ACS: 2000 C2SS Tabular Profile for West Virginia -- Table 2

Census 2000 Supplementary Survey Profile West Virginia

TABLE 2. PROFILE OF SELECTED SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS
	Estimate	Lower Bound	Upper Bound
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	386,166	375,692	396,640
Nursery school, preschool	16,614	13,649	19,579
Kindergarten	20,339	16,524	24,154
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	181,244	174,418	188,070
High school grade (grades 9-12)	94,145	88,868	99,422
College or graduate school	73,824	65,539	82,109

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	1,217,154	1,215,100	1,219,208
Less than 9th grade	123,603	111,210	135,996
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	179,573	169,754	189,392
High school graduate (including equivalency)	481,371	457,634	505,108
Some college, no degree	206,165	193,396	218,934
Associate degree	51,946	46,060	57,832
Bachelor's degree	108,461	97,447	119,475
Graduate or professional degree	66,035	57,122	74,948

Percent high school graduate or higher	75.1	73.8	76.4
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	14.3	13.0	15.6

MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over	693,966	691,166	696,766
Never married	173,835	167,984	179,686
Now married, except separated	422,106	411,947	432,265
Separated	5,855	3,547	8,163
Widowed	23,455	19,980	26,930
Divorced	68,715	61,821	75,609

Females 15 years and over	748,366	746,082	750,650
Never married	138,936	130,905	146,967
Now married, except separated	413,836	404,258	423,414
Separated	20,273	17,019	23,527
Widowed	97,906	93,006	102,807
Divorced	77,415	71,657	83,174

FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had
a birth in the past 12 months	22,133	18,087	26,179
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)	6,535	4,476	8,594
Per 1,000 unmarried women	37	25	49
As a percent of all women with a birth	29.5	21.7	37.3
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old	49	39	59
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old	16	9	23
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old	109	86	132
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old	12	5	19

GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren
under 18 years in households	37,267	31,683	42,851
Responsible for grandchildren	19,029	14,628	23,430
less than 1 year	5,110	2,986	7,234
1 or 2 years	5,495	3,484	7,506
3 or 4 years	4,384	1,592	7,176
5 or more years	4,040	2,855	5,225

Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent who are female	57.5	53.5	61.5
Percent who are married	81.2	74.3	88.1
Percent who are in labor force	33.2	26.9	39.5
Percent who are in poverty	25.4	16.7	34.1

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	1,368,781	1,367,134	1,370,428
Civilian veterans	183,758	174,757	192,759

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	361,803	356,612	366,994
With a disability	28,470	23,287	33,653

Population 21 to 64 years	1,041,288	1,035,764	1,046,812
With a disability	228,323	215,455	241,191
Percent employed	30.7	28.2	33.2
No disability	812,965	800,349	825,581
Percent employed	73.9	72.7	75.1

Population 65 years and over	264,414	262,713	266,115
With a disability	132,978	125,089	140,867

RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over	1,748,619	1,746,283	1,750,955
Same house	1,522,311	1,503,580	1,541,042
Different house in the U.S.	221,071	202,294	239,848
Same county	143,960	126,703	161,217
Different county	77,111	67,132	87,090
Same state	34,311	28,594	40,028
Different state	42,800	34,911	50,689
Abroad	5,237	2,506	7,968

PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population	1,765,197	*****	*****
Native	1,746,328	1,742,281	1,750,375
Born in United States	1,738,511	1,733,477	1,743,545
State of residence	1,294,192	1,272,189	1,316,195
Different state	444,319	422,316	466,322
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or
born abroad to American parent(s)	7,817	5,380	10,254
Foreign born	18,869	14,822	22,916
Naturalized citizen	10,184	7,202	13,166
Not a citizen	8,685	5,692	11,678
Entered 1990 or later	6,497	3,735	9,259
Entered before 1990	12,372	8,945	15,799

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported	18,869	14,822	22,916
Europe	4,802	2,972	6,632
Asia	9,431	6,111	12,751
Africa	55	0	149
Oceania	201	0	562
Latin America	2,366	1,129	3,604
Northern America	2,014	503	3,525

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	1,668,452	1,667,530	1,669,374
English only	1,626,198	1,618,065	1,634,331
Language other than English	42,254	34,169	50,339
Speak English less than "very well"	10,179	7,042	13,316
Spanish	12,400	8,008	16,792
Speak English less than "very well"	3,108	1,818	4,398
Other Indo-European languages	18,251	13,822	22,680
Speak English less than "very well"	3,247	1,717	4,777
Asian and Pacific Islander languages	7,145	4,414	9,876
Speak English less than "very well"	3,384	1,241	5,527
Other languages	4,458	465	8,451
Speak English less than "very well"	440	0	1,077

ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population	1,765,197	*****	*****
Arab	7,398	4,139	10,657
Czech	2,748	1,077	4,419
Danish	1,573	179	2,967
Dutch	44,230	35,912	52,548
English	213,576	199,749	227,403
French (except Basque)	35,460	28,782	42,138
French Canadian	1,677	1,210	2,144
German	304,034	280,266	327,802
Greek	2,324	832	3,816
Hungarian	12,705	8,461	16,949
Irish	253,912	236,219	271,605
Italian	72,011	58,163	85,859
Lithuanian	904	462	1,346
Norwegian	4,766	2,527	7,005
Polish	27,505	21,877	33,133
Portuguese	249	0	511
Russian	4,505	1,596	7,414
Scotch-Irish	47,903	40,498	55,308
Scottish	43,276	35,396	51,156
Slovak	2,383	814	3,952
Subsaharan African	1,119	75	2,163
Swedish	7,485	5,258	9,713
Swiss	3,615	2,043	5,187
Ukrainian	2,616	646	4,586
United States or American	363,633	336,878	390,388
Welsh	14,492	10,631	18,353
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)	470	130	810

The Census 2000 Supplementary Survey universe is limited to the household population and excludes the population living in institutions, college dormitories, and other group quarters. Data are based on a sample and are subject to sampling variability. The degree of uncertainty for an estimate is represented through the use of a confidence interval. The confidence interval computed here is a 90 percent confidence interval and can be interpreted roughly as providing 90 percent certainty that the true number falls between the lower and upper bounds.

School enrollment estimates from the Census 2000 Supplementary Survey will tend to be lower than similar estimates from Census 2000 and the Current Population Survey because the school enrollment estimates from the Census 2000 Supplementary Survey do not include individuals residing in group quarters, such as college dormitories.

Ancestry listed in this table refers to the total number of reports; for example, the estimate given for Russian represents the number of people who listed Russian as either their first or second ancestry. This table lists only the largest ancestry groups; see the Detailed Tables for more categories. Race and Hispanic origin groups are not included in this table because official data for those groups come from the Race and Hispanic origin questions rather than the ancestry question (see Table 1).

1. An '*' entry in the lower and upper bound columns indicates that too few sample observations were available to compute a standard error and thus the lower and upper bounds. A statistical test is not appropriate.
2. An '**' entry in the lower and upper bound columns indicates that no sample observations were available to compute a standard error and thus the lower and upper bounds. A statistical test is not appropriate.
3. An '-' entry in the estimate column indicates that no sample observations were available to compute an estimate.
4. An '-' following a median estimate means the median falls in the lowest interval of an open-ended distribution.
5. An '+' following a median estimate means the median falls in the upper interval of an open-ended distribution.
6. An '***' entry in the lower and upper bound columns indicates that the median falls in the lowest interval or upper interval of an open-ended distribution. A statistical test is not appropriate.
7. An '*****' entry in the lower and upper bound columns indicates that the estimate is controlled. A statistical test is not appropriate.
8. An 'N' entry in the estimate, lower bound, and upper bound columns indicates that data for this geographic area cannot be displayed because the number of sample cases is too small.

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