Charlottesville Metropolitan Statistical Area

Charlottesville MSA

[NOTE: 1990 Demographic Profile from the American Fact Finder - Community Profiles.


D-2. Social Characteristics: 1990
 
Geographic Area: Charlottesville, VA MSA


Subject

Number
   
URBAN AND RURAL RESIDENCE  
                     Total population 131,107
    Urban population 70,246
    Rural population 60,861
          Farm population 2,291
   
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT  
                    Persons 3 years and over enrolled in school 41,486
    Preprimary school 2,508
    Elementary or high school 17,851
          Percent in private school 7.2
    College 21,127
   
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT  
                    Persons 25 years and over 80,658
    Less than 9th grade 8,845
    9th to 12th grade, no diploma 9,749
    High school graduate 18,341
    Some college, no degree 12,793
    Associate degree 4,086
    Bachelor's degree 14,839
    Graduate or professional degree 12,005
   
    Percent high school graduate or higher 76.9
    Percent bachelor's degree or higher 33.3
   
RESIDENCE IN 1985  
                    Persons 5 years and over 122,215
    Lived in same house 53,528
    Lived in different house in U.S. 66,620
          Same state 46,171
                Same county 18,938
                Different county 27,233
          Different state 20,449
    Lived abroad 2,067
   
DISABILITY OF CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS  
                    Persons 16 to 64 years 90,417
    With a mobility or self-care limitation 3,047
                With a mobility limitation 1,228
                With a self-care limitation 2,453
    With a work disability 5,200
                In labor force 2,435
          Prevented from working 2,297
   
                    Persons 65 years and over 13,059
    With a mobility or self-care limitation 2,439
          With a mobility limitation 1,925
          With a self-care limitation 1,365
   
CHILDREN EVER BORN PER 1,000 WOMEN  
    Women 15 to 24 years 160
    Women 25 to 34 years 1,003
    Women 35 to 44 years 1,672
   
VETERAN STATUS  
                    Civilian veterans 16 years and over 12,757
    65 years and over 3,284
   
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH  
                    Total population 131,107
    Native population 126,483
          Percent born in state of residence 60.6
    Foreign-born population 4,624
          Entered the U.S. 1980 to 1990 1,975
   
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME  
                    Persons 5 years and over 122,215
    Speak a language other than English 6,247
                Do not speak English "very well" 1,895
          Speak Spanish 1,471
                Do not speak English "very well" 495
          Speak Asian or Pacific Island language 1,527
                Do not speak English "very well" 678
   
ANCESTRY  
                    Total ancestries reported 149,226
    Arab 322
    Austrian 432
    Belgian 161
    Canadian 302
    Czech 450
    Danish 525
    Dutch 2,460
    English 27,376
    Finnish 203
    French (except Basque) 3,763
    French Canadian 638
    German 25,817
    Greek 525
    Hungarian 697
    Irish 18,354
    Italian 4,374
    Lithuanian 363
    Norwegian 895
    Polish 2,367
    Portuguese 160
    Romanian 183
    Russian 1,514
    Scotch-Irish 5,244
    Scottish 4,798
    Slovak 576
    Subsaharan African 263
    Swedish 1,707
    Swiss 699
    Ukrainian 366
    United States or American 13,762
    Welsh 1,585
    West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups) 221
    Yugoslavian 65
    Other ancestries 28,059
(X) Not applicable
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1990 Census of Population and Housing, Summary Tape File 3 (Sample Data)
           Matrices P1, P6, P13, P28, P32, P33, P34, P36, P37, P38, P39, P42, P43, P54, P58, P64, P66, P69.

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