Charleston, WV

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5414600, place: Charleston city, West Virginia)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 11,560 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 749 (6.48%)
Kindergarten: 584 (5.05%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 5,006 (43.3%)
High school (grades 9-12): 2,396 (20.73%)
College or graduate school: 2,825 (24.44%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 37,821 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 2,031 (5.37%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 4,092 (10.82%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 10,361 (27.39%)
Some college, no degree: 7,299 (19.3%)
Associate degree: 1,715 (4.53%)
Bachelor's degree: 6,651 (17.59%)
Graduate or professional degree: 5,672 (15%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 83.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 32.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 44,209 (100%)
Never married: 12,358 (27.95%)
Now married, except separated: 20,438 (46.23%)
Separated: 882 (2%)
Total Widowed: 4,474 (10.12%)
Widowed Female: 3,759 (8.5%)
Total Divorced: 6,057 (13.7%)
Divorced Female: 3,433 (7.77%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 804 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 417 (51.87%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 42,367 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 5,592 (13.2%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 9,727 (100%)
--With a disability: 937 (9.63%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 30,565 (100%)
--With a disability: 5,952 (19.47%)
----Percent employed: 48.4%
--No disability: 24,613 (80.53%)
----Percent employed: 77.8%
Population 65 years and over: 9,130 (100%)
--With a disability: 4,065 (44.52%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 50,297 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 28,164 (56%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 21,689 (43.12%)
--Same county: 14,376 (28.58%)
--Different county: 7,313 (14.54%)
----Same state: 3,099 (6.16%)
----Different state: 4,214 (8.38%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 444 (0.88%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 53,196 (100%)
Native: 51,490 (96.79%)
--Born in United States: 51,371 (100%)
----State of residence: 39,796 (74.81%)
----Different state: 11,575 (21.76%)
--Born outside United States: 119 (0.22%)
Foreign born: 1,706 (3.21%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 533 (1%)
--Naturalized citizen: 1,057 (1.99%)
--Not a citizen: 649 (1.22%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,706 (100%)
Europe: 301 (17.64%)
Asia: 1,090 (63.89%)
Africa: 110 (6.45%)
Oceania: 6 (0.35%)
Latin America: 153 (8.97%)
Northern America: 46 (2.7%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 50,297 (100%)
English only: 47,609 (94.66%)
Language other than English: 2,688 (5.34%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 803 (1.6%)
--Spanish: 718 (1.43%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 231 (0.46%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 1,005 (2%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 294 (0.58%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 650 (1.29%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 204 (0.41%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 53,196 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 47,535% (89.36%)
Arab: 1,104 (2.08%)
Czech: 150 (0.28%)
Danish: 99 (0.19%)
Dutch: 626 (1.18%)
English: 6,208 (11.67%)
French (except Basque): 958 (1.8%)
French Canadian: 126 (0.24%)
German: 6,603 (12.41%)
Greek: 100 (0.19%)
Hungarian: 185 (0.35%)
Irish: 5,684 (10.69%)
Italian: 2,094 (3.94%)
Lithuanian: 115 (0.22%)
Norwegian: 184 (0.35%)
Polish: 570 (1.07%)
Portuguese: 15 (0.03%)
Russian: 133 (0.25%)
Scotch-Irish: 1,581 (2.97%)
Scottish: 1,119 (2.1%)
Slovak: 74 (0.14%)
Subsaharan African: 578 (1.09%)
Swedish: 159 (0.3%)
Swiss: 146 (0.27%)
Ukrainian: 87 (0.16%)
United States or American: 6,105 (11.48%)
Welsh: 612 (1.15%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 63 (0.12%)
Other ancestries: 12,057 (22.67%)

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