Bridgeport, WV

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5410180, place: Bridgeport city, West Virginia)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,832 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 120 (6.55%)
Kindergarten: 106 (5.79%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 869 (47.43%)
High school (grades 9-12): 457 (24.95%)
College or graduate school: 280 (15.28%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 5,121 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 136 (2.66%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 245 (4.78%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,406 (27.46%)
Some college, no degree: 1,077 (21.03%)
Associate degree: 383 (7.48%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,165 (22.75%)
Graduate or professional degree: 709 (13.84%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 92.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 36.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 5,891 (100%)
Never married: 948 (16.09%)
Now married, except separated: 3,930 (66.71%)
Separated: 56 (0.95%)
Total Widowed: 464 (7.88%)
Widowed Female: 392 (6.65%)
Total Divorced: 493 (8.37%)
Divorced Female: 306 (5.19%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 66 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 26 (39.39%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 5,557 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 854 (15.37%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,615 (100%)
--With a disability: 42 (2.6%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 3,927 (100%)
--With a disability: 357 (9.09%)
----Percent employed: 66.7%
--No disability: 3,570 (90.91%)
----Percent employed: 78.6%
Population 65 years and over: 1,302 (100%)
--With a disability: 438 (33.64%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 6,955 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 4,406 (63.35%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,450 (35.23%)
--Same county: 1,517 (21.81%)
--Different county: 933 (13.41%)
----Same state: 440 (6.33%)
----Different state: 493 (7.09%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 99 (1.42%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 7,312 (100%)
Native: 7,125 (97.44%)
--Born in United States: 7,074 (100%)
----State of residence: 5,396 (73.8%)
----Different state: 1,678 (22.95%)
--Born outside United States: 51 (0.7%)
Foreign born: 187 (2.56%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 97 (1.33%)
--Naturalized citizen: 97 (1.33%)
--Not a citizen: 90 (1.23%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 187 (100%)
Europe: 86 (45.99%)
Asia: 68 (36.36%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 19 (10.16%)
Northern America: 14 (7.49%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 6,955 (100%)
English only: 6,671 (95.92%)
Language other than English: 284 (4.08%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 63 (0.91%)
--Spanish: 100 (1.44%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 27 (0.39%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 176 (2.53%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 36 (0.52%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 7,312 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 7,748% (105.96%)
Arab: 26 (0.36%)
Czech: 40 (0.55%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 260 (3.56%)
English: 1,337 (18.29%)
French (except Basque): 127 (1.74%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 1,483 (20.28%)
Greek: 42 (0.57%)
Hungarian: 93 (1.27%)
Irish: 1,074 (14.69%)
Italian: 922 (12.61%)
Lithuanian: 19 (0.26%)
Norwegian: 14 (0.19%)
Polish: 100 (1.37%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 17 (0.23%)
Scotch-Irish: 285 (3.9%)
Scottish: 217 (2.97%)
Slovak: 53 (0.72%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 55 (0.75%)
Swiss: 18 (0.25%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 707 (9.67%)
Welsh: 87 (1.19%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 772 (10.56%)

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