Prosperity, WV

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5465836, place: Prosperity CDP, West Virginia)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 193 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 11 (5.7%)
Kindergarten: 20 (10.36%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 101 (52.33%)
High school (grades 9-12): 32 (16.58%)
College or graduate school: 29 (15.03%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 879 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 62 (7.05%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 171 (19.45%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 295 (33.56%)
Some college, no degree: 175 (19.91%)
Associate degree: 40 (4.55%)
Bachelor's degree: 124 (14.11%)
Graduate or professional degree: 12 (1.37%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 73.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 15.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 999 (100%)
Never married: 151 (15.12%)
Now married, except separated: 621 (62.16%)
Separated: 13 (1.3%)
Total Widowed: 135 (13.51%)
Widowed Female: 122 (12.21%)
Total Divorced: 79 (7.91%)
Divorced Female: 58 (5.81%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 11 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 9 (81.82%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 964 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 152 (15.77%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 194 (100%)
--With a disability: 10 (5.15%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 715 (100%)
--With a disability: 148 (20.7%)
----Percent employed: 18.9%
--No disability: 567 (79.3%)
----Percent employed: 78.1%
Population 65 years and over: 218 (100%)
--With a disability: 96 (44.04%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,127 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 728 (64.6%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 399 (35.4%)
--Same county: 250 (22.18%)
--Different county: 149 (13.22%)
----Same state: 83 (7.36%)
----Different state: 66 (5.86%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,205 (100%)
Native: 1,188 (98.59%)
--Born in United States: 1,188 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,042 (86.47%)
----Different state: 146 (12.12%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 17 (1.41%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 0 (0%)
--Not a citizen: 17 (1.41%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 17 (100%)
Europe: 17 (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: 1,127 (100%)
English only: 1,117 (99.11%)
Language other than English: 10 (0.89%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Spanish: 3 (0.27%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 7 (0.62%)
----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: 1,205 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 748% (62.07%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 4 (0.33%)
English: 71 (5.89%)
French (except Basque): 9 (0.75%)
French Canadian: 19 (1.58%)
German: 67 (5.56%)
Greek: 6 (0.5%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 58 (4.81%)
Italian: 50 (4.15%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 51 (4.23%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 19 (1.58%)
Scottish: 8 (0.66%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 286 (23.73%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 100 (8.3%)

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