Berkeley County, WV Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Berkeley county west virginia dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	17,453	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	902	5.2
Kindergarten	1,179	6.8
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	9,105	52.2
High school (grades 9-12)	3,843	22.0
College or graduate school	2,424	13.9

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	50,092	100.0
Less than 9th grade	4,041	8.1
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	7,200	14.4
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	20,223	40.4
Some college, no degree	8,806	17.6
Associate degree	2,262	4.5
Bachelor's degree	4,560	9.1
Graduate or professional degree	3,000	6.0

Percent high school graduate or higher	77.6	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	15.1	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	59,723	100.0
Never married	13,531	22.7
Now married, except separated	34,039	57.0
Separated	1,201	2.0
Widowed	3,825	6.4
Female	2,977	5.0
Divorced	7,127	11.9
Female	3,729	6.2

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	1,584	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	717	45.3

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	56,207	100.0
Civilian veterans	9,289	16.5

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	16,868	100.0
With a disability	1,656	9.8

Population 21 to 64 years	44,837	100.0
With a disability	10,086	22.5
Percent employed	56.0	(X)
No disability	34,751	77.5
Percent employed	78.5	(X)

Population 65 years and over	8,130	100.0
With a disability	3,372	41.5

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	70,990	100.0
Same house in 1995	38,850	54.7
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	31,789	44.8
Same county	16,027	22.6
Different county	15,762	22.2
Same state	4,014	5.7
Different state	11,748	16.5
Elsewhere in 1995	351	0.5

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	75,905	100.0
Native	74,617	98.3
Born in United States	74,127	97.7
State of residence	36,570	48.2
Different state	37,557	49.5
Born outside United States	490	0.6
Foreign born	1,288	1.7
Entered 1990 to March 2000	288	0.4
Naturalized citizen	700	0.9
Not a citizen	588	0.8

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	1,288	100.0
Europe	412	32.0
Asia	299	23.2
Africa	28	2.2
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	457	35.5
Northern America	92	7.1

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	70,990	100.0
English only	68,453	96.4
Language other than English	2,537	3.6
Speak English less than 'very well	824	1.2
Spanish	1,291	1.8
Speak English less than "very well"	507	0.7
Other Indo-European languages	846	1.2
Speak English less than "very well"	179	0.3
Asian and Pacific Island languages	292	0.4
Speak English less than "very well"	87	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	75,905	100.0
Total ancestries reported	67,451	88.9
Arab	25	0.0
Czech¹	114	0.2
Danish	132	0.2
Dutch	1,136	1.5
English	7,523	9.9
French (except Basque)¹	1,611	2.1
French Canadian¹	248	0.3
German	16,418	21.6
Greek	179	0.2
Hungarian	252	0.3
Irish¹	8,555	11.3
Italian	3,229	4.3
Lithuanian	145	0.2
Norwegian	265	0.3
Polish	1,393	1.8
Portuguese	43	0.1
Russian	173	0.2
Scotch-Irish	1,072	1.4
Scottish	1,222	1.6
Slovak	196	0.3
Subsaharan African	185	0.2
Swedish	227	0.3
Swiss	118	0.2
Ukrainian	60	0.1
United States or American	11,795	15.5
Welsh	534	0.7
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	197	0.3
Other ancestries	10,404	13.7

(X) Not applicable.
¹ The data represent a combination of two ancestries shown separately in Summary File 3. Czech includes Czechoslovakian. French includes Alsatian. French Canadian includes Acadian/Cajun. Irish includes Celtic.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000 Summary File 3, Matrices P18, P19, P21, P22, P24, P36, P37, P39, P42, PCT8, PCT16, PCT17, and PCT19

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