Morgantown, WV Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff





Subject

Number

Percent

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school14,903100.0
Nursery school, preschool1451.0
Kindergarten1531.0
Elementary school (grades 1-8)1,3228.9
High school (grades 9-12)6644.5
College or graduate school12,61984.7
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over12,019100.0
Less than 9th grade5044.2
9th to 12th grade, no diploma8006.7
High school graduate (includes equivalency)2,40920.0
Some college, no degree2,20918.4
Associate degree3522.9
Bachelor's degree2,53821.1
Graduate or professional degree3,20726.7
Percent high school graduate or higher89.2(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher47.8(X)
MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over24,721100.0
Never married14,34258.0
Now married, except separated7,49230.3
Separated2070.8
Widowed1,2595.1
Female
1,0314.2
Divorced1,4215.7
Female
8213.3
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years147100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren7349.7
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over24,199100.0
Civilian veterans1,7217.1
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years8,868100.0
With a disability94310.6
Population 21 to 64 years14,604100.0
With a disability1,69911.6
Percent employed
54.2(X)
No disability12,90588.4
Percent employed
66.9(X)
Population 65 years and over2,782100.0
With a disability1,26845.6
RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over26,370100.0
Same house in 19958,75133.2
Different house in the U.S. in 199516,50462.6
Same county
4,11115.6
Different county
12,39347.0
Same state
5,79122.0
Different state
6,60225.0
Elsewhere in 19951,1154.2
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population27,161100.0
Native25,55194.1
Born in United States
25,30593.2
State of residence
13,35649.2
Different state
11,94944.0
Born outside United States
2460.9
Foreign born1,6105.9
Entered 1990 to March 2000
1,2214.5
Naturalized citizen
3211.2
Not a citizen
1,2894.7
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)1,610100.0
Europe41926.0
Asia81550.6
Africa966.0
Oceania150.9
Latin America20112.5
Northern America644.0
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over26,370100.0
English only23,79190.2
Language other than English2,5799.8
Speak English less than 'very well
9853.7
Spanish
7742.9
Speak English less than "very well"
2891.1
Other Indo-European languages
1,0343.9
Speak English less than "very well"
3061.2
Asian and Pacific Island languages
5682.2
Speak English less than "very well"
2971.1
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population27,161100.0

Total ancestries reported

29,471108.5
Arab1850.7
Czech11440.5
Danish400.1
Dutch4231.6
English3,20111.8
French (except Basque)16192.3
French Canadian1940.3
German5,61920.7
Greek1480.5
Hungarian2130.8
Irish14,22115.5
Italian3,11911.5
Lithuanian830.3
Norwegian2020.7
Polish1,3054.8
Portuguese260.1
Russian2801.0
Scotch-Irish8473.1
Scottish8133.0
Slovak2781.0
Subsaharan African1000.4
Swedish2661.0
Swiss1350.5
Ukrainian1260.5
United States or American1,4995.5
Welsh3841.4
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)1010.4
Other ancestries5,00018.4
(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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