Williamstown, WV

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5487556, place: Williamstown city, West Virginia)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 725 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 35 (4.83%)
Kindergarten: 26 (3.59%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 334 (46.07%)
High school (grades 9-12): 208 (28.69%)
College or graduate school: 122 (16.83%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,100 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 65 (3.1%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 162 (7.71%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 732 (34.86%)
Some college, no degree: 569 (27.1%)
Associate degree: 152 (7.24%)
Bachelor's degree: 344 (16.38%)
Graduate or professional degree: 76 (3.62%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 89.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 20%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,444 (100%)
Never married: 443 (18.13%)
Now married, except separated: 1,518 (62.11%)
Separated: 38 (1.55%)
Total Widowed: 188 (7.69%)
Widowed Female: 146 (5.97%)
Total Divorced: 257 (10.52%)
Divorced Female: 171 (7%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 34 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0 (0%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,302 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 356 (15.46%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 627 (100%)
--With a disability: 22 (3.51%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,704 (100%)
--With a disability: 278 (16.31%)
----Percent employed: 64.4%
--No disability: 1,426 (83.69%)
----Percent employed: 76.5%
Population 65 years and over: 533 (100%)
--With a disability: 206 (38.65%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,864 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,860 (64.94%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 984 (34.36%)
--Same county: 564 (19.69%)
--Different county: 420 (14.66%)
----Same state: 155 (5.41%)
----Different state: 265 (9.25%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 20 (0.7%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 3,010 (100%)
Native: 2,969 (98.64%)
--Born in United States: 2,965 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,506 (50.03%)
----Different state: 1,459 (48.47%)
--Born outside United States: 4 (0.13%)
Foreign born: 41 (1.36%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 16 (0.53%)
--Naturalized citizen: 8 (0.27%)
--Not a citizen: 33 (1.1%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 41 (100%)
Europe: 38 (92.68%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 3 (7.32%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,864 (100%)
English only: 2,819 (98.43%)
Language other than English: 45 (1.57%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (0.14%)
--Spanish: 17 (0.59%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 28 (0.98%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (0.14%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 3,010 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,881% (95.71%)
Arab: 6 (0.2%)
Czech: 7 (0.23%)
Danish: 4 (0.13%)
Dutch: 58 (1.93%)
English: 485 (16.11%)
French (except Basque): 73 (2.43%)
French Canadian: 25 (0.83%)
German: 758 (25.18%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 35 (1.16%)
Irish: 372 (12.36%)
Italian: 53 (1.76%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 5 (0.17%)
Polish: 49 (1.63%)
Portuguese: 4 (0.13%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 65 (2.16%)
Scottish: 94 (3.12%)
Slovak: 15 (0.5%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 25 (0.83%)
Swiss: 10 (0.33%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 445 (14.78%)
Welsh: 44 (1.46%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 249 (8.27%)

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