Newell, WV

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5458420, place: Newell CDP, West Virginia)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 348 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 42 (12.07%)
Kindergarten: 18 (5.17%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 134 (38.51%)
High school (grades 9-12): 73 (20.98%)
College or graduate school: 81 (23.28%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,031 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 78 (7.57%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 178 (17.26%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 548 (53.15%)
Some college, no degree: 141 (13.68%)
Associate degree: 61 (5.92%)
Bachelor's degree: 8 (0.78%)
Graduate or professional degree: 17 (1.65%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 75.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 2.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,277 (100%)
Never married: 334 (26.16%)
Now married, except separated: 743 (58.18%)
Separated: 26 (2.04%)
Total Widowed: 82 (6.42%)
Widowed Female: 73 (5.72%)
Total Divorced: 92 (7.2%)
Divorced Female: 24 (1.88%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 38 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 18 (47.37%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,211 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 195 (16.1%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 328 (100%)
--With a disability: 21 (6.4%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 915 (100%)
--With a disability: 169 (18.47%)
----Percent employed: 61.5%
--No disability: 746 (81.53%)
----Percent employed: 66.2%
Population 65 years and over: 220 (100%)
--With a disability: 97 (44.09%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,463 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 956 (65.35%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 507 (34.65%)
--Same county: 333 (22.76%)
--Different county: 174 (11.89%)
----Same state: 10 (0.68%)
----Different state: 164 (11.21%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,635 (100%)
Native: 1,620 (99.08%)
--Born in United States: 1,620 (100%)
----State of residence: 541 (33.09%)
----Different state: 1,079 (65.99%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 15 (0.92%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 15 (0.92%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 15 (100%)
Europe: 15 (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: 1,463 (100%)
English only: 1,389 (94.94%)
Language other than English: 74 (5.06%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 48 (3.28%)
--Spanish: 21 (1.44%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 13 (0.89%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 53 (3.62%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 35 (2.39%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,635 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,610% (98.47%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 28 (1.71%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 75 (4.59%)
English: 155 (9.48%)
French (except Basque): 50 (3.06%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 306 (18.72%)
Greek: 9 (0.55%)
Hungarian: 16 (0.98%)
Irish: 271 (16.57%)
Italian: 47 (2.87%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 121 (7.4%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 7 (0.43%)
Scotch-Irish: 49 (3%)
Scottish: 0 (0%)
Slovak: 8 (0.49%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 16 (0.98%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 154 (9.42%)
Welsh: 21 (1.28%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 277 (16.94%)

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