Blacksville, WV

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5408092, place: Blacksville town, West Virginia)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 46 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 3 (6.52%)
Kindergarten: 5 (10.87%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 18 (39.13%)
High school (grades 9-12): 15 (32.61%)
College or graduate school: 5 (10.87%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 96 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 0 (0%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 12 (12.5%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 51 (53.13%)
Some college, no degree: 16 (16.67%)
Associate degree: 7 (7.29%)
Bachelor's degree: 5 (5.21%)
Graduate or professional degree: 5 (5.21%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 87.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 10.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 128 (100%)
Never married: 37 (28.91%)
Now married, except separated: 54 (42.19%)
Separated: 5 (3.91%)
Total Widowed: 15 (11.72%)
Widowed Female: 15 (11.72%)
Total Divorced: 17 (13.28%)
Divorced Female: 17 (13.28%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 5 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 5 (100%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 113 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 11 (9.73%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 47 (100%)
--With a disability: 0 (0%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 89 (100%)
--With a disability: 15 (16.85%)
----Percent employed: 86.7%
--No disability: 74 (83.15%)
----Percent employed: 77%
Population 65 years and over: 18 (100%)
--With a disability: 13 (72.22%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 154 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 88 (57.14%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 66 (42.86%)
--Same county: 45 (29.22%)
--Different county: 21 (13.64%)
----Same state: 8 (5.19%)
----Different state: 13 (8.44%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 166 (100%)
Native: 166 (100%)
--Born in United States: 162 (100%)
----State of residence: 121 (72.89%)
----Different state: 41 (24.7%)
--Born outside United States: 4 (2.41%)
Foreign born: 0 (0%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 0 (0%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

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

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 154 (100%)
English only: 152 (98.7%)
Language other than English: 2 (1.3%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Spanish: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 2 (1.3%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 166 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 162% (97.59%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 4 (2.41%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 24 (14.46%)
English: 8 (4.82%)
French (except Basque): 0 (0%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 16 (9.64%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 4 (2.41%)
Irish: 36 (21.69%)
Italian: 8 (4.82%)
Lithuanian: 5 (3.01%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 14 (8.43%)
Scottish: 0 (0%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 16 (9.64%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 27 (16.27%)

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