Greenbrier County, WV Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Greenbrier county west virginia dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	7,168	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	327	4.6
Kindergarten	435	6.1
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	3,406	47.5
High school (grades 9-12)	1,892	26.4
College or graduate school	1,108	15.5

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	24,373	100.0
Less than 9th grade	2,637	10.8
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	3,838	15.7
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	10,057	41.3
Some college, no degree	3,584	14.7
Associate degree	933	3.8
Bachelor's degree	1,877	7.7
Graduate or professional degree	1,447	5.9

Percent high school graduate or higher	73.4	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	13.6	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	28,390	100.0
Never married	5,423	19.1
Now married, except separated	16,545	58.3
Separated	359	1.3
Widowed	2,948	10.4
Female	2,489	8.8
Divorced	3,115	11.0
Female	1,725	6.1

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	597	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	282	47.2

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	27,013	100.0
Civilian veterans	3,954	14.6

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	6,670	100.0
With a disability	478	7.2

Population 21 to 64 years	19,645	100.0
With a disability	4,706	24.0
Percent employed	38.1	(X)
No disability	14,939	76.0
Percent employed	70.2	(X)

Population 65 years and over	5,745	100.0
With a disability	2,713	47.2

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	32,584	100.0
Same house in 1995	20,960	64.3
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	11,556	35.5
Same county	6,931	21.3
Different county	4,625	14.2
Same state	2,146	6.6
Different state	2,479	7.6
Elsewhere in 1995	68	0.2

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	34,453	100.0
Native	34,249	99.4
Born in United States	34,198	99.3
State of residence	26,098	75.7
Different state	8,100	23.5
Born outside United States	51	0.1
Foreign born	204	0.6
Entered 1990 to March 2000	35	0.1
Naturalized citizen	154	0.4
Not a citizen	50	0.1

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	204	100.0
Europe	88	43.1
Asia	48	23.5
Africa	3	1.5
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	36	17.6
Northern America	29	14.2

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	32,584	100.0
English only	31,942	98.0
Language other than English	642	2.0
Speak English less than 'very well	161	0.5
Spanish	382	1.2
Speak English less than "very well"	96	0.3
Other Indo-European languages	184	0.6
Speak English less than "very well"	56	0.2
Asian and Pacific Island languages	28	0.1
Speak English less than "very well"	5	0.0

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	34,453	100.0
Total ancestries reported	27,149	78.8
Arab	89	0.3
Czech¹	103	0.3
Danish	20	0.1
Dutch	658	1.9
English	2,983	8.7
French (except Basque)¹	365	1.1
French Canadian¹	57	0.2
German	4,213	12.2
Greek	37	0.1
Hungarian	93	0.3
Irish¹	3,909	11.3
Italian	773	2.2
Lithuanian	8	0.0
Norwegian	53	0.2
Polish	346	1.0
Portuguese	0	0.0
Russian	59	0.2
Scotch-Irish	1,170	3.4
Scottish	735	2.1
Slovak	59	0.2
Subsaharan African	27	0.1
Swedish	91	0.3
Swiss	68	0.2
Ukrainian	2	0.0
United States or American	6,465	18.8
Welsh	202	0.6
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	11	0.0
Other ancestries	4,553	13.2

(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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