Beckley, WV

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5405332, place: Beckley city, West Virginia)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 3,950 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 195 (4.94%)
Kindergarten: 265 (6.71%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,687 (42.71%)
High school (grades 9-12): 957 (24.23%)
College or graduate school: 846 (21.42%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 12,108 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 848 (7%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,547 (12.78%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 3,694 (30.51%)
Some college, no degree: 2,809 (23.2%)
Associate degree: 663 (5.48%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,565 (12.93%)
Graduate or professional degree: 982 (8.11%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 80.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 21%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 14,368 (100%)
Never married: 3,491 (24.3%)
Now married, except separated: 7,156 (49.81%)
Separated: 233 (1.62%)
Total Widowed: 1,768 (12.31%)
Widowed Female: 1,543 (10.74%)
Total Divorced: 1,720 (11.97%)
Divorced Female: 1,040 (7.24%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 319 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 147 (46.08%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 13,516 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,977 (14.63%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 3,504 (100%)
--With a disability: 354 (10.1%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 9,161 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,286 (24.95%)
----Percent employed: 41.3%
--No disability: 6,875 (75.05%)
----Percent employed: 72%
Population 65 years and over: 3,404 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,573 (46.21%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 16,465 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 9,038 (54.89%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 7,212 (43.8%)
--Same county: 4,025 (24.45%)
--Different county: 3,187 (19.36%)
----Same state: 1,511 (9.18%)
----Different state: 1,676 (10.18%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 215 (1.31%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 17,425 (100%)
Native: 16,954 (97.3%)
--Born in United States: 16,854 (100%)
----State of residence: 13,221 (75.87%)
----Different state: 3,633 (20.85%)
--Born outside United States: 100 (0.57%)
Foreign born: 471 (2.7%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 180 (1.03%)
--Naturalized citizen: 189 (1.08%)
--Not a citizen: 282 (1.62%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 471 (100%)
Europe: 75 (15.92%)
Asia: 307 (65.18%)
Africa: 54 (11.46%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 7 (1.49%)
Northern America: 28 (5.94%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 16,465 (100%)
English only: 15,767 (95.76%)
Language other than English: 698 (4.24%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 201 (1.22%)
--Spanish: 137 (0.83%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 50 (0.3%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 332 (2.02%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 66 (0.4%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 195 (1.18%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 74 (0.45%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 17,425 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 14,813% (85.01%)
Arab: 135 (0.77%)
Czech: 55 (0.32%)
Danish: 11 (0.06%)
Dutch: 297 (1.7%)
English: 1,478 (8.48%)
French (except Basque): 158 (0.91%)
French Canadian: 16 (0.09%)
German: 1,568 (9%)
Greek: 15 (0.09%)
Hungarian: 86 (0.49%)
Irish: 1,427 (8.19%)
Italian: 655 (3.76%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 20 (0.11%)
Polish: 232 (1.33%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 26 (0.15%)
Scotch-Irish: 301 (1.73%)
Scottish: 235 (1.35%)
Slovak: 20 (0.11%)
Subsaharan African: 74 (0.42%)
Swedish: 69 (0.4%)
Swiss: 5 (0.03%)
Ukrainian: 6 (0.03%)
United States or American: 2,643 (15.17%)
Welsh: 132 (0.76%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 5,149 (29.55%)

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