Boaz, WV

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5408836, place: Boaz CDP, West Virginia)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 281 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 33 (11.74%)
Kindergarten: 26 (9.25%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 130 (46.26%)
High school (grades 9-12): 53 (18.86%)
College or graduate school: 39 (13.88%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 945 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 50 (5.29%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 68 (7.2%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 331 (35.03%)
Some college, no degree: 260 (27.51%)
Associate degree: 24 (2.54%)
Bachelor's degree: 155 (16.4%)
Graduate or professional degree: 57 (6.03%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 87.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 22.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,046 (100%)
Never married: 135 (12.91%)
Now married, except separated: 707 (67.59%)
Separated: 6 (0.57%)
Total Widowed: 117 (11.19%)
Widowed Female: 106 (10.13%)
Total Divorced: 81 (7.74%)
Divorced Female: 42 (4.02%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 15 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 9 (60%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,003 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 160 (15.95%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 246 (100%)
--With a disability: 20 (8.13%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 718 (100%)
--With a disability: 89 (12.4%)
----Percent employed: 28.1%
--No disability: 629 (87.6%)
----Percent employed: 76.6%
Population 65 years and over: 246 (100%)
--With a disability: 71 (28.86%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,210 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 776 (64.13%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 434 (35.87%)
--Same county: 318 (26.28%)
--Different county: 116 (9.59%)
----Same state: 64 (5.29%)
----Different state: 52 (4.3%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,268 (100%)
Native: 1,262 (99.53%)
--Born in United States: 1,258 (100%)
----State of residence: 909 (71.69%)
----Different state: 349 (27.52%)
--Born outside United States: 4 (0.32%)
Foreign born: 6 (0.47%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 6 (0.47%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 6 (100%)
Europe: 6 (100%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,210 (100%)
English only: 1,195 (98.76%)
Language other than English: 15 (1.24%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Spanish: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 15 (1.24%)
----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: 1,268 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 928% (73.19%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 18 (1.42%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 18 (1.42%)
English: 116 (9.15%)
French (except Basque): 12 (0.95%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 228 (17.98%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 163 (12.85%)
Italian: 9 (0.71%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 34 (2.68%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 17 (1.34%)
Scottish: 16 (1.26%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 20 (1.58%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 202 (15.93%)
Welsh: 6 (0.47%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 69 (5.44%)

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