1 I. Population, 18 years and older, 2014 2 Total: 5.888 million Men: 2.842 million (48.3% of total) 3.046 million (51.7% of total) Married women: 3 1.646 million (28.0% of total; 54.0% of women) Unmarried women: 1.400 million (23.8% of total; 46.0% of women) Widowed: 0.296 million ( 9.7% of women; 21.2% of unmarried women) Divorced: 0.362 million (11.9% of women; 25.8% of unmarried women) Separated: 0.086 million ( 2.8% of women; 6.2% of unmarried women) Never married: 0.656 million (21.5% of women; 46.8% of unmarried women) Non-Hispanic White: 4.094 million (69.5% of total) Unmarried women: 0.858 million (21.0% of non-hisp. White; 61.3% of unm. women) African American: 4 1.153 million (19.6% of total) Unmarried women: 0.401 million (34.8% of Af.Am.; 28.7% of unmarried women) Asian: 5 0.343 million ( 5.8% of total) Unmarried women: 0.039 million (11.3% of Asian; 2.8% of unmarried women) Hispanic: 6 0.236 million ( 4.0% of total) Unmarried women: 0.094 million (39.7% of Hispanic; 6.7% of unmarried women) II. Age Distribution, 18 years and over, 2014 (percentages are of each row) 7 Median <30 30-49 50-64 65+ Total: 47 19.4% 34.2% 26.7% 19.7% Men: 47 21.7% 34.6% 26.0% 17.8% 49 17.3% 33.9% 27.3% 21.5% Married women: 50 9.0% 39.5% 34.6% 17.0% Unmarried women: 44 27.1% 27.3% 18.9% 26.7% Widowed: 78 0 2.0% 16.7% 81.3% Divorced: 54 1.9% 36.8% 30.7% 30.5% Separated: NA NA NA NA NA Never married: 26 56.3% 29.5% 11.2% 3.0% A PROJECT OF VOTERPARTICIPATIONCENTER VOTERCENTER
III. Educational Attainment, 18 years and over, 2014 (numbers in millions; percentages are of each row) 8 High school College graduate/ degree/ less Some college post-graduate Total: 2.024 (34.4%) 1.690 (28.7%) 2.174 (36.9%) Men: 0.990 (34.8%) 0.834 (29.3%) 1.018 (35.8%) 1.034 (33.9%) 0.856 (28.1%) 1.157 (38.0%) Married women: 0.451 (27.4%) 0.434 (26.3%) 0.762 (46.3%) Unmarried women: 0.583 (41.6%) 0.422 (30.2%) 0.395 (28.2%) Widowed: 0.175 (59.1%) 0.054 (18.2%) 0.067 (22.7%) Divorced: 0.146 (40.3%) 0.110 (30.3%) 0.106 (29.4%) Separated: NA NA NA Never married: 0.225 (34.3%) 0.232 (35.3%) 0.199 (30.3%) IV. Labor Force Participation and Unemployment, 18 years and over, 2014 (percentages for employed are of adult civilian population for each row; percentages for unemployed are of labor force for each row) 9 Total: 67.3%; 64.7% employed; 3.9% unemployed Men: 71.8%; 69.2% employed; 3.6% unemployed 63.1%; 60.5% employed; 4.1% unemployed Married women: 64.7%; 63.4% employed; 2.0% unemployed Unmarried women: 61.1%; 57.0% employed; 6.8% unemployed Widowed: 20.7%; 20.7% employed; 0.0% unemployed Divorced: 68.9%; 66.3% employed; 3.7% unemployed Never married: 73.9%; 66.4% employed; 10.1% unemployed V. Minimum wage Virginia s minimum wage rate is at the federal level of $7.25/hour, 10 as is its tipped (or subminimum) wage rate of $2.13/hour. About two-thirds of all minimum wage or belowminimum wage workers in Virginia are women. 11 2
VI. Median Earnings for Full-time, Year-round Workers, Person Earnings, 18 years and over, 2014 12 Total: $54,910 Men: $64,000 $45,000 (70.3% of men s earnings) Married women: $49,460 (77.3% of men s earnings) Unmarried women: $41,600 (65.0% of men s earnings) Widowed: $51,003 (79.7% of men s earnings) Divorced: $50,288 (78.6% of men s earnings) Separated: NA Never married: $36,168 (56.5% of men s earnings) VII. Distribution of Household Income, 13 18 years and over, 2013 (percentages are of each row) 14 0-$11,999 $12-$24,999 $25-$39,999 $40-$74,999 $75,000+ Total: 6.4% 10.4% 14.4% 23.9% 44.8% Men: 5.6% 8.6% 13.6% 24.6% 47.6% 7.1% 12.0% 15.3% 23.3% 42.3% Married women: 2.7% 7.2% 11.5% 23.1% 55.5% Unmarried women: 12.3% 17.8% 19.7% 23.6% 26.7% Widowed: 16.6% 23.7% 17.9% 24.1% 17.7% Divorced: 12.8% 17.9% 17.4% 28.1% 23.8% Separated: NA Never married: 10.7% 14.1% 21.5% 21.0% 32.7% VIII. Number and percentage of 18 years and over without Health Insurance Coverage for the entire calendar year, 2013 15 Total: 0.647 million (11.1%) Men: 0.344 million (12.3%) 0.303 million (10.1%) Married women: 0.107 million ( 6.8%) Unmarried women: 0.196 million (13.8%) Widowed: 0.009 million ( 3.2%) Divorced: 0.043 million (12.6%) Never married: 0.127 million (17.0%) 3
IX. Number in Poverty and Poverty Rates, 18 years and over, 2013 16 Total: 0.519 million ( 8.9%) Men: 0.212 million ( 7.6%) 0.307 million (10.2%) Married women: 0.054 million ( 3.4%) Unmarried women: 0.252 million (17.7%) Widowed: 0.039 million (14.9%) Divorced: 0.071 million (21.0%) Never married: 0.119 million (15.9%) NA=Not available because of insufficient sample for further analysis 1 Unless otherwise indicated, all figures in this analysis are for vote eligible population only 2 Census Bureau, Current Population Survey: Voting and Registration Supplement, November 2014, 3 Married women includes married with spouse absent. 4 Includes Hispanic. 5 Includes Hispanic. 6 Hispanic may be of any race. 7 Census Bureau, Current Population Survey: Voting and Registration Supplement, November 2014, 8 Census Bureau, Current Population Survey: Voting and Registration Supplement, November 2014, 9 Census Bureau, Current Population Survey: Voting and Registration Supplement, November 2014, 10 National Conference of State Legislatures, State Minimum Wages: 2014-2015 Minimum Wage by State, December 18, 2014, http://www.ncsl.org/research/labor-and-employment/state-minimum-wage-chart.aspx. 11 National Women s Law Center, Women and the Minimum Wage, State by State, July 1, 2015, http://www.nwlc.org/sites/default/files/pdfs/women_and_the_minimum_wage_state_by_state_7.1.15.pdf. 12 Census Bureau, Current Population Survey: March Supplement, March 2014, 13 Household income includes the sum of the income of all people 15 years and older living in the household. Income is pre-tax income, and includes wages, self-employment income, interest payments, Social Security and pension income, and public assistance, among other sources. 4
14 Census Bureau, Current Population Survey: Voting and Registration Supplement, November 2014, 15 Census Bureau, Current Population Survey: March Supplement, March 2014, 16 Census Bureau, Current Population Survey: March Supplement, March 2014, 5