Sophia, WV

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5475172, place: Sophia town, West Virginia)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 246 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 14 (5.69%)
Kindergarten: 22 (8.94%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 116 (47.15%)
High school (grades 9-12): 52 (21.14%)
College or graduate school: 42 (17.07%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 934 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 95 (10.17%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 154 (16.49%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 398 (42.61%)
Some college, no degree: 136 (14.56%)
Associate degree: 52 (5.57%)
Bachelor's degree: 46 (4.93%)
Graduate or professional degree: 53 (5.67%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 73.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 10.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,070 (100%)
Never married: 185 (17.29%)
Now married, except separated: 590 (55.14%)
Separated: 24 (2.24%)
Total Widowed: 112 (10.47%)
Widowed Female: 103 (9.63%)
Total Divorced: 159 (14.86%)
Divorced Female: 93 (8.69%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 42 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 33 (78.57%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,025 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 133 (12.98%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 216 (100%)
--With a disability: 22 (10.19%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 788 (100%)
--With a disability: 249 (31.6%)
----Percent employed: 30.1%
--No disability: 539 (68.4%)
----Percent employed: 69.6%
Population 65 years and over: 212 (100%)
--With a disability: 120 (56.6%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,216 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 723 (59.46%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 492 (40.46%)
--Same county: 359 (29.52%)
--Different county: 133 (10.94%)
----Same state: 40 (3.29%)
----Different state: 93 (7.65%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 1 (0.08%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,300 (100%)
Native: 1,289 (99.15%)
--Born in United States: 1,289 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,078 (82.92%)
----Different state: 211 (16.23%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 11 (0.85%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 7 (0.54%)
--Naturalized citizen: 4 (0.31%)
--Not a citizen: 7 (0.54%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 11 (100%)
Europe: 2 (18.18%)
Asia: 5 (45.45%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 2 (18.18%)
Northern America: 2 (18.18%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,216 (100%)
English only: 1,186 (97.53%)
Language other than English: 30 (2.47%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7 (0.58%)
--Spanish: 20 (1.64%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5 (0.41%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 5 (0.41%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.16%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 5 (0.41%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,300 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 889% (68.38%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 2 (0.15%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 20 (1.54%)
English: 142 (10.92%)
French (except Basque): 6 (0.46%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 96 (7.38%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 4 (0.31%)
Irish: 110 (8.46%)
Italian: 38 (2.92%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 15 (1.15%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 21 (1.62%)
Scottish: 50 (3.85%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 2 (0.15%)
Swedish: 3 (0.23%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 2 (0.15%)
United States or American: 180 (13.85%)
Welsh: 4 (0.31%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 2 (0.15%)
Other ancestries: 192 (14.77%)

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