Lewisburg, WV

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5446636, place: Lewisburg city, West Virginia)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 817 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 58 (7.1%)
Kindergarten: 41 (5.02%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 294 (35.99%)
High school (grades 9-12): 210 (25.7%)
College or graduate school: 214 (26.19%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,706 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 218 (8.06%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 237 (8.76%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 765 (28.27%)
Some college, no degree: 496 (18.33%)
Associate degree: 153 (5.65%)
Bachelor's degree: 440 (16.26%)
Graduate or professional degree: 397 (14.67%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 83.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 30.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 3,119 (100%)
Never married: 781 (25.04%)
Now married, except separated: 1,503 (48.19%)
Separated: 67 (2.15%)
Total Widowed: 487 (15.61%)
Widowed Female: 416 (13.34%)
Total Divorced: 281 (9.01%)
Divorced Female: 188 (6.03%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 29 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 10 (34.48%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,982 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 440 (14.76%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 652 (100%)
--With a disability: 38 (5.83%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,001 (100%)
--With a disability: 358 (17.89%)
----Percent employed: 22.1%
--No disability: 1,643 (82.11%)
----Percent employed: 71.9%
Population 65 years and over: 843 (100%)
--With a disability: 438 (51.96%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 3,505 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,786 (50.96%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,707 (48.7%)
--Same county: 846 (24.14%)
--Different county: 861 (24.56%)
----Same state: 433 (12.35%)
----Different state: 428 (12.21%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 12 (0.34%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 3,705 (100%)
Native: 3,648 (98.46%)
--Born in United States: 3,635 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,351 (63.45%)
----Different state: 1,284 (34.66%)
--Born outside United States: 13 (0.35%)
Foreign born: 57 (1.54%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 9 (0.24%)
--Naturalized citizen: 48 (1.3%)
--Not a citizen: 9 (0.24%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 57 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 34 (59.65%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 14 (24.56%)
Northern America: 9 (15.79%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 3,505 (100%)
English only: 3,396 (96.89%)
Language other than English: 109 (3.11%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 10 (0.29%)
--Spanish: 47 (1.34%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 10 (0.29%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 11 (0.31%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 21 (0.6%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 3,705 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 3,452% (93.17%)
Arab: 71 (1.92%)
Czech: 22 (0.59%)
Danish: 6 (0.16%)
Dutch: 27 (0.73%)
English: 424 (11.44%)
French (except Basque): 65 (1.75%)
French Canadian: 11 (0.3%)
German: 607 (16.38%)
Greek: 11 (0.3%)
Hungarian: 17 (0.46%)
Irish: 389 (10.5%)
Italian: 139 (3.75%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 26 (0.7%)
Polish: 73 (1.97%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 20 (0.54%)
Scotch-Irish: 201 (5.43%)
Scottish: 125 (3.37%)
Slovak: 22 (0.59%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 22 (0.59%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 424 (11.44%)
Welsh: 15 (0.4%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 735 (19.84%)

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