Profile of Selected Social Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: Barbour County 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.

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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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