Fort Gay, WV

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5428516, place: Fort Gay town, West Virginia)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 192 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 15 (7.81%)
Kindergarten: 13 (6.77%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 93 (48.44%)
High school (grades 9-12): 52 (27.08%)
College or graduate school: 19 (9.9%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 503 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 117 (23.26%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 121 (24.06%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 182 (36.18%)
Some college, no degree: 65 (12.92%)
Associate degree: 7 (1.39%)
Bachelor's degree: 7 (1.39%)
Graduate or professional degree: 4 (0.8%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 52.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 2.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 641 (100%)
Never married: 135 (21.06%)
Now married, except separated: 331 (51.64%)
Separated: 24 (3.74%)
Total Widowed: 67 (10.45%)
Widowed Female: 59 (9.2%)
Total Divorced: 84 (13.1%)
Divorced Female: 64 (9.98%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 26 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 22 (84.62%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 600 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 47 (7.83%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 205 (100%)
--With a disability: 22 (10.73%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 436 (100%)
--With a disability: 164 (37.61%)
----Percent employed: 16.5%
--No disability: 272 (62.39%)
----Percent employed: 59.2%
Population 65 years and over: 108 (100%)
--With a disability: 71 (65.74%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 749 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 403 (53.81%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 346 (46.19%)
--Same county: 241 (32.18%)
--Different county: 105 (14.02%)
----Same state: 41 (5.47%)
----Different state: 64 (8.54%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 818 (100%)
Native: 818 (100%)
--Born in United States: 818 (100%)
----State of residence: 446 (54.52%)
----Different state: 372 (45.48%)
--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: 749 (100%)
English only: 748 (99.87%)
Language other than English: 1 (0.13%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Spanish: 1 (0.13%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 0 (0%)
----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: 818 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 436% (53.3%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 11 (1.34%)
English: 19 (2.32%)
French (except Basque): 7 (0.86%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 25 (3.06%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 47 (5.75%)
Italian: 5 (0.61%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 6 (0.73%)
Scottish: 0 (0%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 247 (30.2%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 69 (8.44%)

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