Grant County, WV Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Grant county west virginia dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics






Subject

Number

Percent

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school2,273100.0
Nursery school, preschool733.2
Kindergarten2089.2
Elementary school (grades 1-8)1,10848.7
High school (grades 9-12)56124.7
College or graduate school32314.2
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over7,859100.0
Less than 9th grade1,08813.8
9th to 12th grade, no diploma1,20915.4
High school graduate (includes equivalency)3,38243.0
Some college, no degree1,06313.5
Associate degree2252.9
Bachelor's degree5907.5
Graduate or professional degree3023.8
Percent high school graduate or higher70.8(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher11.4(X)
MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over9,155100.0
Never married1,62917.8
Now married, except separated5,74862.8
Separated891.0
Widowed7468.1
Female
6186.8
Divorced94310.3
Female
4404.8
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years150100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren7650.7
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over8,738100.0
Civilian veterans1,20113.7
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years2,155100.0
With a disability1476.8
Population 21 to 64 years6,694100.0
With a disability1,13316.9
Percent employed
43.5(X)
No disability5,56183.1
Percent employed
72.9(X)
Population 65 years and over1,596100.0
With a disability74246.5
RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over10,578100.0
Same house in 19957,34969.5
Different house in the U.S. in 19953,16829.9
Same county
1,77316.8
Different county
1,39513.2
Same state
7387.0
Different state
6576.2
Elsewhere in 1995610.6
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population11,299100.0
Native11,24799.5
Born in United States
11,22799.4
State of residence
7,56366.9
Different state
3,66432.4
Born outside United States
200.2
Foreign born520.5
Entered 1990 to March 2000
00.0
Naturalized citizen
350.3
Not a citizen
170.2
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)52100.0
Europe3363.5
Asia00.0
Africa00.0
Oceania11.9
Latin America1325.0
Northern America59.6
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over10,578100.0
English only10,34297.8
Language other than English2362.2
Speak English less than 'very well
390.4
Spanish
1271.2
Speak English less than "very well"
360.3
Other Indo-European languages
1091.0
Speak English less than "very well"
30.0
Asian and Pacific Island languages
00.0
Speak English less than "very well"
00.0
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population11,299100.0

Total ancestries reported

8,11371.8
Arab00.0
Czech100.0
Danish230.2
Dutch2362.1
English6565.8
French (except Basque)11141.0
French Canadian1240.2
German2,42121.4
Greek00.0
Hungarian140.1
Irish18347.4
Italian1301.2
Lithuanian80.1
Norwegian130.1
Polish680.6
Portuguese260.2
Russian200.2
Scotch-Irish760.7
Scottish1271.1
Slovak60.1
Subsaharan African00.0
Swedish360.3
Swiss30.0
Ukrainian00.0
United States or American2,59122.9
Welsh520.5
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)00.0
Other ancestries6355.6
(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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