Barbour County

Profile of Selected Social Characteristics: 2000

Geographic Area: West Virginia
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Subject	Number	Percent

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	3,687	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	134	3.6
Kindergarten	171	4.6
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	1,769	48.0
High school (grades 9-12)	786	21.3
College or graduate school	827	22.4

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	10,510	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,345	12.8
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	1,521	14.5
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	4,853	46.2
Some college, no degree	1,243	11.8
Associate degree	310	2.9
Bachelor's degree	703	6.7
Graduate or professional degree	535	5.1

Percent high school graduate or higher	72.7	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	11.8	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	12,660	100.0
Never married	2,595	20.5
Now married, except separated	7,582	59.9
Separated	107	0.8
Widowed	1,226	9.7
Female	971	7.7
Divorced	1,150	9.1
Female	585	4.6

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	306	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	150	49.0

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	11,951	100.0
Civilian veterans	1,499	12.5

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	3,450	100.0
With a disability	263	7.6

Population 21 to 64 years	8,825	100.0
With a disability	2,174	24.6
Percent employed	37.1	(X)
No disability	6,651	75.4
Percent employed	68.9	(X)

Population 65 years and over	2,289	100.0
With a disability	1,105	48.3

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	14,733	100.0
Same house in 1995	9,876	67.0
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	4,814	32.7
Same county	2,511	17.0
Different county	2,303	15.6
Same state	1,372	9.3
Different state	931	6.3
Elsewhere in 1995	43	0.3

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	15,557	100.0
Native	15,472	99.5
Born in United States	15,414	99.1
State of residence	12,755	82.0
Different state	2,659	17.1
Born outside United States	58	0.4
Foreign born	85	0.5
Entered 1990 to March 2000	55	0.4
Naturalized citizen	45	0.3
Not a citizen	40	0.3

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	85	100.0
Europe	35	41.2
Asia	35	41.2
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	5	5.9
Northern America	10	11.8

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	14,733	100.0
English only	14,452	98.1
Language other than English	281	1.9
Speak English less than 'very well	77	0.5
Spanish	105	0.7
Speak English less than "very well"	24	0.2
Other Indo-European languages	113	0.8
Speak English less than "very well"	29	0.2
Asian and Pacific Island languages	37	0.3
Speak English less than "very well"	24	0.2

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	15,557	100.0
Total ancestries reported	11,659	74.9
Arab	18	0.1
Czech1	38	0.2
Danish	12	0.1
Dutch	450	2.9
English	1,506	9.7
French (except Basque)1	145	0.9
French Canadian1	5	0.0
German	2,559	16.4
Greek	3	0.0
Hungarian	65	0.4
Irish1	1,746	11.2
Italian	563	3.6
Lithuanian	18	0.1
Norwegian	41	0.3
Polish	60	0.4
Portuguese	0	0.0
Russian	63	0.4
Scotch-Irish	327	2.1
Scottish	143	0.9
Slovak	13	0.1
Subsaharan African	31	0.2
Swedish	69	0.4
Swiss	45	0.3
Ukrainian	0	0.0
United States or American	2,385	15.3
Welsh	83	0.5
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	0	0.0
Other ancestries	1,271	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. Ancestry Code List (PDF 35KB) Place of Birth Code List (PDF 74KB) Language Code List (PDF 17KB) 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