Lester, WV

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5446468, place: Lester town, West Virginia)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 44 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 0 (0%)
Kindergarten: 7 (15.91%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 21 (47.73%)
High school (grades 9-12): 8 (18.18%)
College or graduate school: 8 (18.18%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 252 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 43 (17.06%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 65 (25.79%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 90 (35.71%)
Some college, no degree: 29 (11.51%)
Associate degree: 7 (2.78%)
Bachelor's degree: 15 (5.95%)
Graduate or professional degree: 3 (1.19%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 57.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 7.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 279 (100%)
Never married: 37 (13.26%)
Now married, except separated: 149 (53.41%)
Separated: 4 (1.43%)
Total Widowed: 44 (15.77%)
Widowed Female: 36 (12.9%)
Total Divorced: 45 (16.13%)
Divorced Female: 29 (10.39%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 22 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 13 (59.09%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 273 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 35 (12.82%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 47 (100%)
--With a disability: 8 (17.02%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 199 (100%)
--With a disability: 79 (39.7%)
----Percent employed: 17.7%
--No disability: 120 (60.3%)
----Percent employed: 55.8%
Population 65 years and over: 61 (100%)
--With a disability: 29 (47.54%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 307 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 203 (66.12%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 104 (33.88%)
--Same county: 100 (32.57%)
--Different county: 4 (1.3%)
----Same state: 2 (0.65%)
----Different state: 2 (0.65%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 344 (100%)
Native: 344 (100%)
--Born in United States: 344 (100%)
----State of residence: 314 (91.28%)
----Different state: 30 (8.72%)
--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: 307 (100%)
English only: 306 (99.67%)
Language other than English: 1 (0.33%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Spanish: 1 (0.33%)
----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: 344 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 233% (67.73%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 0 (0%)
English: 7 (2.03%)
French (except Basque): 5 (1.45%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 3 (0.87%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 2 (0.58%)
Irish: 22 (6.4%)
Italian: 2 (0.58%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 0 (0%)
Scottish: 0 (0%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 9 (2.62%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 83 (24.13%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 100 (29.07%)

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