Cabell County, WV Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Cabell county west virginia dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	25,315	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	1,341	5.3
Kindergarten	1,109	4.4
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	8,741	34.5
High school (grades 9-12)	4,372	17.3
College or graduate school	9,752	38.5

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	64,444	100.0
Less than 9th grade	4,365	6.8
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	8,552	13.3
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	21,853	33.9
Some college, no degree	13,028	20.2
Associate degree	3,145	4.9
Bachelor's degree	7,821	12.1
Graduate or professional degree	5,680	8.8

Percent high school graduate or higher	80.0	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	20.9	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	80,724	100.0
Never married	21,556	26.7
Now married, except separated	42,094	52.1
Separated	1,016	1.3
Widowed	6,895	8.5
Female	5,821	7.2
Divorced	9,163	11.4
Female	5,140	6.4

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	1,362	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	630	46.3

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	77,422	100.0
Civilian veterans	11,337	14.6

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	20,170	100.0
With a disability	1,982	9.8

Population 21 to 64 years	55,099	100.0
With a disability	12,939	23.5
Percent employed	42.0	(X)
No disability	42,160	76.5
Percent employed	73.4	(X)

Population 65 years and over	14,797	100.0
With a disability	7,036	47.6

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	91,451	100.0
Same house in 1995	51,377	56.2
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	39,452	43.1
Same county	22,552	24.7
Different county	16,900	18.5
Same state	8,976	9.8
Different state	7,924	8.7
Elsewhere in 1995	622	0.7

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	96,784	100.0
Native	95,568	98.7
Born in United States	95,145	98.3
State of residence	74,648	77.1
Different state	20,497	21.2
Born outside United States	423	0.4
Foreign born	1,216	1.3
Entered 1990 to March 2000	454	0.5
Naturalized citizen	705	0.7
Not a citizen	511	0.5

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	1,216	100.0
Europe	285	23.4
Asia	635	52.2
Africa	42	3.5
Oceania	66	5.4
Latin America	125	10.3
Northern America	63	5.2

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	91,451	100.0
English only	88,938	97.3
Language other than English	2,513	2.7
Speak English less than 'very well	711	0.8
Spanish	921	1.0
Speak English less than "very well"	285	0.3
Other Indo-European languages	814	0.9
Speak English less than "very well"	177	0.2
Asian and Pacific Island languages	546	0.6
Speak English less than "very well"	201	0.2

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	96,784	100.0
Total ancestries reported	77,056	79.6
Arab	372	0.4
Czech¹	135	0.1
Danish	196	0.2
Dutch	1,788	1.8
English	11,192	11.6
French (except Basque)¹	1,488	1.5
French Canadian¹	106	0.1
German	10,860	11.2
Greek	331	0.3
Hungarian	368	0.4
Irish¹	10,843	11.2
Italian	2,199	2.3
Lithuanian	51	0.1
Norwegian	420	0.4
Polish	934	1.0
Portuguese	0	0.0
Russian	170	0.2
Scotch-Irish	2,872	3.0
Scottish	2,055	2.1
Slovak	58	0.1
Subsaharan African	136	0.1
Swedish	241	0.2
Swiss	97	0.1
Ukrainian	19	0.0
United States or American	16,638	17.2
Welsh	719	0.7
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	68	0.1
Other ancestries	12,700	13.1

(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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