Oak Hill, WV

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5460028, place: Oak Hill city, West Virginia)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,398 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 45 (3.22%)
Kindergarten: 97 (6.94%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 672 (48.07%)
High school (grades 9-12): 384 (27.47%)
College or graduate school: 200 (14.31%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 5,426 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 715 (13.18%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 956 (17.62%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,036 (37.52%)
Some college, no degree: 945 (17.42%)
Associate degree: 236 (4.35%)
Bachelor's degree: 356 (6.56%)
Graduate or professional degree: 182 (3.35%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 69.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 9.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 6,351 (100%)
Never married: 1,262 (19.87%)
Now married, except separated: 3,384 (53.28%)
Separated: 118 (1.86%)
Total Widowed: 846 (13.32%)
Widowed Female: 684 (10.77%)
Total Divorced: 741 (11.67%)
Divorced Female: 436 (6.87%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 187 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 124 (66.31%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 6,035 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,061 (17.58%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,346 (100%)
--With a disability: 140 (10.4%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 4,216 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,193 (28.3%)
----Percent employed: 36.4%
--No disability: 3,023 (71.7%)
----Percent employed: 67.1%
Population 65 years and over: 1,442 (100%)
--With a disability: 780 (54.09%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 7,141 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 4,372 (61.22%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,769 (38.78%)
--Same county: 1,647 (23.06%)
--Different county: 1,122 (15.71%)
----Same state: 556 (7.79%)
----Different state: 566 (7.93%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 7,509 (100%)
Native: 7,460 (99.35%)
--Born in United States: 7,400 (100%)
----State of residence: 5,970 (79.5%)
----Different state: 1,430 (19.04%)
--Born outside United States: 60 (0.8%)
Foreign born: 49 (0.65%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 6 (0.08%)
--Naturalized citizen: 43 (0.57%)
--Not a citizen: 6 (0.08%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 49 (100%)
Europe: 29 (59.18%)
Asia: 20 (40.82%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 7,141 (100%)
English only: 7,001 (98.04%)
Language other than English: 140 (1.96%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 42 (0.59%)
--Spanish: 47 (0.66%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 22 (0.31%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 84 (1.18%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 20 (0.28%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 7,509 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 6,376% (84.91%)
Arab: 9 (0.12%)
Czech: 32 (0.43%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 196 (2.61%)
English: 761 (10.13%)
French (except Basque): 31 (0.41%)
French Canadian: 8 (0.11%)
German: 796 (10.6%)
Greek: 21 (0.28%)
Hungarian: 30 (0.4%)
Irish: 1,016 (13.53%)
Italian: 208 (2.77%)
Lithuanian: 23 (0.31%)
Norwegian: 27 (0.36%)
Polish: 176 (2.34%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 60 (0.8%)
Scotch-Irish: 90 (1.2%)
Scottish: 167 (2.22%)
Slovak: 7 (0.09%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 6 (0.08%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 1,412 (18.8%)
Welsh: 22 (0.29%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 1,278 (17.02%)

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