Wetzel County, WV Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Wetzel county west virginia dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	3,967	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	265	6.7
Kindergarten	205	5.2
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	1,993	50.2
High school (grades 9-12)	1,040	26.2
College or graduate school	464	11.7

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	12,287	100.0
Less than 9th grade	975	7.9
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	1,780	14.5
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	5,839	47.5
Some college, no degree	1,848	15.0
Associate degree	567	4.6
Bachelor's degree	750	6.1
Graduate or professional degree	528	4.3

Percent high school graduate or higher	77.6	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	10.4	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	14,294	100.0
Never married	2,778	19.4
Now married, except separated	8,587	60.1
Separated	165	1.2
Widowed	1,381	9.7
Female	1,199	8.4
Divorced	1,383	9.7
Female	637	4.5

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	235	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	126	53.6

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	13,494	100.0
Civilian veterans	1,950	14.5

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	3,767	100.0
With a disability	333	8.8

Population 21 to 64 years	10,050	100.0
With a disability	2,369	23.6
Percent employed	40.4	(X)
No disability	7,681	76.4
Percent employed	63.2	(X)

Population 65 years and over	2,774	100.0
With a disability	1,394	50.3

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	16,712	100.0
Same house in 1995	11,283	67.5
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	5,418	32.4
Same county	3,434	20.5
Different county	1,984	11.9
Same state	1,123	6.7
Different state	861	5.2
Elsewhere in 1995	11	0.1

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	17,693	100.0
Native	17,626	99.6
Born in United States	17,577	99.3
State of residence	14,664	82.9
Different state	2,913	16.5
Born outside United States	49	0.3
Foreign born	67	0.4
Entered 1990 to March 2000	29	0.2
Naturalized citizen	42	0.2
Not a citizen	25	0.1

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	67	100.0
Europe	18	26.9
Asia	39	58.2
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	8	11.9
Northern America	2	3.0

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	16,712	100.0
English only	16,439	98.4
Language other than English	273	1.6
Speak English less than 'very well	89	0.5
Spanish	93	0.6
Speak English less than "very well"	43	0.3
Other Indo-European languages	137	0.8
Speak English less than "very well"	24	0.1
Asian and Pacific Island languages	12	0.1
Speak English less than "very well"	10	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	17,693	100.0
Total ancestries reported	14,062	79.5
Arab	62	0.4
Czech¹	16	0.1
Danish	1	0.0
Dutch	467	2.6
English	1,634	9.2
French (except Basque)¹	299	1.7
French Canadian¹	2	0.0
German	3,269	18.5
Greek	13	0.1
Hungarian	84	0.5
Irish¹	1,839	10.4
Italian	411	2.3
Lithuanian	10	0.1
Norwegian	30	0.2
Polish	300	1.7
Portuguese	9	0.1
Russian	11	0.1
Scotch-Irish	331	1.9
Scottish	169	1.0
Slovak	26	0.1
Subsaharan African	0	0.0
Swedish	53	0.3
Swiss	141	0.8
Ukrainian	12	0.1
United States or American	3,306	18.7
Welsh	116	0.7
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	0	0.0
Other ancestries	1,451	8.2

(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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