Clarksburg, WV

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5415628, place: Clarksburg city, West Virginia)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 3,413 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 161 (4.72%)
Kindergarten: 223 (6.53%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,578 (46.23%)
High school (grades 9-12): 774 (22.68%)
College or graduate school: 677 (19.84%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 11,707 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 713 (6.09%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,590 (13.58%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 4,800 (41%)
Some college, no degree: 2,230 (19.05%)
Associate degree: 506 (4.32%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,205 (10.29%)
Graduate or professional degree: 663 (5.66%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 80.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 16%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 13,743 (100%)
Never married: 3,407 (24.79%)
Now married, except separated: 6,751 (49.12%)
Separated: 343 (2.5%)
Total Widowed: 1,665 (12.12%)
Widowed Female: 1,448 (10.54%)
Total Divorced: 1,577 (11.47%)
Divorced Female: 891 (6.48%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 299 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 155 (51.84%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 13,140 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,959 (14.91%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 3,185 (100%)
--With a disability: 290 (9.11%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 8,886 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,128 (23.95%)
----Percent employed: 45.2%
--No disability: 6,758 (76.05%)
----Percent employed: 74.7%
Population 65 years and over: 3,235 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,561 (48.25%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 15,644 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 9,278 (59.31%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 6,299 (40.26%)
--Same county: 4,348 (27.79%)
--Different county: 1,951 (12.47%)
----Same state: 843 (5.39%)
----Different state: 1,108 (7.08%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 67 (0.43%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 16,542 (100%)
Native: 16,325 (98.69%)
--Born in United States: 16,247 (100%)
----State of residence: 13,546 (81.89%)
----Different state: 2,701 (16.33%)
--Born outside United States: 78 (0.47%)
Foreign born: 217 (1.31%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 42 (0.25%)
--Naturalized citizen: 155 (0.94%)
--Not a citizen: 62 (0.37%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 217 (100%)
Europe: 130 (59.91%)
Asia: 57 (26.27%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 26 (11.98%)
Northern America: 4 (1.84%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 15,644 (100%)
English only: 15,185 (97.07%)
Language other than English: 459 (2.93%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 157 (1%)
--Spanish: 125 (0.8%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 40 (0.26%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 277 (1.77%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 65 (0.42%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 48 (0.31%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 43 (0.27%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 16,542 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 16,388% (99.07%)
Arab: 69 (0.42%)
Czech: 51 (0.31%)
Danish: 2 (0.01%)
Dutch: 320 (1.93%)
English: 1,808 (10.93%)
French (except Basque): 270 (1.63%)
French Canadian: 28 (0.17%)
German: 2,593 (15.68%)
Greek: 23 (0.14%)
Hungarian: 61 (0.37%)
Irish: 2,368 (14.32%)
Italian: 2,394 (14.47%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 8 (0.05%)
Polish: 321 (1.94%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 36 (0.22%)
Scotch-Irish: 452 (2.73%)
Scottish: 172 (1.04%)
Slovak: 120 (0.73%)
Subsaharan African: 24 (0.15%)
Swedish: 21 (0.13%)
Swiss: 64 (0.39%)
Ukrainian: 2 (0.01%)
United States or American: 3,079 (18.61%)
Welsh: 157 (0.95%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 1,945 (11.76%)

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