Elkins, WV

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5424580, place: Elkins city, West Virginia)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,779 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 74 (4.16%)
Kindergarten: 66 (3.71%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 697 (39.18%)
High school (grades 9-12): 341 (19.17%)
College or graduate school: 601 (33.78%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 4,744 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 364 (7.67%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 608 (12.82%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,628 (34.32%)
Some college, no degree: 825 (17.39%)
Associate degree: 211 (4.45%)
Bachelor's degree: 672 (14.17%)
Graduate or professional degree: 436 (9.19%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 79.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 23.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 5,924 (100%)
Never married: 1,544 (26.06%)
Now married, except separated: 2,951 (49.81%)
Separated: 55 (0.93%)
Total Widowed: 553 (9.33%)
Widowed Female: 486 (8.2%)
Total Divorced: 821 (13.86%)
Divorced Female: 471 (7.95%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 106 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 51 (48.11%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 5,574 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 809 (14.51%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,498 (100%)
--With a disability: 162 (10.81%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 3,886 (100%)
--With a disability: 882 (22.7%)
----Percent employed: 44.4%
--No disability: 3,004 (77.3%)
----Percent employed: 80.7%
Population 65 years and over: 1,183 (100%)
--With a disability: 508 (42.94%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 6,722 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 3,691 (54.91%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,957 (43.99%)
--Same county: 1,558 (23.18%)
--Different county: 1,399 (20.81%)
----Same state: 525 (7.81%)
----Different state: 874 (13%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 74 (1.1%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 7,083 (100%)
Native: 6,965 (98.33%)
--Born in United States: 6,940 (100%)
----State of residence: 5,340 (75.39%)
----Different state: 1,600 (22.59%)
--Born outside United States: 25 (0.35%)
Foreign born: 118 (1.67%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 73 (1.03%)
--Naturalized citizen: 52 (0.73%)
--Not a citizen: 66 (0.93%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 118 (100%)
Europe: 41 (34.75%)
Asia: 64 (54.24%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 13 (11.02%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 6,722 (100%)
English only: 6,540 (97.29%)
Language other than English: 182 (2.71%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 67 (1%)
--Spanish: 52 (0.77%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (0.06%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 77 (1.15%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 24 (0.36%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 53 (0.79%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 39 (0.58%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 7,083 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 5,951% (84.02%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 3 (0.04%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 179 (2.53%)
English: 804 (11.35%)
French (except Basque): 93 (1.31%)
French Canadian: 6 (0.08%)
German: 1,370 (19.34%)
Greek: 23 (0.32%)
Hungarian: 10 (0.14%)
Irish: 1,228 (17.34%)
Italian: 271 (3.83%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 26 (0.37%)
Polish: 119 (1.68%)
Portuguese: 29 (0.41%)
Russian: 12 (0.17%)
Scotch-Irish: 132 (1.86%)
Scottish: 225 (3.18%)
Slovak: 6 (0.08%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 27 (0.38%)
Swiss: 19 (0.27%)
Ukrainian: 17 (0.24%)
United States or American: 857 (12.1%)
Welsh: 33 (0.47%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 462 (6.52%)

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