Marlinton, WV

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5451676, place: Marlinton town, West Virginia)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 226 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 17 (7.52%)
Kindergarten: 22 (9.73%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 91 (40.27%)
High school (grades 9-12): 61 (26.99%)
College or graduate school: 35 (15.49%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 836 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 160 (19.14%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 103 (12.32%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 345 (41.27%)
Some college, no degree: 101 (12.08%)
Associate degree: 30 (3.59%)
Bachelor's degree: 57 (6.82%)
Graduate or professional degree: 40 (4.78%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 68.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 11.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 989 (100%)
Never married: 258 (26.09%)
Now married, except separated: 439 (44.39%)
Separated: 10 (1.01%)
Total Widowed: 150 (15.17%)
Widowed Female: 115 (11.63%)
Total Divorced: 132 (13.35%)
Divorced Female: 82 (8.29%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 20 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 15 (75%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 948 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 122 (12.87%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 217 (100%)
--With a disability: 30 (13.82%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 590 (100%)
--With a disability: 181 (30.68%)
----Percent employed: 37.6%
--No disability: 409 (69.32%)
----Percent employed: 74.1%
Population 65 years and over: 235 (100%)
--With a disability: 134 (57.02%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,119 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 602 (53.8%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 517 (46.2%)
--Same county: 355 (31.72%)
--Different county: 162 (14.48%)
----Same state: 93 (8.31%)
----Different state: 69 (6.17%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,189 (100%)
Native: 1,186 (99.75%)
--Born in United States: 1,176 (100%)
----State of residence: 905 (76.11%)
----Different state: 271 (22.79%)
--Born outside United States: 10 (0.84%)
Foreign born: 3 (0.25%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 3 (0.25%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 3 (100%)
Europe: 2 (66.67%)
Asia: 1 (33.33%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,119 (100%)
English only: 1,093 (97.68%)
Language other than English: 26 (2.32%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6 (0.54%)
--Spanish: 9 (0.8%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1 (0.09%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 15 (1.34%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5 (0.45%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 2 (0.18%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,189 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 895% (75.27%)
Arab: 2 (0.17%)
Czech: 1 (0.08%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 18 (1.51%)
English: 101 (8.49%)
French (except Basque): 27 (2.27%)
French Canadian: 17 (1.43%)
German: 137 (11.52%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 113 (9.5%)
Italian: 16 (1.35%)
Lithuanian: 3 (0.25%)
Norwegian: 11 (0.93%)
Polish: 8 (0.67%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 35 (2.94%)
Scottish: 46 (3.87%)
Slovak: 2 (0.17%)
Subsaharan African: 11 (0.93%)
Swedish: 3 (0.25%)
Swiss: 4 (0.34%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 226 (19.01%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 114 (9.59%)

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