Jackson County, WV Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Jackson county west virginia dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics






Subject

Number

Percent

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school6,340100.0
Nursery school, preschool3034.8
Kindergarten4467.0
Elementary school (grades 1-8)3,20650.6
High school (grades 9-12)1,51823.9
College or graduate school86713.7
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over19,074100.0
Less than 9th grade1,91210.0
9th to 12th grade, no diploma2,40412.6
High school graduate (includes equivalency)7,57039.7
Some college, no degree3,78419.8
Associate degree1,0375.4
Bachelor's degree1,5358.0
Graduate or professional degree8324.4
Percent high school graduate or higher77.4(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher12.4(X)
MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over22,479100.0
Never married4,12418.3
Now married, except separated14,15263.0
Separated2120.9
Widowed1,8268.1
Female
1,4846.6
Divorced2,1659.6
Female
1,2215.4
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years528100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren28053.0
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over21,250100.0
Civilian veterans3,04714.3
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years6,047100.0
With a disability4507.4
Population 21 to 64 years15,928100.0
With a disability3,43021.5
Percent employed
41.5(X)
No disability12,49878.5
Percent employed
72.6(X)
Population 65 years and over4,042100.0
With a disability1,77844.0
RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over26,323100.0
Same house in 199516,58563.0
Different house in the U.S. in 19959,66136.7
Same county
5,68521.6
Different county
3,97615.1
Same state
2,3148.8
Different state
1,6626.3
Elsewhere in 1995770.3
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population28,000100.0
Native27,87299.5
Born in United States
27,79299.3
State of residence
23,15882.7
Different state
4,63416.6
Born outside United States
800.3
Foreign born1280.5
Entered 1990 to March 2000
520.2
Naturalized citizen
910.3
Not a citizen
370.1
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)128100.0
Europe4232.8
Asia7054.7
Africa00.0
Oceania00.0
Latin America75.5
Northern America97.0
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over26,323100.0
English only25,86398.3
Language other than English4601.7
Speak English less than 'very well
1960.7
Spanish
3061.2
Speak English less than "very well"
1290.5
Other Indo-European languages
1150.4
Speak English less than "very well"
370.1
Asian and Pacific Island languages
390.1
Speak English less than "very well"
300.1
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population28,000100.0

Total ancestries reported

20,61073.6
Arab00.0
Czech1290.1
Danish190.1
Dutch6822.4
English2,7129.7
French (except Basque)15101.8
French Canadian1570.2
German3,25111.6
Greek170.1
Hungarian350.1
Irish12,5058.9
Italian4361.6
Lithuanian00.0
Norwegian350.1
Polish1700.6
Portuguese90.0
Russian120.0
Scotch-Irish6152.2
Scottish3771.3
Slovak80.0
Subsaharan African170.1
Swedish360.1
Swiss390.1
Ukrainian250.1
United States or American5,95721.3
Welsh2140.8
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)00.0
Other ancestries2,84310.2
(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.



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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