ACS: 2001 SS01 Tabular Profile for West Virginia -- Table 2

2001 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	389,737	380,647	398,827
Nursery school, preschool	17,465	14,437	20,493
Kindergarten	19,694	16,694	22,694
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	185,706	180,898	190,514
High school grade (grades 9-12)	90,180	85,798	94,562
College or graduate school	76,692	69,922	83,462

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	1,205,993	1,203,368	1,208,618
Less than 9th grade	122,279	109,105	135,453
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	170,944	158,996	182,892
High school graduate (including equivalency)	493,689	473,402	513,976
Some college, no degree	179,259	166,731	191,787
Associate degree	54,316	49,528	59,104
Bachelor's degree	112,844	100,763	124,925
Graduate or professional degree	72,662	62,670	82,654

Percent high school graduate or higher	75.7	74.1	77.4
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	15.4	13.8	17.1

MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over	687,003	684,162	689,844
Never married	168,559	162,228	174,890
Now married, except separated	423,210	415,415	431,005
Separated	9,367	6,612	12,123
Widowed	19,310	16,018	22,602
Divorced	66,557	60,351	72,763

Females 15 years and over	746,547	743,311	749,783
Never married	149,470	141,963	156,978
Now married, except separated	403,466	393,041	413,891
Separated	13,768	10,778	16,758
Widowed	98,580	93,628	103,532
Divorced	81,263	75,011	87,515

FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had
a birth in the past 12 months	23,657	19,821	27,493
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)	7,158	4,940	9,376
Per 1,000 unmarried women	38	26	50
As a percent of all women with a birth	30.3	22.2	38.4
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old	54	46	62
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old	50	22	78
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old	102	84	120
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old	17	10	24

GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren
under 18 years in households	35,026	30,140	39,912
Responsible for grandchildren	19,789	16,362	23,216
less than 1 year	4,519	2,824	6,214
1 or 2 years	5,650	3,795	7,505
3 or 4 years	2,425	1,046	3,804
5 or more years	7,195	4,743	9,647

Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent who are female	54.9	49.6	60.2
Percent who are married	76.6	67.9	85.3
Percent who are in labor force	44.4	36.0	52.8
Percent who are in poverty	16.7	10.3	23.1

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	1,360,454	1,358,599	1,362,309
Civilian veterans	189,901	181,410	198,392

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	359,007	353,882	364,132
With a disability	31,391	26,809	35,973

Population 21 to 64 years	1,036,810	1,031,335	1,042,285
With a disability	233,793	214,991	252,595
Percent employed	30.6	28.0	33.2
No disability	803,017	783,326	822,708
Percent employed	74.5	72.9	76.2

Population 65 years and over	261,743	259,859	263,627
With a disability	124,600	117,586	131,614

RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over	1,742,598	1,739,541	1,745,655
Same house	1,534,479	1,519,868	1,549,090
Different house in the U.S.	206,224	191,494	220,954
Same county	132,562	117,991	147,133
Different county	73,662	62,904	84,420
Same state	32,592	24,524	40,661
Different state	41,070	31,310	50,830
Abroad	1,895	0	3,822

PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population	1,758,747	*****	*****
Native	1,739,477	1,736,454	1,742,500
Born in United States	1,730,630	1,725,705	1,735,555
State of residence	1,292,529	1,265,662	1,319,396
Different state	438,101	410,779	465,423
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or
born abroad to American parent(s)	8,847	5,379	12,315
Foreign born	19,270	16,247	22,293
Naturalized citizen	11,721	9,154	14,288
Not a citizen	7,549	5,602	9,496
Entered 1990 or later	5,259	3,363	7,155
Entered before 1990	14,011	11,356	16,666

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported	19,270	16,247	22,293
Europe	6,740	4,673	8,807
Asia	7,532	5,468	9,596
Africa	362	50	674
Oceania	453	82	824
Latin America	2,189	1,273	3,105
Northern America	1,994	1,105	2,883

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	1,658,837	1,656,466	1,661,208
English only	1,619,102	1,613,546	1,624,658
Language other than English	39,735	34,298	45,172
Speak English less than "very well"	10,041	7,589	12,493
Spanish	17,088	12,324	21,852
Speak English less than "very well"	5,398	3,459	7,337
Other Indo-European languages	17,286	13,215	21,357
Speak English less than "very well"	3,481	2,250	4,712
Asian and Pacific Islander languages	2,907	1,396	4,418
Speak English less than "very well"	838	308	1,368
Other languages	2,454	1,254	3,654
Speak English less than "very well"	324	0	740

ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population	1,758,747	*****	*****
Arab	5,110	2,432	7,788
Czech	2,894	1,231	4,557
Danish	1,426	170	2,682
Dutch	48,601	37,963	59,239
English	215,460	195,158	235,762
French (except Basque)	28,338	23,758	32,918
French Canadian	3,222	1,575	4,869
German	335,582	308,111	363,053
Greek	5,810	3,213	8,407
Hungarian	11,985	7,837	16,133
Irish	246,530	226,090	266,970
Italian	75,886	58,281	93,492
Lithuanian	711	284	1,138
Norwegian	1,702	740	2,664
Polish	27,837	18,904	36,770
Portuguese	652	452	852
Russian	6,643	3,957	9,329
Scotch-Irish	47,438	41,437	53,439
Scottish	34,816	27,657	41,975
Slovak	3,633	1,775	5,491
Subsaharan African	1,495	0	3,077
Swedish	5,840	3,654	8,026
Swiss	4,554	2,457	6,651
Ukrainian	1,485	536	2,434
United States or American	378,890	340,867	416,913
Welsh	15,547	11,623	19,471
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)	463	24	902

The 2001 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 2001 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 2001 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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