Brookhaven, WV

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5410420, place: Brookhaven CDP, West Virginia)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,387 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 154 (11.1%)
Kindergarten: 92 (6.63%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 613 (44.2%)
High school (grades 9-12): 258 (18.6%)
College or graduate school: 270 (19.47%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,912 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 120 (4.12%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 319 (10.95%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,119 (38.43%)
Some college, no degree: 494 (16.96%)
Associate degree: 126 (4.33%)
Bachelor's degree: 383 (13.15%)
Graduate or professional degree: 351 (12.05%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 84.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 25.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 3,473 (100%)
Never married: 877 (25.25%)
Now married, except separated: 1,951 (56.18%)
Separated: 21 (0.6%)
Total Widowed: 203 (5.85%)
Widowed Female: 187 (5.38%)
Total Divorced: 421 (12.12%)
Divorced Female: 181 (5.21%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 106 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 91 (85.85%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 3,288 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 421 (12.8%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,170 (100%)
--With a disability: 40 (3.42%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,775 (100%)
--With a disability: 300 (10.81%)
----Percent employed: 42.3%
--No disability: 2,475 (89.19%)
----Percent employed: 77.2%
Population 65 years and over: 334 (100%)
--With a disability: 85 (25.45%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 4,284 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,473 (57.73%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,786 (41.69%)
--Same county: 1,014 (23.67%)
--Different county: 772 (18.02%)
----Same state: 298 (6.96%)
----Different state: 474 (11.06%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 25 (0.58%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 4,694 (100%)
Native: 4,604 (98.08%)
--Born in United States: 4,574 (100%)
----State of residence: 3,422 (72.9%)
----Different state: 1,152 (24.54%)
--Born outside United States: 30 (0.64%)
Foreign born: 90 (1.92%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 34 (0.72%)
--Naturalized citizen: 27 (0.58%)
--Not a citizen: 63 (1.34%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 90 (100%)
Europe: 14 (15.56%)
Asia: 76 (84.44%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 4,284 (100%)
English only: 4,111 (95.96%)
Language other than English: 173 (4.04%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 31 (0.72%)
--Spanish: 45 (1.05%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 68 (1.59%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 12 (0.28%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 60 (1.4%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 19 (0.44%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 4,694 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 4,419% (94.14%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 35 (0.75%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 207 (4.41%)
English: 513 (10.93%)
French (except Basque): 41 (0.87%)
French Canadian: 12 (0.26%)
German: 821 (17.49%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 46 (0.98%)
Irish: 642 (13.68%)
Italian: 368 (7.84%)
Lithuanian: 7 (0.15%)
Norwegian: 15 (0.32%)
Polish: 192 (4.09%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 57 (1.21%)
Scotch-Irish: 22 (0.47%)
Scottish: 69 (1.47%)
Slovak: 28 (0.6%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 8 (0.17%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 8 (0.17%)
United States or American: 644 (13.72%)
Welsh: 51 (1.09%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 633 (13.49%)

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