Despard, WV

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5421316, place: Despard CDP, West Virginia)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 312 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 0 (0%)
Kindergarten: 46 (14.74%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 168 (53.85%)
High school (grades 9-12): 89 (28.53%)
College or graduate school: 9 (2.88%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 754 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 105 (13.93%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 146 (19.36%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 335 (44.43%)
Some college, no degree: 100 (13.26%)
Associate degree: 21 (2.79%)
Bachelor's degree: 34 (4.51%)
Graduate or professional degree: 13 (1.72%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 66.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 6.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 868 (100%)
Never married: 179 (20.62%)
Now married, except separated: 472 (54.38%)
Separated: 15 (1.73%)
Total Widowed: 113 (13.02%)
Widowed Female: 98 (11.29%)
Total Divorced: 89 (10.25%)
Divorced Female: 39 (4.49%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 56 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 16 (28.57%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 798 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 159 (19.92%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 310 (100%)
--With a disability: 46 (14.84%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 604 (100%)
--With a disability: 187 (30.96%)
----Percent employed: 36.9%
--No disability: 417 (69.04%)
----Percent employed: 58.3%
Population 65 years and over: 168 (100%)
--With a disability: 102 (60.71%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,082 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 856 (79.11%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 226 (20.89%)
--Same county: 180 (16.64%)
--Different county: 46 (4.25%)
----Same state: 21 (1.94%)
----Different state: 25 (2.31%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,120 (100%)
Native: 1,120 (100%)
--Born in United States: 1,120 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,014 (90.54%)
----Different state: 106 (9.46%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 0 (0%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 0 (0%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 0
Europe: 0
Asia: 0
Africa: 0
Oceania: 0
Latin America: 0
Northern America: 0

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,082 (100%)
English only: 1,069 (98.8%)
Language other than English: 13 (1.2%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Spanish: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 13 (1.2%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,120 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,215% (108.48%)
Arab: 24 (2.14%)
Czech: 4 (0.36%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 41 (3.66%)
English: 154 (13.75%)
French (except Basque): 5 (0.45%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 181 (16.16%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 18 (1.61%)
Irish: 179 (15.98%)
Italian: 62 (5.54%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 59 (5.27%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 6 (0.54%)
Scotch-Irish: 22 (1.96%)
Scottish: 8 (0.71%)
Slovak: 25 (2.23%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 18 (1.61%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 280 (25%)
Welsh: 6 (0.54%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 123 (10.98%)

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