Monroe County, WV Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Monroe county west virginia dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics





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 https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml.


Subject

Number

Percent

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school2,971100.0
Nursery school, preschool1103.7
Kindergarten692.3
Elementary school (grades 1-8)1,50050.5
High school (grades 9-12)81027.3
College or graduate school48216.2
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over10,474100.0
Less than 9th grade1,43413.7
9th to 12th grade, no diploma1,32512.7
High school graduate (includes equivalency)4,90146.8
Some college, no degree1,65615.8
Associate degree2992.9
Bachelor's degree5565.3
Graduate or professional degree3032.9
Percent high school graduate or higher73.7(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher8.2(X)
MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over12,169100.0
Never married2,37619.5
Now married, except separated6,92156.9
Separated1471.2
Widowed1,22010.0
Female
1,0919.0
Divorced1,50512.4
Female
9818.1
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years190100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren7740.5
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over11,637100.0
Civilian veterans1,50612.9
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years2,740100.0
With a disability2328.5
Population 21 to 64 years7,507100.0
With a disability1,80424.0
Percent employed
32.8(X)
No disability5,70376.0
Percent employed
72.3(X)
Population 65 years and over2,124100.0
With a disability95845.1
RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over13,851100.0
Same house in 19958,76763.3
Different house in the U.S. in 19955,04136.4
Same county
1,83813.3
Different county
3,20323.1
Same state
1,0387.5
Different state
2,16515.6
Elsewhere in 1995430.3
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population14,583100.0
Native14,51499.5
Born in United States
14,46299.2
State of residence
8,93661.3
Different state
5,52637.9
Born outside United States
520.4
Foreign born690.5
Entered 1990 to March 2000
10.0
Naturalized citizen
570.4
Not a citizen
120.1
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)69100.0
Europe4463.8
Asia1623.2
Africa00.0
Oceania00.0
Latin America913.0
Northern America00.0
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over13,851100.0
English only13,61498.3
Language other than English2371.7
Speak English less than 'very well
730.5
Spanish
520.4
Speak English less than "very well"
180.1
Other Indo-European languages
1461.1
Speak English less than "very well"
390.3
Asian and Pacific Island languages
180.1
Speak English less than "very well"
140.1
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population14,583100.0

Total ancestries reported

10,18369.8
Arab00.0
Czech120.0
Danish00.0
Dutch1431.0
English1,0767.4
French (except Basque)11701.2
French Canadian120.0
German1,64111.3
Greek00.0
Hungarian310.2
Irish11,3379.2
Italian940.6
Lithuanian00.0
Norwegian150.1
Polish340.2
Portuguese00.0
Russian320.2
Scotch-Irish4182.9
Scottish1340.9
Slovak10.0
Subsaharan African120.1
Swedish110.1
Swiss330.2
Ukrainian00.0
United States or American4,02327.6
Welsh240.2
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)00.0
Other ancestries9506.5
(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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