5,951 |
3.6 |
| Widowed |
8,991 |
6.5 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
1,702 |
1.0 |
| Female |
7,494 |
5.4 |
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Other
Indo-European languages |
3,981 |
2.4 |
| Divorced |
14,794 |
10.7 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
1,028 |
0.6 |
| Female |
8,765 |
6.4 |
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Asian and
Pacific Island languages |
3,343 |
2.0 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
1,865 |
1.1 |
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GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS |
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| Grandparent
living in household |
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|
ANCESTRY
(single and multiple) |
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| with
one or more own grandchildren |
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Total
population |
180,150 |
100.0 |
| under
18 years |
3,687 |
100.0 |
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Total
ancestries reported |
174,947 |
97.1 |
| Grandparent
responsible for grandchildren |
1,754 |
47.6 |
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Arab |
404 |
0.2 |
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Czech¹ |
504 |
0.3 |
| VETERAN
STATUS |
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Danish |
381 |
0.2 |
| Civilian
population 18 years and over |
120,962 |
100.0 |
|
Dutch |
1,958 |
1.1 |
| Civilian
veterans |
24,021 |
19.9 |
|
English |
14,950 |
8.3 |
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French (except
Basque)¹ |
3,662 |
2.0 |
| DISABILITY
STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN |
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French
Canadian¹ |
929 |
0.5 |
| NONINSTITUTIONALIZED
POPULATION |
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German |
17,243 |
9.6 |
| Population
5 to 20 years |
42,047 |
100.0 |
|
Greek |
669 |
0.4 |
| With a
disability |
3,594 |
8.5 |
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Hungarian |
403 |
0.2 |
| Population
21 to 64 years |
94,899 |
100.0 |
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Irish¹ |
13,411 |
7.4 |
| With a
disability |
18,363 |
19.4 |
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Italian |
5,740 |
3.2 |
| Percent
employed |
56.7 |
(X) |
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Lithuanian |
108 |
0.1 |
| No disability |
76,536 |
80.6 |
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Norwegian |
1,105 |
0.6 |
| Percent
employed |
79.0 |
(X) |
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Polish |
2,542 |
1.4 |
| Population
65 years and over |
17,225 |
100.0 |
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Portuguese |
421 |
0.2 |
| With a
disability |
7,424 |
43.1 |
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Russian |
592 |
0.3 |
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Scotch-Irish |
2,994 |
1.7 |
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Scottish |
2,830 |
1.6 |
| RESIDENCE
IN 1995 |
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Slovak |
237 |
0.1 |
| Population
5 years and over |
165,897 |
100.0 |
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Subsaharan
African |
1,955 |
1.1 |
| Same house in
1995 |
75,405 |
45.5 |
|
Swedish |
913 |
0.5 |
| Different
house in the U.S. in 1995 |
85,368 |
51.5 |
|
Swiss |
218 |
0.1 |
| Same county |
38,039 |
22.9 |
|
Ukrainian |
398 |
0.2 |
| Different
county |
47,329 |
28.5 |
|
United States
or American |
14,113 |
7.8 |
| Same state |
20,663 |
12.5 |
|
Welsh |
912 |
0.5 |
| Different
state |
26,666 |
16.1 |
|
West Indian
(excluding Hispanic groups) |
1,180 |
0.7 |
| Elsewhere in
1995 |
5,124 |
3.1 |
|
Other
ancestries |
84,175 |
46.7 |
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| Date: January
6, 2005 |
| |
| -Represent
zero or rounds to zero. (X) Not applicable. |
| ¹ The data
represent a combination of two ancestries shown separately in Summary
File 3. Czech includes Czechoslovakian. French includes Alsatian. French
Canadian includes Acadian/Cajun. Irish includes Celtic. |
| Source: U.S.
Bureau of the Census, Census 2000. |
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