Hamlin, WV

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5434516, place: Hamlin town, West Virginia)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 205 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 12 (5.85%)
Kindergarten: 15 (7.32%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 99 (48.29%)
High school (grades 9-12): 42 (20.49%)
College or graduate school: 37 (18.05%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 795 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 136 (17.11%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 129 (16.23%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 279 (35.09%)
Some college, no degree: 127 (15.97%)
Associate degree: 24 (3.02%)
Bachelor's degree: 63 (7.92%)
Graduate or professional degree: 37 (4.65%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 66.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 12.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 914 (100%)
Never married: 161 (17.61%)
Now married, except separated: 478 (52.3%)
Separated: 42 (4.6%)
Total Widowed: 117 (12.8%)
Widowed Female: 95 (10.39%)
Total Divorced: 116 (12.69%)
Divorced Female: 77 (8.42%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 9 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 5 (55.56%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 888 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 98 (11.04%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 185 (100%)
--With a disability: 34 (18.38%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 550 (100%)
--With a disability: 223 (40.55%)
----Percent employed: 42.6%
--No disability: 327 (59.45%)
----Percent employed: 64.5%
Population 65 years and over: 239 (100%)
--With a disability: 115 (48.12%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,031 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 636 (61.69%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 391 (37.92%)
--Same county: 221 (21.44%)
--Different county: 170 (16.49%)
----Same state: 114 (11.06%)
----Different state: 56 (5.43%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 4 (0.39%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,096 (100%)
Native: 1,096 (100%)
--Born in United States: 1,091 (100%)
----State of residence: 950 (86.68%)
----Different state: 141 (12.86%)
--Born outside United States: 5 (0.46%)
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: 1,031 (100%)
English only: 1,016 (98.55%)
Language other than English: 15 (1.45%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 8 (0.78%)
--Spanish: 10 (0.97%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 8 (0.78%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 5 (0.48%)
----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: 1,096 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 669% (61.04%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 30 (2.74%)
English: 86 (7.85%)
French (except Basque): 9 (0.82%)
French Canadian: 2 (0.18%)
German: 75 (6.84%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 2 (0.18%)
Irish: 93 (8.49%)
Italian: 10 (0.91%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 2 (0.18%)
Polish: 14 (1.28%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 11 (1%)
Scottish: 11 (1%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 5 (0.46%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 3 (0.27%)
United States or American: 256 (23.36%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 60 (5.47%)

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