Wood County, WV Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Wood county west virginia dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	19,616	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	1,270	6.5
Kindergarten	1,149	5.9
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	9,491	48.4
High school (grades 9-12)	4,358	22.2
College or graduate school	3,348	17.1

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	60,697	100.0
Less than 9th grade	4,213	6.9
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	7,086	11.7
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	23,225	38.3
Some college, no degree	13,157	21.7
Associate degree	3,766	6.2
Bachelor's degree	5,856	9.6
Graduate or professional degree	3,394	5.6

Percent high school graduate or higher	81.4	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	15.2	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	71,361	100.0
Never married	14,573	20.4
Now married, except separated	41,457	58.1
Separated	968	1.4
Widowed	5,844	8.2
Female	4,842	6.8
Divorced	8,519	11.9
Female	4,745	6.6

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	1,275	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	619	48.5

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	67,679	100.0
Civilian veterans	10,783	15.9

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	18,110	100.0
With a disability	1,570	8.7

Population 21 to 64 years	50,768	100.0
With a disability	9,869	19.4
Percent employed	44.6	(X)
No disability	40,899	80.6
Percent employed	75.1	(X)

Population 65 years and over	13,005	100.0
With a disability	5,823	44.8

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	82,863	100.0
Same house in 1995	49,488	59.7
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	33,035	39.9
Same county	22,875	27.6
Different county	10,160	12.3
Same state	3,540	4.3
Different state	6,620	8.0
Elsewhere in 1995	340	0.4

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	87,986	100.0
Native	87,060	98.9
Born in United States	86,654	98.5
State of residence	66,521	75.6
Different state	20,133	22.9
Born outside United States	406	0.5
Foreign born	926	1.1
Entered 1990 to March 2000	323	0.4
Naturalized citizen	520	0.6
Not a citizen	406	0.5

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	926	100.0
Europe	363	39.2
Asia	312	33.7
Africa	32	3.5
Oceania	7	0.8
Latin America	141	15.2
Northern America	71	7.7

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	82,863	100.0
English only	81,252	98.1
Language other than English	1,611	1.9
Speak English less than 'very well	363	0.4
Spanish	643	0.8
Speak English less than "very well"	189	0.2
Other Indo-European languages	636	0.8
Speak English less than "very well"	92	0.1
Asian and Pacific Island languages	248	0.3
Speak English less than "very well"	82	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	87,986	100.0
Total ancestries reported	70,757	80.4
Arab	232	0.3
Czech¹	128	0.1
Danish	73	0.1
Dutch	1,879	2.1
English	10,294	11.7
French (except Basque)¹	1,577	1.8
French Canadian¹	136	0.2
German	14,281	16.2
Greek	130	0.1
Hungarian	184	0.2
Irish¹	9,586	10.9
Italian	1,781	2.0
Lithuanian	88	0.1
Norwegian	215	0.2
Polish	820	0.9
Portuguese	21	0.0
Russian	81	0.1
Scotch-Irish	2,017	2.3
Scottish	1,818	2.1
Slovak	112	0.1
Subsaharan African	110	0.1
Swedish	331	0.4
Swiss	142	0.2
Ukrainian	62	0.1
United States or American	16,343	18.6
Welsh	627	0.7
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	24	0.0
Other ancestries	7,665	8.7

(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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