U.S. Beacon March 29, 2024

Poca, WV

Putnam County, West Virginia

Latitude: 38.461343     Longitude: -81.815592
Population 1,028 (2005)
Elevation of Poca, West Virginia: 600 feet



General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5464516, place: Poca town, West Virginia)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 235 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 14 (5.96%)
Kindergarten: 13 (5.53%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 109 (46.38%)
High school (grades 9-12): 64 (27.23%)
College or graduate school: 35 (14.89%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 681 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 24 (3.52%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 67 (9.84%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 285 (41.85%)
Some college, no degree: 178 (26.14%)
Associate degree: 34 (4.99%)
Bachelor's degree: 57 (8.37%)
Graduate or professional degree: 36 (5.29%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 86.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 13.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 832 (100%)
Never married: 175 (21.03%)
Now married, except separated: 488 (58.65%)
Separated: 21 (2.52%)
Total Widowed: 57 (6.85%)
Widowed Female: 44 (5.29%)
Total Divorced: 91 (10.94%)
Divorced Female: 60 (7.21%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 11 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 2 (18.18%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 774 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 106 (13.7%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 221 (100%)
--With a disability: 6 (2.71%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 617 (100%)
--With a disability: 95 (15.4%)
----Percent employed: 46.3%
--No disability: 522 (84.6%)
----Percent employed: 81.6%
Population 65 years and over: 122 (100%)
--With a disability: 59 (48.36%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 960 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 633 (65.94%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 321 (33.44%)
--Same county: 189 (19.69%)
--Different county: 132 (13.75%)
----Same state: 89 (9.27%)
----Different state: 43 (4.48%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 6 (0.63%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,015 (100%)
Native: 1,011 (99.61%)
--Born in United States: 1,006 (100%)
----State of residence: 861 (84.83%)
----Different state: 145 (14.29%)
--Born outside United States: 5 (0.49%)
Foreign born: 4 (0.39%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 2 (0.2%)
--Naturalized citizen: 0 (0%)
--Not a citizen: 4 (0.39%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 4 (100%)
Europe: 4 (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: 960 (100%)
English only: 955 (99.48%)
Language other than English: 5 (0.52%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1 (0.1%)
--Spanish: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 5 (0.52%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1 (0.1%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,015 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 635% (62.56%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 2 (0.2%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 17 (1.67%)
English: 77 (7.59%)
French (except Basque): 10 (0.99%)
French Canadian: 4 (0.39%)
German: 113 (11.13%)
Greek: 4 (0.39%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 73 (7.19%)
Italian: 13 (1.28%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 6 (0.59%)
Polish: 3 (0.3%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 21 (2.07%)
Scottish: 13 (1.28%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 5 (0.49%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 203 (20%)
Welsh: 1 (0.1%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 70 (6.9%)

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