Pennsboro, WV

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5462764, place: Pennsboro city, West Virginia)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 267 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 25 (9.36%)
Kindergarten: 17 (6.37%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 138 (51.69%)
High school (grades 9-12): 56 (20.97%)
College or graduate school: 31 (11.61%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 857 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 104 (12.14%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 175 (20.42%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 358 (41.77%)
Some college, no degree: 124 (14.47%)
Associate degree: 28 (3.27%)
Bachelor's degree: 35 (4.08%)
Graduate or professional degree: 33 (3.85%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 67.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 7.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 986 (100%)
Never married: 202 (20.49%)
Now married, except separated: 525 (53.25%)
Separated: 8 (0.81%)
Total Widowed: 125 (12.68%)
Widowed Female: 94 (9.53%)
Total Divorced: 126 (12.78%)
Divorced Female: 72 (7.3%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 27 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 6 (22.22%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 930 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 144 (15.48%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 259 (100%)
--With a disability: 34 (13.13%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 678 (100%)
--With a disability: 172 (25.37%)
----Percent employed: 35.5%
--No disability: 506 (74.63%)
----Percent employed: 64.8%
Population 65 years and over: 215 (100%)
--With a disability: 107 (49.77%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,152 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 793 (68.84%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 355 (30.82%)
--Same county: 225 (19.53%)
--Different county: 130 (11.28%)
----Same state: 69 (5.99%)
----Different state: 61 (5.3%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 4 (0.35%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,214 (100%)
Native: 1,209 (99.59%)
--Born in United States: 1,204 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,017 (83.77%)
----Different state: 187 (15.4%)
--Born outside United States: 5 (0.41%)
Foreign born: 5 (0.41%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 3 (0.25%)
--Naturalized citizen: 0 (0%)
--Not a citizen: 5 (0.41%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 5 (100%)
Europe: 2 (40%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 3 (60%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,152 (100%)
English only: 1,140 (98.96%)
Language other than English: 12 (1.04%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1 (0.09%)
--Spanish: 7 (0.61%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1 (0.09%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 4 (0.35%)
----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: 1,214 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 754% (62.11%)
Arab: 2 (0.16%)
Czech: 2 (0.16%)
Danish: 3 (0.25%)
Dutch: 9 (0.74%)
English: 96 (7.91%)
French (except Basque): 5 (0.41%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 120 (9.88%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 119 (9.8%)
Italian: 18 (1.48%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 1 (0.08%)
Polish: 2 (0.16%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 9 (0.74%)
Scottish: 18 (1.48%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 3 (0.25%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 263 (21.66%)
Welsh: 10 (0.82%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 74 (6.1%)

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