Morgan County, WV Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Morgan county west virginia dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	2,831	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	113	4.0
Kindergarten	221	7.8
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	1,489	52.6
High school (grades 9-12)	770	27.2
College or graduate school	238	8.4

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	10,591	100.0
Less than 9th grade	896	8.5
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	1,668	15.7
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	4,868	46.0
Some college, no degree	1,681	15.9
Associate degree	291	2.7
Bachelor's degree	681	6.4
Graduate or professional degree	506	4.8

Percent high school graduate or higher	75.8	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	11.2	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	12,148	100.0
Never married	2,081	17.1
Now married, except separated	7,559	62.2
Separated	192	1.6
Widowed	1,002	8.2
Female	823	6.8
Divorced	1,314	10.8
Female	616	5.1

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	216	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	115	53.2

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	11,583	100.0
Civilian veterans	1,867	16.1

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	2,819	100.0
With a disability	251	8.9

Population 21 to 64 years	8,751	100.0
With a disability	2,013	23.0
Percent employed	56.5	(X)
No disability	6,738	77.0
Percent employed	74.6	(X)

Population 65 years and over	2,314	100.0
With a disability	950	41.1

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	14,059	100.0
Same house in 1995	8,727	62.1
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	5,256	37.4
Same county	2,158	15.3
Different county	3,098	22.0
Same state	650	4.6
Different state	2,448	17.4
Elsewhere in 1995	76	0.5

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	14,943	100.0
Native	14,735	98.6
Born in United States	14,676	98.2
State of residence	6,256	41.9
Different state	8,420	56.3
Born outside United States	59	0.4
Foreign born	208	1.4
Entered 1990 to March 2000	78	0.5
Naturalized citizen	103	0.7
Not a citizen	105	0.7

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	208	100.0
Europe	125	60.1
Asia	5	2.4
Africa	16	7.7
Oceania	8	3.8
Latin America	36	17.3
Northern America	18	8.7

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	14,059	100.0
English only	13,723	97.6
Language other than English	336	2.4
Speak English less than 'very well	154	1.1
Spanish	118	0.8
Speak English less than "very well"	67	0.5
Other Indo-European languages	192	1.4
Speak English less than "very well"	74	0.5
Asian and Pacific Island languages	18	0.1
Speak English less than "very well"	8	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	14,943	100.0
Total ancestries reported	12,689	84.9
Arab	19	0.1
Czech¹	72	0.5
Danish	37	0.2
Dutch	260	1.7
English	1,305	8.7
French (except Basque)¹	247	1.7
French Canadian¹	26	0.2
German	3,479	23.3
Greek	38	0.3
Hungarian	26	0.2
Irish¹	1,593	10.7
Italian	421	2.8
Lithuanian	16	0.1
Norwegian	49	0.3
Polish	223	1.5
Portuguese	22	0.1
Russian	61	0.4
Scotch-Irish	180	1.2
Scottish	205	1.4
Slovak	17	0.1
Subsaharan African	1	0.0
Swedish	70	0.5
Swiss	12	0.1
Ukrainian	2	0.0
United States or American	2,666	17.8
Welsh	93	0.6
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	0	0.0
Other ancestries	1,549	10.4

(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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