Petersburg County, Virginia
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- Virginia State Health Department: 109 Governor Street, Richmond
( Robert Stroube: 804-864-7005 / robert.stroube@vdh.virginia.gov)
Local Health Departments
Population:
- Total Population: 33,740
- Males: 15,558
- Females: 18,182
Ethnicity:
- White: 6,105
- Black/African American: 26,352
- Hispanic: 607
- Native American/Eskimo: 51
- Asian: 257
- Hawaiian / Pacific Islander: 18
- Other: 0
- 2 or more: 350
Top 5 Languages spoken at home:
- English only (30,125)
- Spanish (770)
- German (195)
- French (80)
- Korean (75)
Top 7 Countries of Origin for Immigrants
Total Reported: 769
- Germany (153)
- United Kingdom (69)
- Korea (63)
- Mexico (55)
- India (48)
- Japan (48)
- Costa Rica (48)
Top 5 Religions by Adherents:
- American Baptist Churches in the USA (3,589)
- United Methodist Church, The (1,759)
- Catholic Church (1,222)
- Southern Baptist Convention (1,148)
- Episcopal Church (804)
Migrant Health Clinics
Disabilities:
- Total Reported: 15,842
- Sensory: 1,330
- Physical: 3,742
- Mental: 1,720
- Self-care: 1,314
- Go outside home: 3,745
- Employment: 3,906
Grandparents as caregivers
Grandparents as caregivers: 576
Heating fuel:
- Total Reported: 13,799
- Utility gas: 7,200
- Bottled or LP gas: 400
- Electricity: 4,385
- Fuel oil, kerosene: 1,682
- Coal or Coke: 0
- Wood: 109
- Solar Energy: 0
- Other fuel: 11
- No fuel used: 12
Vehicles available:
- Total Reported: 17,019
- No vehicle: 3,325
- 1 or more vehicle: 13,694
Education Attainment:
- No School: 325
- No High School: 2,431
- Some High School: 4,233
- High School: 6,759
- Some College: 4,208
- Associate's Degree: 1,035
- College Degree: 2,138
- Master's Degree: 787
- Professional Degree: 248
- Doctoral Degree: 125
Household Phones:
- Households Reporting: 13,799
- Owners with phone: 6,957
- Owners without phone: 156
- Renters with phone: 6,100
- Renters without phone: 586
10 closest counties:
- Colonial Heights city, Virginia
- Hopewell city, Virginia
- Prince George County, Virginia
- Dinwiddie County, Virginia
- Chesterfield County, Virginia
- Sussex County, Virginia
- Richmond city, Virginia
- Charles City County, Virginia
- Henrico County, Virginia
- New Kent County, Virginia
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- Page last updated on Mar 12, 2007
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