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2001 Supplementary Survey Profile
VA Congressional District 11
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TABLE 2. PROFILE OF SELECTED SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS
  Estimate Lower
Bound
Upper
Bound
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school
181,790
169,903
193,677
Nursery school, preschool
13,480
10,426
16,534
Kindergarten
9,978
7,402
12,554
Elementary school (grades 1-8)
73,384
65,208
81,560
High school grade (grades 9-12)
40,310
34,746
45,874
College or graduate school
44,638
38,061
51,215
 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over
430,477
417,736
443,218
Less than 9th grade
21,306
16,014
26,598
9th to 12th grade, no diploma
24,367
19,150
29,584
High school graduate (including equivalency)
70,202
62,416
77,988
Some college, no degree
69,678
62,619
76,737
Associate degree
23,892
20,137
27,647
Bachelor's degree
125,794
117,282
134,306
Graduate or professional degree
95,238
87,830
102,647
 
Percent high school graduate or higher
89.4
87.8
91.1
Percent bachelor's degree or higher
51.3
49.2
53.4
 
MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over
248,209
236,789
259,629
Never married
72,529
63,636
81,423
Now married, except separated
151,728
143,475
159,981
Separated
3,940
2,241
5,640
Widowed
3,987
2,367
5,607
Divorced
16,025
12,428
19,622
 
Females 15 years and over
264,952
255,262
274,642
Never married
67,912
60,546
75,278
Now married, except separated
146,272
139,024
153,520
Separated
8,274
5,162
11,386
Widowed
12,409
9,970
14,848
Divorced
30,085
25,354
34,816
 
FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had
a birth in the past 12 months
9,967
6,910
13,024
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)
1,288
346
2,230
Per 1,000 unmarried women
16
4
28
As a percent of all women with a birth
12.9
3.8
22.0
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old
53
37
70
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old
10
0
27
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old
100
64
136
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old
29
14
44
 
GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren
under 18 years in households
7,469
4,646
10,292
Responsible for grandchildren
867
158
1,577
less than 1 year
146
0
407
1 or 2 years
0
0
515
3 or 4 years
0
0
515
5 or more years
721
92
1,350
 
Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent who are female
60.7
22.3
99.1
Percent who are married
16.8
0.0
45.3
Percent who are in labor force
36.6
0.0
74.4
Percent who are in poverty
0.0
0.0
43.7
 
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over
475,950
459,603
492,297
Civilian veterans
67,509
61,114
73,904
 
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years
147,797
136,422
159,172
With a disability
8,403
5,497
11,309
 
Population 21 to 64 years
405,392
389,908
420,876
With a disability
31,575
25,985
37,165
Percent employed
65.6
59.3
71.9
No disability
373,817
358,350
389,284
Percent employed
79.7
77.6
81.8
 
Population 65 years and over
46,141
42,047
50,235
With a disability
16,189
13,066
19,312
 
RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over
649,402
625,654
673,150
Same house
531,423
507,676
555,170
Different house in the U.S.
102,097
86,968
117,226
Same county
47,305
36,128
58,482
Different county
54,792
43,519
66,065
Same state
27,164
18,162
36,166
Different state
27,628
20,517
34,740
Abroad
15,882
7,470
24,294
 
PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population
657,793
633,418
682,168
Native
486,901
469,277
504,525
Born in United States
469,497
452,146
486,848
State of residence
157,582
143,951
171,213
Different state
311,915
297,489
326,341
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or
born abroad to American parent(s)
17,404
13,177
21,631
Foreign born
170,892
151,863
189,921
Naturalized citizen
60,059
51,781
68,337
Not a citizen
110,833
93,406
128,260
Entered 1990 or later
95,125
78,305
111,945
Entered before 1990
75,767
66,174
85,360
 
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported
170,892
151,863
189,921
Europe
12,252
9,026
15,478
Asia
82,342
69,947
94,737
Africa
15,198
6,984
23,412
Oceania
1,521
348
2,694
Latin America
58,985
48,003
69,967
Northern America
594
7
1,181
 
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over
606,997
584,773
629,221
English only
419,525
402,065
436,985
Language other than English
187,472
168,118
206,827
Speak English less than "very well"
82,444
69,442
95,446
Spanish
74,897
63,241
86,553
Speak English less than "very well"
42,021
32,598
51,444
Other Indo-European languages
38,735
29,945
47,525
Speak English less than "very well"
11,300
6,546
16,054
Asian and Pacific Islander languages
59,567
47,723
71,411
Speak English less than "very well"
23,765
18,028
29,502
Other languages
14,273
5,993
22,553
Speak English less than "very well"
5,358
698
10,018
 
ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population
657,793
633,418
682,168
Arab
12,633
4,441
20,825
Czech
1,434
503
2,365
Danish
2,573
1,233
3,913
Dutch
5,609
3,378
7,840
English
74,452
64,691
84,213
French (except Basque)
12,743
8,691
16,795
French Canadian
6,272
2,197
10,348
German
88,388
78,366
98,410
Greek
2,021
734
3,308
Hungarian
3,343
1,939
4,747
Irish
84,256
74,853
93,659
Italian
29,047
23,386
34,708
Lithuanian
1,701
728
2,675
Norwegian
5,948
3,531
8,365
Polish
19,739
14,710
24,768
Portuguese
187
0
502
Russian
8,536
5,914
11,158
Scotch-Irish
14,014
10,209
17,819
Scottish
11,886
8,634
15,138
Slovak
3,561
1,025
6,097
Subsaharan African
17,484
7,548
27,420
Swedish
10,273
6,867
13,679
Swiss
2,482
1,002
3,962
Ukrainian
1,918
852
2,984
United States or American
36,822
28,133
45,511
Welsh
8,786
5,290
12,282
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)
2,397
546
4,248
 

The 2001 Supplementary Survey universe is limited to the household population and excludes the population living in institutions, college dormitories, and other group quarters. Data are based on a sample and are subject to sampling variability. The degree of uncertainty for an estimate is represented through the use of a confidence interval. The confidence interval computed here is a 90 percent confidence interval and can be interpreted roughly as providing 90 percent certainty that the true number falls between the lower and upper bounds.

School enrollment estimates from the 2001 Supplementary Survey will tend to be lower than similar estimates from Census 2000 and the Current Population Survey because the school enrollment estimates from the 2001 Supplementary Survey do not include individuals residing in group quarters, such as college dormitories.

Ancestry listed in this table refers to the total number of reports; for example, the estimate given for Russian represents the number of people who listed Russian as either their first or second ancestry. This table lists only the largest ancestry groups; see the Detailed Tables for more categories. Race and Hispanic origin groups are not included in this table because official data for those groups come from the Race and Hispanic origin questions rather than the ancestry question (see Table 1).

1. An '*' entry in the lower and upper bound columns indicates that too few sample observations were available to compute a standard error and thus the lower and upper bounds. A statistical test is not appropriate.
2. An '**' entry in the lower and upper bound columns indicates that no sample observations were available to compute a standard error and thus the lower and upper bounds. A statistical test is not appropriate.
3. An '-' entry in the estimate column indicates that no sample observations were available to compute an estimate.
4. An '-' following a median estimate means the median falls in the lowest interval of an open-ended distribution.
5. An '+' following a median estimate means the median falls in the upper interval of an open-ended distribution.
6. An '***' entry in the lower and upper bound columns indicates that the median falls in the lowest interval or upper interval of an open-ended distribution. A statistical test is not appropriate.
7. An '*****' entry in the lower and upper bound columns indicates that the estimate is controlled. A statistical test is not appropriate.
8. An 'N' entry in the estimate, lower bound, and upper bound columns indicates that data for this geographic area cannot be displayed because the number of sample cases is too small.

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