Parkersburg, WV

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5462140, place: Parkersburg city, West Virginia)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 6,911 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 396 (5.73%)
Kindergarten: 447 (6.47%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 3,193 (46.2%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,545 (22.36%)
College or graduate school: 1,330 (19.24%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 23,080 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 2,154 (9.33%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 3,472 (15.04%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 8,472 (36.71%)
Some college, no degree: 4,642 (20.11%)
Associate degree: 1,367 (5.92%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,871 (8.11%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,102 (4.77%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 75.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 12.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 27,348 (100%)
Never married: 6,518 (23.83%)
Now married, except separated: 13,091 (47.87%)
Separated: 485 (1.77%)
Total Widowed: 2,941 (10.75%)
Widowed Female: 2,491 (9.11%)
Total Divorced: 4,313 (15.77%)
Divorced Female: 2,518 (9.21%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 616 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 283 (45.94%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 26,046 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 4,296 (16.49%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 6,431 (100%)
--With a disability: 828 (12.88%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 18,411 (100%)
--With a disability: 4,353 (23.64%)
----Percent employed: 42.2%
--No disability: 14,058 (76.36%)
----Percent employed: 75.2%
Population 65 years and over: 5,886 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,700 (45.87%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 31,276 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 16,958 (54.22%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 14,149 (45.24%)
--Same county: 9,835 (31.45%)
--Different county: 4,314 (13.79%)
----Same state: 1,405 (4.49%)
----Different state: 2,909 (9.3%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 169 (0.54%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 33,158 (100%)
Native: 32,857 (99.09%)
--Born in United States: 32,697 (100%)
----State of residence: 25,202 (76.01%)
----Different state: 7,495 (22.6%)
--Born outside United States: 160 (0.48%)
Foreign born: 301 (0.91%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 107 (0.32%)
--Naturalized citizen: 140 (0.42%)
--Not a citizen: 161 (0.49%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 301 (100%)
Europe: 103 (34.22%)
Asia: 102 (33.89%)
Africa: 32 (10.63%)
Oceania: 7 (2.33%)
Latin America: 50 (16.61%)
Northern America: 7 (2.33%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 31,276 (100%)
English only: 30,582 (97.78%)
Language other than English: 694 (2.22%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 176 (0.56%)
--Spanish: 323 (1.03%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 95 (0.3%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 237 (0.76%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 35 (0.11%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 115 (0.37%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 46 (0.15%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 33,158 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 25,930% (78.2%)
Arab: 128 (0.39%)
Czech: 39 (0.12%)
Danish: 31 (0.09%)
Dutch: 709 (2.14%)
English: 3,496 (10.54%)
French (except Basque): 433 (1.31%)
French Canadian: 57 (0.17%)
German: 5,042 (15.21%)
Greek: 80 (0.24%)
Hungarian: 82 (0.25%)
Irish: 3,732 (11.26%)
Italian: 693 (2.09%)
Lithuanian: 25 (0.08%)
Norwegian: 48 (0.14%)
Polish: 253 (0.76%)
Portuguese: 13 (0.04%)
Russian: 37 (0.11%)
Scotch-Irish: 865 (2.61%)
Scottish: 601 (1.81%)
Slovak: 12 (0.04%)
Subsaharan African: 61 (0.18%)
Swedish: 135 (0.41%)
Swiss: 46 (0.14%)
Ukrainian: 8 (0.02%)
United States or American: 5,752 (17.35%)
Welsh: 258 (0.78%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 8 (0.02%)
Other ancestries: 3,286 (9.91%)

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