New Martinsville, WV

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5458684, place: New Martinsville city, West Virginia)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,236 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 87 (7.04%)
Kindergarten: 72 (5.83%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 624 (50.49%)
High school (grades 9-12): 344 (27.83%)
College or graduate school: 109 (8.82%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 4,183 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 294 (7.03%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 535 (12.79%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,776 (42.46%)
Some college, no degree: 650 (15.54%)
Associate degree: 230 (5.5%)
Bachelor's degree: 450 (10.76%)
Graduate or professional degree: 248 (5.93%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 80.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 16.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 4,834 (100%)
Never married: 1,029 (21.29%)
Now married, except separated: 2,732 (56.52%)
Separated: 60 (1.24%)
Total Widowed: 511 (10.57%)
Widowed Female: 490 (10.14%)
Total Divorced: 502 (10.38%)
Divorced Female: 236 (4.88%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 50 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 35 (70%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 4,568 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 716 (15.67%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,216 (100%)
--With a disability: 126 (10.36%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 3,258 (100%)
--With a disability: 801 (24.59%)
----Percent employed: 40.9%
--No disability: 2,457 (75.41%)
----Percent employed: 67.9%
Population 65 years and over: 1,017 (100%)
--With a disability: 538 (52.9%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 5,612 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 3,449 (61.46%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,163 (38.54%)
--Same county: 1,343 (23.93%)
--Different county: 820 (14.61%)
----Same state: 464 (8.27%)
----Different state: 356 (6.34%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 5,907 (100%)
Native: 5,884 (99.61%)
--Born in United States: 5,867 (100%)
----State of residence: 4,851 (82.12%)
----Different state: 1,016 (17.2%)
--Born outside United States: 17 (0.29%)
Foreign born: 23 (0.39%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 16 (0.27%)
--Naturalized citizen: 15 (0.25%)
--Not a citizen: 8 (0.14%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 23 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 15 (65.22%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 8 (34.78%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 5,612 (100%)
English only: 5,495 (97.92%)
Language other than English: 117 (2.08%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5 (0.09%)
--Spanish: 31 (0.55%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5 (0.09%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 72 (1.28%)
----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: 5,907 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 4,996% (84.58%)
Arab: 46 (0.78%)
Czech: 16 (0.27%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 130 (2.2%)
English: 615 (10.41%)
French (except Basque): 149 (2.52%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 1,348 (22.82%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 57 (0.96%)
Irish: 660 (11.17%)
Italian: 248 (4.2%)
Lithuanian: 8 (0.14%)
Norwegian: 16 (0.27%)
Polish: 97 (1.64%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 7 (0.12%)
Scotch-Irish: 176 (2.98%)
Scottish: 70 (1.19%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 19 (0.32%)
Swiss: 58 (0.98%)
Ukrainian: 5 (0.08%)
United States or American: 876 (14.83%)
Welsh: 13 (0.22%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 382 (6.47%)

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