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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: Charleston city, 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 |
11,560 |
100.0 |
Nursery school, preschool |
749 |
6.5 |
Kindergarten |
584 |
5.1 |
Elementary school (grades 1-8) |
5,006 |
43.3 |
High school (grades 9-12) |
2,396 |
20.7 |
College or graduate school |
2,825 |
24.4 |
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EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT |
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Population 25 years and over |
37,821 |
100.0 |
Less than 9th grade |
2,031 |
5.4 |
9th to 12th grade, no diploma |
4,092 |
10.8 |
High school graduate (includes equivalency) |
10,361 |
27.4 |
Some college, no degree |
7,299 |
19.3 |
Associate degree |
1,715 |
4.5 |
Bachelor's degree |
6,651 |
17.6 |
Graduate or professional degree |
5,672 |
15.0 |
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Percent high school graduate or higher |
83.8 |
(X) |
Percent bachelor's degree or higher |
32.6 |
(X) |
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MARITAL STATUS |
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Population 15 years and over |
44,209 |
100.0 |
Never married |
12,358 |
28.0 |
Now married, except separated |
20,438 |
46.2 |
Separated |
882 |
2.0 |
Widowed |
4,474 |
10.1 |
Female |
3,759 |
8.5 |
Divorced |
6,057 |
13.7 |
Female |
3,433 |
7.8 |
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GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS |
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Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years |
804 |
100.0 |
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren |
417 |
51.9 |
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VETERAN STATUS |
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Civilian population 18 years and over |
42,367 |
100.0 |
Civilian veterans |
5,592 |
13.2 |
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DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION |
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Population 5 to 20 years |
9,727 |
100.0 |
With a disability |
937 |
9.6 |
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Population 21 to 64 years |
30,565 |
100.0 |
With a disability |
5,952 |
19.5 |
Percent employed |
48.4 |
(X) |
No disability |
24,613 |
80.5 |
Percent employed |
77.8 |
(X) |
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Population 65 years and over |
9,130 |
100.0 |
With a disability |
4,065 |
44.5 |
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RESIDENCE IN 1995 |
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Population 5 years and over |
50,297 |
100.0 |
Same house in 1995 |
28,164 |
56.0 |
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 |
21,689 |
43.1 |
Same county |
14,376 |
28.6 |
Different county |
7,313 |
14.5 |
Same state |
3,099 |
6.2 |
Different state |
4,214 |
8.4 |
Elsewhere in 1995 |
444 |
0.9 |
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NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH |
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Total population |
53,196 |
100.0 |
Native |
51,490 |
96.8 |
Born in United States |
51,371 |
96.6 |
State of residence |
39,796 |
74.8 |
Different state |
11,575 |
21.8 |
Born outside United States |
119 |
0.2 |
Foreign born |
1,706 |
3.2 |
Entered 1990 to March 2000 |
533 |
1.0 |
Naturalized citizen |
1,057 |
2.0 |
Not a citizen |
649 |
1.2 |
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REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN |
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Total (excluding born at sea) |
1,706 |
100.0 |
Europe |
301 |
17.6 |
Asia |
1,090 |
63.9 |
Africa |
110 |
6.4 |
Oceania |
6 |
0.4 |
Latin America |
153 |
9.0 |
Northern America |
46 |
2.7 |
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LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME |
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Population 5 years and over |
50,297 |
100.0 |
English only |
47,609 |
94.7 |
Language other than English |
2,688 |
5.3 |
Speak English less than 'very well |
803 |
1.6 |
Spanish |
718 |
1.4 |
Speak English less than "very well" |
231 |
0.5 |
Other Indo-European languages |
1,005 |
2.0 |
Speak English less than "very well" |
294 |
0.6 |
Asian and Pacific Island languages |
650 |
1.3 |
Speak English less than "very well" |
204 |
0.4 |
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ANCESTRY (single or multiple) |
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Total population |
53,196 |
100.0 |
Total ancestries reported |
47,535 |
89.4 |
Arab |
1,104 |
2.1 |
Czech1 |
150 |
0.3 |
Danish |
99 |
0.2 |
Dutch |
626 |
1.2 |
English |
6,208 |
11.7 |
French (except Basque)1 |
958 |
1.8 |
French Canadian1 |
126 |
0.2 |
German |
6,603 |
12.4 |
Greek |
100 |
0.2 |
Hungarian |
185 |
0.3 |
Irish1 |
5,684 |
10.7 |
Italian |
2,094 |
3.9 |
Lithuanian |
115 |
0.2 |
Norwegian |
184 |
0.3 |
Polish |
570 |
1.1 |
Portuguese |
15 |
0.0 |
Russian |
133 |
0.3 |
Scotch-Irish |
1,581 |
3.0 |
Scottish |
1,119 |
2.1 |
Slovak |
74 |
0.1 |
Subsaharan African |
578 |
1.1 |
Swedish |
159 |
0.3 |
Swiss |
146 |
0.3 |
Ukrainian |
87 |
0.2 |
United States or American |
6,105 |
11.5 |
Welsh |
612 |
1.2 |
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) |
63 |
0.1 |
Other ancestries |
12,057 |
22.7 |
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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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