West Union, OH

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3984294, place: West Union village, Ohio)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 495 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 30 (6.06%)
Kindergarten: 48 (9.7%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 238 (48.08%)
High school (grades 9-12): 139 (28.08%)
College or graduate school: 40 (8.08%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,889 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 231 (12.23%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 394 (20.86%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 861 (45.58%)
Some college, no degree: 262 (13.87%)
Associate degree: 71 (3.76%)
Bachelor's degree: 58 (3.07%)
Graduate or professional degree: 12 (0.64%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 66.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 3.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,245 (100%)
Never married: 466 (20.76%)
Now married, except separated: 1,059 (47.17%)
Separated: 45 (2%)
Total Widowed: 351 (15.63%)
Widowed Female: 316 (14.08%)
Total Divorced: 324 (14.43%)
Divorced Female: 196 (8.73%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 41 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 28 (68.29%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,148 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 277 (12.9%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 530 (100%)
--With a disability: 91 (17.17%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,328 (100%)
--With a disability: 326 (24.55%)
----Percent employed: 35.9%
--No disability: 1,002 (75.45%)
----Percent employed: 75%
Population 65 years and over: 545 (100%)
--With a disability: 284 (52.11%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,552 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,476 (57.84%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,068 (41.85%)
--Same county: 859 (33.66%)
--Different county: 209 (8.19%)
----Same state: 130 (5.09%)
----Different state: 79 (3.1%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 8 (0.31%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,698 (100%)
Native: 2,689 (99.67%)
--Born in United States: 2,683 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,180 (80.8%)
----Different state: 503 (18.64%)
--Born outside United States: 6 (0.22%)
Foreign born: 9 (0.33%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 9 (0.33%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 9 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 9 (100%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,552 (100%)
English only: 2,500 (97.96%)
Language other than English: 52 (2.04%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 16 (0.63%)
--Spanish: 33 (1.29%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 8 (0.31%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 19 (0.74%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 8 (0.31%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,698 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,104% (77.98%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 42 (1.56%)
English: 145 (5.37%)
French (except Basque): 64 (2.37%)
French Canadian: 38 (1.41%)
German: 557 (20.64%)
Greek: 19 (0.7%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 340 (12.6%)
Italian: 0 (0%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 10 (0.37%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 59 (2.19%)
Scottish: 75 (2.78%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 559 (20.72%)
Welsh: 11 (0.41%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 185 (6.86%)

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