Point Pleasant, WV

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5464708, place: Point Pleasant city, West Virginia)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 996 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 34 (3.41%)
Kindergarten: 81 (8.13%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 429 (43.07%)
High school (grades 9-12): 247 (24.8%)
College or graduate school: 205 (20.58%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 3,378 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 281 (8.32%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 548 (16.22%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,181 (34.96%)
Some college, no degree: 608 (18%)
Associate degree: 180 (5.33%)
Bachelor's degree: 323 (9.56%)
Graduate or professional degree: 257 (7.61%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 75.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 17.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 3,945 (100%)
Never married: 712 (18.05%)
Now married, except separated: 2,162 (54.8%)
Separated: 15 (0.38%)
Total Widowed: 491 (12.45%)
Widowed Female: 387 (9.81%)
Total Divorced: 565 (14.32%)
Divorced Female: 343 (8.69%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 57 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 26 (45.61%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 3,780 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 515 (13.62%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 887 (100%)
--With a disability: 84 (9.47%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,622 (100%)
--With a disability: 794 (30.28%)
----Percent employed: 29.3%
--No disability: 1,828 (69.72%)
----Percent employed: 72.6%
Population 65 years and over: 966 (100%)
--With a disability: 503 (52.07%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 4,487 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,874 (64.05%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,613 (35.95%)
--Same county: 973 (21.68%)
--Different county: 640 (14.26%)
----Same state: 236 (5.26%)
----Different state: 404 (9%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 4,778 (100%)
Native: 4,712 (98.62%)
--Born in United States: 4,701 (100%)
----State of residence: 3,147 (65.86%)
----Different state: 1,554 (32.52%)
--Born outside United States: 11 (0.23%)
Foreign born: 66 (1.38%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 55 (1.15%)
--Naturalized citizen: 11 (0.23%)
--Not a citizen: 55 (1.15%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 66 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 66 (100%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 4,487 (100%)
English only: 4,325 (96.39%)
Language other than English: 162 (3.61%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 21 (0.47%)
--Spanish: 76 (1.69%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 8 (0.18%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 78 (1.74%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 13 (0.29%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 8 (0.18%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 4,778 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 3,763% (78.76%)
Arab: 13 (0.27%)
Czech: 8 (0.17%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 40 (0.84%)
English: 633 (13.25%)
French (except Basque): 82 (1.72%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 572 (11.97%)
Greek: 8 (0.17%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 355 (7.43%)
Italian: 136 (2.85%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 34 (0.71%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 34 (0.71%)
Scotch-Irish: 155 (3.24%)
Scottish: 95 (1.99%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 29 (0.61%)
Swiss: 13 (0.27%)
Ukrainian: 8 (0.17%)
United States or American: 996 (20.85%)
Welsh: 48 (1%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 504 (10.55%)

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