Keyser, WV

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5443492, place: Keyser city, West Virginia)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,299 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 25 (1.92%)
Kindergarten: 87 (6.7%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 473 (36.41%)
High school (grades 9-12): 198 (15.24%)
College or graduate school: 516 (39.72%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 3,441 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 268 (7.79%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 466 (13.54%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,521 (44.2%)
Some college, no degree: 523 (15.2%)
Associate degree: 243 (7.06%)
Bachelor's degree: 176 (5.11%)
Graduate or professional degree: 244 (7.09%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 78.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 12.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 4,224 (100%)
Never married: 1,103 (26.11%)
Now married, except separated: 2,053 (48.6%)
Separated: 81 (1.92%)
Total Widowed: 506 (11.98%)
Widowed Female: 388 (9.19%)
Total Divorced: 481 (11.39%)
Divorced Female: 310 (7.34%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 45 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 13 (28.89%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 4,061 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 788 (19.4%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,215 (100%)
--With a disability: 144 (11.85%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,450 (100%)
--With a disability: 686 (28%)
----Percent employed: 56.7%
--No disability: 1,764 (72%)
----Percent employed: 71%
Population 65 years and over: 1,039 (100%)
--With a disability: 492 (47.35%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 4,824 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,559 (53.05%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,232 (46.27%)
--Same county: 1,357 (28.13%)
--Different county: 875 (18.14%)
----Same state: 329 (6.82%)
----Different state: 546 (11.32%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 33 (0.68%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 5,132 (100%)
Native: 5,096 (99.3%)
--Born in United States: 5,089 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,655 (51.73%)
----Different state: 2,434 (47.43%)
--Born outside United States: 7 (0.14%)
Foreign born: 36 (0.7%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 12 (0.23%)
--Naturalized citizen: 20 (0.39%)
--Not a citizen: 16 (0.31%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 36 (100%)
Europe: 18 (50%)
Asia: 18 (50%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 4,824 (100%)
English only: 4,699 (97.41%)
Language other than English: 125 (2.59%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 46 (0.95%)
--Spanish: 25 (0.52%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 82 (1.7%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 28 (0.58%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 18 (0.37%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 18 (0.37%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 5,132 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 4,083% (79.56%)
Arab: 6 (0.12%)
Czech: 9 (0.18%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 98 (1.91%)
English: 467 (9.1%)
French (except Basque): 79 (1.54%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 858 (16.72%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 6 (0.12%)
Irish: 649 (12.65%)
Italian: 270 (5.26%)
Lithuanian: 49 (0.95%)
Norwegian: 7 (0.14%)
Polish: 34 (0.66%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 12 (0.23%)
Scotch-Irish: 131 (2.55%)
Scottish: 101 (1.97%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 11 (0.21%)
Swedish: 11 (0.21%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 604 (11.77%)
Welsh: 20 (0.39%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 6 (0.12%)
Other ancestries: 655 (12.76%)

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