Berkeley County, WV Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Berkeley county west virginia dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics






Subject

Number

Percent

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school17,453100.0
Nursery school, preschool9025.2
Kindergarten1,1796.8
Elementary school (grades 1-8)9,10552.2
High school (grades 9-12)3,84322.0
College or graduate school2,42413.9
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over50,092100.0
Less than 9th grade4,0418.1
9th to 12th grade, no diploma7,20014.4
High school graduate (includes equivalency)20,22340.4
Some college, no degree8,80617.6
Associate degree2,2624.5
Bachelor's degree4,5609.1
Graduate or professional degree3,0006.0
Percent high school graduate or higher77.6(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher15.1(X)
MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over59,723100.0
Never married13,53122.7
Now married, except separated34,03957.0
Separated1,2012.0
Widowed3,8256.4
Female
2,9775.0
Divorced7,12711.9
Female
3,7296.2
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years1,584100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren71745.3
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over56,207100.0
Civilian veterans9,28916.5
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years16,868100.0
With a disability1,6569.8
Population 21 to 64 years44,837100.0
With a disability10,08622.5
Percent employed
56.0(X)
No disability34,75177.5
Percent employed
78.5(X)
Population 65 years and over8,130100.0
With a disability3,37241.5
RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over70,990100.0
Same house in 199538,85054.7
Different house in the U.S. in 199531,78944.8
Same county
16,02722.6
Different county
15,76222.2
Same state
4,0145.7
Different state
11,74816.5
Elsewhere in 19953510.5
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population75,905100.0
Native74,61798.3
Born in United States
74,12797.7
State of residence
36,57048.2
Different state
37,55749.5
Born outside United States
4900.6
Foreign born1,2881.7
Entered 1990 to March 2000
2880.4
Naturalized citizen
7000.9
Not a citizen
5880.8
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)1,288100.0
Europe41232.0
Asia29923.2
Africa282.2
Oceania00.0
Latin America45735.5
Northern America927.1
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over70,990100.0
English only68,45396.4
Language other than English2,5373.6
Speak English less than 'very well
8241.2
Spanish
1,2911.8
Speak English less than "very well"
5070.7
Other Indo-European languages
8461.2
Speak English less than "very well"
1790.3
Asian and Pacific Island languages
2920.4
Speak English less than "very well"
870.1
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population75,905100.0

Total ancestries reported

67,45188.9
Arab250.0
Czech11140.2
Danish1320.2
Dutch1,1361.5
English7,5239.9
French (except Basque)11,6112.1
French Canadian12480.3
German16,41821.6
Greek1790.2
Hungarian2520.3
Irish18,55511.3
Italian3,2294.3
Lithuanian1450.2
Norwegian2650.3
Polish1,3931.8
Portuguese430.1
Russian1730.2
Scotch-Irish1,0721.4
Scottish1,2221.6
Slovak1960.3
Subsaharan African1850.2
Swedish2270.3
Swiss1180.2
Ukrainian600.1
United States or American11,79515.5
Welsh5340.7
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)1970.3
Other ancestries10,40413.7
(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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