Kingwood, WV

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5444044, place: Kingwood city, West Virginia)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 650 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 20 (3.08%)
Kindergarten: 36 (5.54%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 331 (50.92%)
High school (grades 9-12): 175 (26.92%)
College or graduate school: 88 (13.54%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,044 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 139 (6.8%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 237 (11.59%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 833 (40.75%)
Some college, no degree: 314 (15.36%)
Associate degree: 76 (3.72%)
Bachelor's degree: 166 (8.12%)
Graduate or professional degree: 279 (13.65%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 81.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 21.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,424 (100%)
Never married: 513 (21.16%)
Now married, except separated: 1,381 (56.97%)
Separated: 38 (1.57%)
Total Widowed: 243 (10.02%)
Widowed Female: 214 (8.83%)
Total Divorced: 249 (10.27%)
Divorced Female: 141 (5.82%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 21 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0 (0%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,273 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 321 (14.12%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 611 (100%)
--With a disability: 64 (10.47%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,622 (100%)
--With a disability: 350 (21.58%)
----Percent employed: 51.4%
--No disability: 1,272 (78.42%)
----Percent employed: 77%
Population 65 years and over: 543 (100%)
--With a disability: 241 (44.38%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,792 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,951 (69.88%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 836 (29.94%)
--Same county: 525 (18.8%)
--Different county: 311 (11.14%)
----Same state: 133 (4.76%)
----Different state: 178 (6.38%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 5 (0.18%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,938 (100%)
Native: 2,925 (99.56%)
--Born in United States: 2,908 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,277 (77.5%)
----Different state: 631 (21.48%)
--Born outside United States: 17 (0.58%)
Foreign born: 13 (0.44%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 4 (0.14%)
--Naturalized citizen: 13 (0.44%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

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

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,792 (100%)
English only: 2,764 (99%)
Language other than English: 28 (1%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Spanish: 16 (0.57%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 5 (0.18%)
----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: 2,938 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,711% (92.27%)
Arab: 13 (0.44%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 99 (3.37%)
English: 256 (8.71%)
French (except Basque): 48 (1.63%)
French Canadian: 7 (0.24%)
German: 735 (25.02%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 20 (0.68%)
Irish: 379 (12.9%)
Italian: 90 (3.06%)
Lithuanian: 8 (0.27%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 26 (0.88%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 75 (2.55%)
Scottish: 47 (1.6%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 5 (0.17%)
Swedish: 13 (0.44%)
Swiss: 10 (0.34%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 605 (20.59%)
Welsh: 31 (1.06%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 244 (8.3%)

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