Putnam County, WV Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Putnam county west virginia dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	12,580	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	934	7.4
Kindergarten	783	6.2
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	5,834	46.4
High school (grades 9-12)	2,924	23.2
College or graduate school	2,105	16.7

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	34,854	100.0
Less than 9th grade	2,147	6.2
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	3,506	10.1
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	13,520	38.8
Some college, no degree	6,827	19.6
Associate degree	1,995	5.7
Bachelor's degree	4,446	12.8
Graduate or professional degree	2,413	6.9

Percent high school graduate or higher	83.8	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	19.7	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	40,888	100.0
Never married	7,218	17.7
Now married, except separated	26,699	65.3
Separated	542	1.3
Widowed	2,505	6.1
Female	2,086	5.1
Divorced	3,924	9.6
Female	2,200	5.4

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	588	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	298	50.7

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	38,652	100.0
Civilian veterans	5,342	13.8

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	11,129	100.0
With a disability	778	7.0

Population 21 to 64 years	31,029	100.0
With a disability	5,191	16.7
Percent employed	45.3	(X)
No disability	25,838	83.3
Percent employed	76.6	(X)

Population 65 years and over	5,858	100.0
With a disability	2,726	46.5

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	48,234	100.0
Same house in 1995	28,685	59.5
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	19,379	40.2
Same county	8,864	18.4
Different county	10,515	21.8
Same state	6,795	14.1
Different state	3,720	7.7
Elsewhere in 1995	170	0.4

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	51,589	100.0
Native	51,059	99.0
Born in United States	50,896	98.7
State of residence	40,667	78.8
Different state	10,229	19.8
Born outside United States	163	0.3
Foreign born	530	1.0
Entered 1990 to March 2000	149	0.3
Naturalized citizen	316	0.6
Not a citizen	214	0.4

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	530	100.0
Europe	179	33.8
Asia	249	47.0
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	13	2.5
Latin America	74	14.0
Northern America	15	2.8

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	48,234	100.0
English only	47,151	97.8
Language other than English	1,083	2.2
Speak English less than 'very well	208	0.4
Spanish	494	1.0
Speak English less than "very well"	87	0.2
Other Indo-European languages	414	0.9
Speak English less than "very well"	57	0.1
Asian and Pacific Island languages	128	0.3
Speak English less than "very well"	55	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	51,589	100.0
Total ancestries reported	40,795	79.1
Arab	123	0.2
Czech¹	53	0.1
Danish	54	0.1
Dutch	1,031	2.0
English	5,630	10.9
French (except Basque)¹	819	1.6
French Canadian¹	84	0.2
German	6,599	12.8
Greek	172	0.3
Hungarian	98	0.2
Irish¹	5,414	10.5
Italian	1,472	2.9
Lithuanian	52	0.1
Norwegian	143	0.3
Polish	479	0.9
Portuguese	33	0.1
Russian	38	0.1
Scotch-Irish	1,101	2.1
Scottish	789	1.5
Slovak	78	0.2
Subsaharan African	80	0.2
Swedish	223	0.4
Swiss	115	0.2
Ukrainian	10	0.0
United States or American	10,826	21.0
Welsh	351	0.7
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	0	0.0
Other ancestries	4,928	9.6

(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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