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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: Preston 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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Number |
Percent |
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SCHOOL ENROLLMENT |
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Population 3 years and over enrolled in school |
6,362 |
100.0 |
Nursery school, preschool |
303 |
4.8 |
Kindergarten |
329 |
5.2 |
Elementary school (grades 1-8) |
3,215 |
50.5 |
High school (grades 9-12) |
1,824 |
28.7 |
College or graduate school |
691 |
10.9 |
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EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT |
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Population 25 years and over |
20,050 |
100.0 |
Less than 9th grade |
2,340 |
11.7 |
9th to 12th grade, no diploma |
2,883 |
14.4 |
High school graduate (includes equivalency) |
9,432 |
47.0 |
Some college, no degree |
2,653 |
13.2 |
Associate degree |
586 |
2.9 |
Bachelor's degree |
1,238 |
6.2 |
Graduate or professional degree |
918 |
4.6 |
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Percent high school graduate or higher |
74.0 |
(X) |
Percent bachelor's degree or higher |
10.8 |
(X) |
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MARITAL STATUS |
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Population 15 years and over |
23,854 |
100.0 |
Never married |
4,965 |
20.8 |
Now married, except separated |
14,519 |
60.9 |
Separated |
303 |
1.3 |
Widowed |
1,988 |
8.3 |
Female |
1,600 |
6.7 |
Divorced |
2,079 |
8.7 |
Female |
986 |
4.1 |
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GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS |
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Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years |
378 |
100.0 |
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren |
182 |
48.1 |
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VETERAN STATUS |
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Civilian population 18 years and over |
22,377 |
100.0 |
Civilian veterans |
3,176 |
14.2 |
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DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION |
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Population 5 to 20 years |
6,324 |
100.0 |
With a disability |
458 |
7.2 |
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Population 21 to 64 years |
16,965 |
100.0 |
With a disability |
3,853 |
22.7 |
Percent employed |
42.1 |
(X) |
No disability |
13,112 |
77.3 |
Percent employed |
71.4 |
(X) |
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Population 65 years and over |
4,159 |
100.0 |
With a disability |
2,079 |
50.0 |
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RESIDENCE IN 1995 |
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Population 5 years and over |
27,731 |
100.0 |
Same house in 1995 |
19,377 |
69.9 |
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 |
8,299 |
29.9 |
Same county |
5,199 |
18.7 |
Different county |
3,100 |
11.2 |
Same state |
1,424 |
5.1 |
Different state |
1,676 |
6.0 |
Elsewhere in 1995 |
55 |
0.2 |
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NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH |
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Total population |
29,334 |
100.0 |
Native |
29,167 |
99.4 |
Born in United States |
29,066 |
99.1 |
State of residence |
22,294 |
76.0 |
Different state |
6,772 |
23.1 |
Born outside United States |
101 |
0.3 |
Foreign born |
167 |
0.6 |
Entered 1990 to March 2000 |
31 |
0.1 |
Naturalized citizen |
84 |
0.3 |
Not a citizen |
83 |
0.3 |
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REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN |
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Total (excluding born at sea) |
167 |
100.0 |
Europe |
102 |
61.1 |
Asia |
42 |
25.1 |
Africa |
10 |
6.0 |
Oceania |
0 |
0.0 |
Latin America |
2 |
1.2 |
Northern America |
11 |
6.6 |
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LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME |
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Population 5 years and over |
27,731 |
100.0 |
English only |
27,249 |
98.3 |
Language other than English |
482 |
1.7 |
Speak English less than 'very well |
173 |
0.6 |
Spanish |
202 |
0.7 |
Speak English less than "very well" |
86 |
0.3 |
Other Indo-European languages |
262 |
0.9 |
Speak English less than "very well" |
78 |
0.3 |
Asian and Pacific Island languages |
11 |
0.0 |
Speak English less than "very well" |
9 |
0.0 |
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ANCESTRY (single or multiple) |
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Total population |
29,334 |
100.0 |
Total ancestries reported |
22,836 |
77.8 |
Arab |
17 |
0.1 |
Czech1 |
22 |
0.1 |
Danish |
7 |
0.0 |
Dutch |
878 |
3.0 |
English |
2,354 |
8.0 |
French (except Basque)1 |
551 |
1.9 |
French Canadian1 |
68 |
0.2 |
German |
5,909 |
20.1 |
Greek |
26 |
0.1 |
Hungarian |
142 |
0.5 |
Irish1 |
2,966 |
10.1 |
Italian |
1,057 |
3.6 |
Lithuanian |
19 |
0.1 |
Norwegian |
46 |
0.2 |
Polish |
443 |
1.5 |
Portuguese |
2 |
0.0 |
Russian |
52 |
0.2 |
Scotch-Irish |
481 |
1.6 |
Scottish |
263 |
0.9 |
Slovak |
37 |
0.1 |
Subsaharan African |
35 |
0.1 |
Swedish |
72 |
0.2 |
Swiss |
25 |
0.1 |
Ukrainian |
24 |
0.1 |
United States or American |
5,019 |
17.1 |
Welsh |
239 |
0.8 |
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) |
0 |
0.0 |
Other ancestries |
2,082 |
7.1 |
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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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