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> Roanoke, VA Metro Area
Language Spoken At Home in Roanoke
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 5 years and over | 290,625 | 100% |
English only | 273,088 | 94.0% |
Language other than English | 17,537 | 6.0% |
Speak English less than very well | 8,041 | 2.8% |
Spanish | 8,056 | 2.8% |
Speak English less than very well | 3,757 | 1.3% |
Other Indo-European languages | 5,188 | 1.8% |
Speak English less than very well | 1,914 | 0.7% |
Asian and Pacific Islander languages | 2,805 | 1.0% |
Speak English less than very well | 1,548 | 0.5% |
Other languages | 1,488 | 0.5% |
Speak English less than very well | 822 | 0.3% |
Ancestry in Roanoke
*Base on 2012 Data
Total population | 308,238 | 100% |
American | 48,340 | 15.7% |
Arab | 1,337 | 0.4% |
Czech | 470 | 0.2% |
Danish | 383 | 0.1% |
Dutch | 3,716 | 1.2% |
English | 41,874 | 13.6% |
French (except Basque) | 6,192 | 2.0% |
French Canadian | 742 | 0.2% |
German | 43,560 | 14.1% |
Greek | 799 | 0.3% |
Hungarian | 665 | 0.2% |
Irish | 33,595 | 10.9% |
Italian | 7,608 | 2.5% |
Lithuanian | 364 | 0.1% |
Norwegian | 1,766 | 0.6% |
Polish | 4,058 | 1.3% |
Portuguese | 316 | 0.1% |
Russian | 810 | 0.3% |
Scotch-Irish | 9,705 | 3.1% |
Scottish | 7,251 | 2.4% |
Slovak | 478 | 0.2% |
Subsaharan African | 2,519 | 0.8% |
Swedish | 1,738 | 0.6% |
Swiss | 626 | 0.2% |
Ukrainian | 368 | 0.1% |
Welsh | 2,253 | 0.7% |
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups) | 1,119 | 0.4% |
Households By Type in Roanoke
*Base on 2012 Data
Total households | 128,920 | 100% |
Family households (families) | 84,019 | 65.2% |
With own children under 18 years | 33,292 | 25.8% |
Married-couple family | 62,831 | 48.7% |
With own children under 18 years | 22,414 | 17.4% |
Male householder, no wife present, family | 4,818 | 3.7% |
With own children under 18 years | 2,136 | 1.7% |
Female householder, no husband present, family | 16,370 | 12.7% |
With own children under 18 years | 8,742 | 6.8% |
Nonfamily households | 44,901 | 34.8% |
Householder living alone | 38,372 | 29.8% |
65 years and over | 14,701 | 11.4% |
Households with one or more people under 18 years | 37,539 | 29.1% |
Households with one or more people 65 years and over | 35,671 | 27.7% |
Average household size | 2 | 0% |
Average family size | 3 | 0% |
Relationship in Roanoke
*Base on 2012 Data
Population in households | 300,478 | 100% |
Householder | 128,920 | 42.9% |
Spouse | 62,668 | 20.9% |
Child | 79,083 | 26.3% |
Other relatives | 16,224 | 5.4% |
Nonrelatives | 13,583 | 4.5% |
Unmarried partner | 6,203 | 2.1% |
Marital Status in Roanoke
*Base on 2012 Data
Males 15 years and over | 120,745 | 100% |
Never married | 34,674 | 28.7% |
Now married, except separated | 67,420 | 55.8% |
Separated | 2,339 | 1.9% |
Widowed | 3,674 | 3.0% |
Divorced | 12,638 | 10.5% |
Females 15 years and over | 133,181 | 100% |
Never married | 31,405 | 23.6% |
Now married, except separated | 65,094 | 48.9% |
Separated | 3,207 | 2.4% |
Widowed | 14,605 | 11.0% |
Divorced | 18,870 | 14.2% |
Fertility in Roanoke
*Base on 2012 Data
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had a birth in the past 12 months | 4,059 | 100% |
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married) | 1,544 | 38.0% |
Per 1,000 unmarried women | 43 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old | 57 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old | 24 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old | 117 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old | 20 | 0% |
Grandparents in Roanoke
*Base on 2012 Data
Number of grandparents living with own grandchildren under 18 years | 5,807 | 100% |
Responsible for grandchildren | 2,773 | 47.8% |
Less than 1 year | 395 | 6.8% |
1 or 2 years | 639 | 11.0% |
3 or 4 years | 635 | 10.9% |
5 or more years | 1,104 | 19.0% |
Number of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years | 2,773 | 100% |
Who are female | 1,856 | 66.9% |
Who are married | 1,883 | 67.9% |
School Enrollment in Roanoke
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school | 71,315 | 100% |
Nursery school, preschool | 4,425 | 6.2% |
Kindergarten | 3,786 | 5.3% |
Elementary school (grades 1-8) | 29,436 | 41.3% |
High school (grades 9-12) | 15,512 | 21.8% |
College or graduate school | 18,156 | 25.5% |
Educational Attainment in Roanoke
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 25 years and over | 216,556 | 100% |
Less than 9th grade | 12,186 | 5.6% |
9th to 12th grade, no diploma | 17,908 | 8.3% |
High school graduate (includes equivalency) | 65,992 | 30.5% |
Some college, no degree | 47,397 | 21.9% |
Associate's degree | 18,294 | 8.4% |
Bachelor's degree | 35,333 | 16.3% |
Graduate or professional degree | 19,446 | 9.0% |
Percent high school graduate or higher | 0 | 86.1% |
Percent bachelor's degree or higher | 0 | 25.3% |
Veteran Status in Roanoke
*Base on 2012 Data
Civilian population 18 years and over | 242,017 | 100% |
Civilian veterans | 27,511 | 11.4% |
Disability Status Of The Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population in Roanoke
*Base on 2012 Data
Total Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population | 304,240 | 100% |
With a disability | 41,951 | 13.8% |
Under 18 years | 65,814 | 100% |
With a disability | 3,196 | 4.9% |
18 to 64 years | 190,032 | 100% |
With a disability | 21,860 | 11.5% |
65 years and over | 48,394 | 100% |
With a disability | 16,895 | 34.9% |
Residence 1 Year Ago in Roanoke
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 1 year and over | 304,764 | 100% |
Same house | 259,882 | 85.3% |
Different house in the U.S. | 43,622 | 14.3% |
Same county | 21,739 | 7.1% |
Different county | 21,883 | 7.2% |
Same state | 16,183 | 5.3% |
Different state | 5,700 | 1.9% |
Abroad | 1,260 | 0.4% |
Place Of Birth in Roanoke
*Base on 2012 Data
Total population | 308,238 | 100% |
Native | 293,750 | 95.3% |
Born in United States | 291,710 | 94.6% |
State of residence | 205,198 | 66.6% |
Different state | 86,512 | 28.1% |
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or born abroad to American parent(s) | 2,040 | 0.7% |
Foreign born | 14,488 | 4.7% |
U.S. Citizenship Status in Roanoke
*Base on 2012 Data
Foreign-born population | 14,488 | 100% |
Naturalized U.S. citizen | 5,221 | 36.0% |
Not a U.S. citizen | 9,267 | 64.0% |
Year of Entry in Roanoke
*Base on 2012 Data
Population born outside the United States | 16,528 | 100% |
Native | 2,040 | 100% |
Entered 2010 or later | 69 | 3.4% |
Entered before 2010 | 1,971 | 96.6% |
Foreign born | 14,488 | 100% |
Entered 2010 or later | 716 | 4.9% |
Entered before 2010 | 13,772 | 95.1% |
World Region Of Birth Of Foreign Born in Roanoke
*Base on 2012 Data
Foreign-born population, excluding population born at sea | 14,488 | 100% |
Europe | 2,737 | 18.9% |
Asia | 4,581 | 31.6% |
Africa | 1,256 | 8.7% |
Oceania | 138 | 1.0% |
Latin America | 5,364 | 37.0% |
Northern America | 412 | 2.8% |