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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: Taylor 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 |
3,632 |
100.0 |
Nursery school, preschool |
244 |
6.7 |
Kindergarten |
175 |
4.8 |
Elementary school (grades 1-8) |
1,763 |
48.5 |
High school (grades 9-12) |
1,006 |
27.7 |
College or graduate school |
444 |
12.2 |
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EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT |
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Population 25 years and over |
11,146 |
100.0 |
Less than 9th grade |
1,098 |
9.9 |
9th to 12th grade, no diploma |
1,725 |
15.5 |
High school graduate (includes equivalency) |
4,910 |
44.1 |
Some college, no degree |
1,705 |
15.3 |
Associate degree |
453 |
4.1 |
Bachelor's degree |
810 |
7.3 |
Graduate or professional degree |
445 |
4.0 |
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Percent high school graduate or higher |
74.7 |
(X) |
Percent bachelor's degree or higher |
11.3 |
(X) |
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MARITAL STATUS |
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Population 15 years and over |
13,085 |
100.0 |
Never married |
2,763 |
21.1 |
Now married, except separated |
7,694 |
58.8 |
Separated |
191 |
1.5 |
Widowed |
1,178 |
9.0 |
Female |
1,017 |
7.8 |
Divorced |
1,259 |
9.6 |
Female |
640 |
4.9 |
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GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS |
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Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years |
181 |
100.0 |
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren |
57 |
31.5 |
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VETERAN STATUS |
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Civilian population 18 years and over |
12,385 |
100.0 |
Civilian veterans |
1,921 |
15.5 |
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DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION |
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Population 5 to 20 years |
3,377 |
100.0 |
With a disability |
338 |
10.0 |
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Population 21 to 64 years |
9,052 |
100.0 |
With a disability |
2,209 |
24.4 |
Percent employed |
39.8 |
(X) |
No disability |
6,843 |
75.6 |
Percent employed |
71.9 |
(X) |
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Population 65 years and over |
2,346 |
100.0 |
With a disability |
1,156 |
49.3 |
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RESIDENCE IN 1995 |
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Population 5 years and over |
15,239 |
100.0 |
Same house in 1995 |
10,272 |
67.4 |
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 |
4,933 |
32.4 |
Same county |
2,319 |
15.2 |
Different county |
2,614 |
17.2 |
Same state |
1,780 |
11.7 |
Different state |
834 |
5.5 |
Elsewhere in 1995 |
34 |
0.2 |
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NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH |
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Total population |
16,089 |
100.0 |
Native |
15,989 |
99.4 |
Born in United States |
15,918 |
98.9 |
State of residence |
13,371 |
83.1 |
Different state |
2,547 |
15.8 |
Born outside United States |
71 |
0.4 |
Foreign born |
100 |
0.6 |
Entered 1990 to March 2000 |
18 |
0.1 |
Naturalized citizen |
64 |
0.4 |
Not a citizen |
36 |
0.2 |
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REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN |
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Total (excluding born at sea) |
100 |
100.0 |
Europe |
35 |
35.0 |
Asia |
28 |
28.0 |
Africa |
8 |
8.0 |
Oceania |
0 |
0.0 |
Latin America |
24 |
24.0 |
Northern America |
5 |
5.0 |
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LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME |
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Population 5 years and over |
15,239 |
100.0 |
English only |
14,890 |
97.7 |
Language other than English |
349 |
2.3 |
Speak English less than 'very well |
98 |
0.6 |
Spanish |
123 |
0.8 |
Speak English less than "very well" |
31 |
0.2 |
Other Indo-European languages |
200 |
1.3 |
Speak English less than "very well" |
67 |
0.4 |
Asian and Pacific Island languages |
24 |
0.2 |
Speak English less than "very well" |
0 |
0.0 |
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ANCESTRY (single or multiple) |
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Total population |
16,089 |
100.0 |
Total ancestries reported |
13,368 |
83.1 |
Arab |
6 |
0.0 |
Czech1 |
79 |
0.5 |
Danish |
8 |
0.0 |
Dutch |
542 |
3.4 |
English |
1,543 |
9.6 |
French (except Basque)1 |
426 |
2.6 |
French Canadian1 |
26 |
0.2 |
German |
2,473 |
15.4 |
Greek |
3 |
0.0 |
Hungarian |
63 |
0.4 |
Irish1 |
2,215 |
13.8 |
Italian |
751 |
4.7 |
Lithuanian |
0 |
0.0 |
Norwegian |
10 |
0.1 |
Polish |
265 |
1.6 |
Portuguese |
0 |
0.0 |
Russian |
41 |
0.3 |
Scotch-Irish |
215 |
1.3 |
Scottish |
160 |
1.0 |
Slovak |
30 |
0.2 |
Subsaharan African |
47 |
0.3 |
Swedish |
52 |
0.3 |
Swiss |
15 |
0.1 |
Ukrainian |
8 |
0.0 |
United States or American |
2,718 |
16.9 |
Welsh |
96 |
0.6 |
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) |
17 |
0.1 |
Other ancestries |
1,559 |
9.7 |
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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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