Wellston, OH

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3982712, place: Wellston city, Ohio)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,466 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 85 (5.8%)
Kindergarten: 135 (9.21%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 786 (53.62%)
High school (grades 9-12): 294 (20.05%)
College or graduate school: 166 (11.32%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 3,907 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 264 (6.76%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 804 (20.58%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,788 (45.76%)
Some college, no degree: 554 (14.18%)
Associate degree: 144 (3.69%)
Bachelor's degree: 250 (6.4%)
Graduate or professional degree: 103 (2.64%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 72.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 4,750 (100%)
Never married: 982 (20.67%)
Now married, except separated: 2,381 (50.13%)
Separated: 143 (3.01%)
Total Widowed: 588 (12.38%)
Widowed Female: 508 (10.69%)
Total Divorced: 656 (13.81%)
Divorced Female: 396 (8.34%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 165 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 106 (64.24%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 4,475 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 658 (14.7%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,428 (100%)
--With a disability: 210 (14.71%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 3,347 (100%)
--With a disability: 748 (22.35%)
----Percent employed: 39.2%
--No disability: 2,599 (77.65%)
----Percent employed: 74.4%
Population 65 years and over: 774 (100%)
--With a disability: 378 (48.84%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 5,671 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 3,147 (55.49%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,489 (43.89%)
--Same county: 1,625 (28.65%)
--Different county: 864 (15.24%)
----Same state: 542 (9.56%)
----Different state: 322 (5.68%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 35 (0.62%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 6,115 (100%)
Native: 6,067 (99.22%)
--Born in United States: 6,052 (100%)
----State of residence: 5,196 (84.97%)
----Different state: 856 (14%)
--Born outside United States: 15 (0.25%)
Foreign born: 48 (0.78%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 40 (0.65%)
--Not a citizen: 8 (0.13%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 48 (100%)
Europe: 13 (27.08%)
Asia: 28 (58.33%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 7 (14.58%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 5,671 (100%)
English only: 5,557 (97.99%)
Language other than English: 114 (2.01%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 43 (0.76%)
--Spanish: 44 (0.78%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 42 (0.74%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 32 (0.56%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 19 (0.34%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 11 (0.19%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 6,115 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 4,800% (78.5%)
Arab: 9 (0.15%)
Czech: 5 (0.08%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 147 (2.4%)
English: 476 (7.78%)
French (except Basque): 191 (3.12%)
French Canadian: 9 (0.15%)
German: 1,180 (19.3%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 25 (0.41%)
Irish: 739 (12.09%)
Italian: 130 (2.13%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 10 (0.16%)
Polish: 27 (0.44%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 80 (1.31%)
Scottish: 42 (0.69%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 10 (0.16%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 901 (14.73%)
Welsh: 184 (3.01%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 635 (10.38%)

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