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DP-2. Profile of Selected Social Characteristics: 2000 Data Set: Census 2000 Summary File 3 (SF 3) - Sample Data Geographic Area: Harrison County, West Virginia |
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NOTE: Data based on a sample except in P3, P4, H3, and H4. For information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, definitions, and count corrections see http://factfinder.census.gov/home/en/datanotes/expsf3.htm.
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Percent |
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SCHOOL ENROLLMENT |
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Population 3 years and over enrolled in school |
15,737 |
100.0 |
Nursery school, preschool |
883 |
5.6 |
Kindergarten |
950 |
6.0 |
Elementary school (grades 1-8) |
7,487 |
47.6 |
High school (grades 9-12) |
3,679 |
23.4 |
College or graduate school |
2,738 |
17.4 |
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EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT |
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Population 25 years and over |
46,870 |
100.0 |
Less than 9th grade |
3,144 |
6.7 |
9th to 12th grade, no diploma |
6,957 |
14.8 |
High school graduate (includes equivalency) |
18,956 |
40.4 |
Some college, no degree |
8,116 |
17.3 |
Associate degree |
2,067 |
4.4 |
Bachelor's degree |
5,021 |
10.7 |
Graduate or professional degree |
2,609 |
5.6 |
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Percent high school graduate or higher |
78.4 |
(X) |
Percent bachelor's degree or higher |
16.3 |
(X) |
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MARITAL STATUS |
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Population 15 years and over |
55,764 |
100.0 |
Never married |
12,387 |
22.2 |
Now married, except separated |
31,618 |
56.7 |
Separated |
1,008 |
1.8 |
Widowed |
5,251 |
9.4 |
Female |
4,342 |
7.8 |
Divorced |
5,500 |
9.9 |
Female |
2,994 |
5.4 |
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GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS |
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Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years |
1,183 |
100.0 |
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren |
552 |
46.7 |
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VETERAN STATUS |
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Civilian population 18 years and over |
52,766 |
100.0 |
Civilian veterans |
8,293 |
15.7 |
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DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION |
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Population 5 to 20 years |
14,697 |
100.0 |
With a disability |
1,210 |
8.2 |
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Population 21 to 64 years |
38,492 |
100.0 |
With a disability |
8,483 |
22.0 |
Percent employed |
43.6 |
(X) |
No disability |
30,009 |
78.0 |
Percent employed |
73.0 |
(X) |
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Population 65 years and over |
10,835 |
100.0 |
With a disability |
5,014 |
46.3 |
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RESIDENCE IN 1995 |
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Population 5 years and over |
64,791 |
100.0 |
Same house in 1995 |
42,199 |
65.1 |
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 |
22,178 |
34.2 |
Same county |
14,815 |
22.9 |
Different county |
7,363 |
11.4 |
Same state |
3,498 |
5.4 |
Different state |
3,865 |
6.0 |
Elsewhere in 1995 |
414 |
0.6 |
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NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH |
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Total population |
68,652 |
100.0 |
Native |
67,705 |
98.6 |
Born in United States |
67,398 |
98.2 |
State of residence |
56,016 |
81.6 |
Different state |
11,382 |
16.6 |
Born outside United States |
307 |
0.4 |
Foreign born |
947 |
1.4 |
Entered 1990 to March 2000 |
418 |
0.6 |
Naturalized citizen |
503 |
0.7 |
Not a citizen |
444 |
0.6 |
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REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN |
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Total (excluding born at sea) |
947 |
100.0 |
Europe |
342 |
36.1 |
Asia |
446 |
47.1 |
Africa |
0 |
0.0 |
Oceania |
5 |
0.5 |
Latin America |
124 |
13.1 |
Northern America |
30 |
3.2 |
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LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME |
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Population 5 years and over |
64,791 |
100.0 |
English only |
62,816 |
97.0 |
Language other than English |
1,975 |
3.0 |
Speak English less than 'very well |
579 |
0.9 |
Spanish |
642 |
1.0 |
Speak English less than "very well" |
211 |
0.3 |
Other Indo-European languages |
998 |
1.5 |
Speak English less than "very well" |
178 |
0.3 |
Asian and Pacific Island languages |
282 |
0.4 |
Speak English less than "very well" |
179 |
0.3 |
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ANCESTRY (single or multiple) |
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Total population |
68,652 |
100.0 |
Total ancestries reported |
64,014 |
93.2 |
Arab |
335 |
0.5 |
Czech1 |
234 |
0.3 |
Danish |
19 |
0.0 |
Dutch |
1,868 |
2.7 |
English |
7,491 |
10.9 |
French (except Basque)1 |
1,143 |
1.7 |
French Canadian1 |
141 |
0.2 |
German |
11,551 |
16.8 |
Greek |
96 |
0.1 |
Hungarian |
430 |
0.6 |
Irish1 |
9,354 |
13.6 |
Italian |
6,905 |
10.1 |
Lithuanian |
46 |
0.1 |
Norwegian |
91 |
0.1 |
Polish |
987 |
1.4 |
Portuguese |
7 |
0.0 |
Russian |
136 |
0.2 |
Scotch-Irish |
1,780 |
2.6 |
Scottish |
967 |
1.4 |
Slovak |
318 |
0.5 |
Subsaharan African |
73 |
0.1 |
Swedish |
199 |
0.3 |
Swiss |
143 |
0.2 |
Ukrainian |
24 |
0.0 |
United States or American |
12,040 |
17.5 |
Welsh |
605 |
0.9 |
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) |
23 |
0.0 |
Other ancestries |
7,008 |
10.2 |
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Number |
Percent |
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(X) Not applicable. 1 The data represent a combination of two ancestries shown separately in Summary File 3. Czech includes Czechoslovakian. French includes Alsatian. French Canadian includes Acadian/Cajun. Irish includes Celtic. Ancestry Code List (PDF 35KB) Place of Birth Code List (PDF 74KB) Language Code List (PDF 17KB) Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000 Summary File 3, Matrices P18, P19, P21, P22, P24, P36, P37, P39, P42, PCT8, PCT16, PCT17, and PCT19 |
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