Chesapeake, WV

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5415028, place: Chesapeake town, West Virginia)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 320 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 18 (5.63%)
Kindergarten: 8 (2.5%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 179 (55.94%)
High school (grades 9-12): 73 (22.81%)
College or graduate school: 42 (13.13%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,227 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 104 (8.48%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 217 (17.69%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 544 (44.34%)
Some college, no degree: 184 (15%)
Associate degree: 55 (4.48%)
Bachelor's degree: 85 (6.93%)
Graduate or professional degree: 38 (3.1%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 73.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 10%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,372 (100%)
Never married: 273 (19.9%)
Now married, except separated: 688 (50.15%)
Separated: 28 (2.04%)
Total Widowed: 185 (13.48%)
Widowed Female: 164 (11.95%)
Total Divorced: 198 (14.43%)
Divorced Female: 86 (6.27%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 31 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 18 (58.06%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,317 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 194 (14.73%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 297 (100%)
--With a disability: 17 (5.72%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 953 (100%)
--With a disability: 240 (25.18%)
----Percent employed: 48.3%
--No disability: 713 (74.82%)
----Percent employed: 68.2%
Population 65 years and over: 331 (100%)
--With a disability: 223 (67.37%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,581 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,197 (75.71%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 384 (24.29%)
--Same county: 327 (20.68%)
--Different county: 57 (3.61%)
----Same state: 26 (1.64%)
----Different state: 31 (1.96%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,648 (100%)
Native: 1,645 (99.82%)
--Born in United States: 1,645 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,409 (85.5%)
----Different state: 236 (14.32%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 3 (0.18%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 0 (0%)
--Not a citizen: 3 (0.18%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 3 (100%)
Europe: 3 (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: 1,581 (100%)
English only: 1,569 (99.24%)
Language other than English: 12 (0.76%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7 (0.44%)
--Spanish: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 12 (0.76%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7 (0.44%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,648 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,156% (70.15%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 14 (0.85%)
English: 153 (9.28%)
French (except Basque): 13 (0.79%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 139 (8.43%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 159 (9.65%)
Italian: 32 (1.94%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 14 (0.85%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 36 (2.18%)
Scottish: 23 (1.4%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 351 (21.3%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 222 (13.47%)

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