Fort Ashby, WV

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5428444, place: Fort Ashby CDP, West Virginia)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 317 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 9 (2.84%)
Kindergarten: 12 (3.79%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 177 (55.84%)
High school (grades 9-12): 58 (18.3%)
College or graduate school: 61 (19.24%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 996 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 60 (6.02%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 122 (12.25%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 480 (48.19%)
Some college, no degree: 151 (15.16%)
Associate degree: 54 (5.42%)
Bachelor's degree: 100 (10.04%)
Graduate or professional degree: 29 (2.91%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 81.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 13%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,110 (100%)
Never married: 208 (18.74%)
Now married, except separated: 684 (61.62%)
Separated: 18 (1.62%)
Total Widowed: 110 (9.91%)
Widowed Female: 87 (7.84%)
Total Divorced: 90 (8.11%)
Divorced Female: 43 (3.87%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 28 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 10 (35.71%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,064 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 171 (16.07%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 271 (100%)
--With a disability: 10 (3.69%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 832 (100%)
--With a disability: 144 (17.31%)
----Percent employed: 49.3%
--No disability: 688 (82.69%)
----Percent employed: 73.1%
Population 65 years and over: 195 (100%)
--With a disability: 73 (37.44%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,304 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 767 (58.82%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 537 (41.18%)
--Same county: 347 (26.61%)
--Different county: 190 (14.57%)
----Same state: 86 (6.6%)
----Different state: 104 (7.98%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,405 (100%)
Native: 1,405 (100%)
--Born in United States: 1,390 (100%)
----State of residence: 340 (24.2%)
----Different state: 1,050 (74.73%)
--Born outside United States: 15 (1.07%)
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: 1,304 (100%)
English only: 1,265 (97.01%)
Language other than English: 39 (2.99%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5 (0.38%)
--Spanish: 27 (2.07%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5 (0.38%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 6 (0.46%)
----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: 1,405 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,262% (89.82%)
Arab: 15 (1.07%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 48 (3.42%)
English: 191 (13.59%)
French (except Basque): 6 (0.43%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 360 (25.62%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 203 (14.45%)
Italian: 51 (3.63%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 5 (0.36%)
Scotch-Irish: 52 (3.7%)
Scottish: 31 (2.21%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 176 (12.53%)
Welsh: 5 (0.36%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 119 (8.47%)

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