Marshall County, WV Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Marshall county west virginia dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	7,980	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	382	4.8
Kindergarten	453	5.7
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	3,994	50.1
High school (grades 9-12)	1,923	24.1
College or graduate school	1,228	15.4

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	24,707	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,959	7.9
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	3,055	12.4
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	11,502	46.6
Some college, no degree	4,223	17.1
Associate degree	1,328	5.4
Bachelor's degree	1,681	6.8
Graduate or professional degree	959	3.9

Percent high school graduate or higher	79.7	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	10.7	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	28,831	100.0
Never married	5,838	20.2
Now married, except separated	16,888	58.6
Separated	408	1.4
Widowed	2,910	10.1
Female	2,297	8.0
Divorced	2,787	9.7
Female	1,453	5.0

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	584	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	229	39.2

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	27,395	100.0
Civilian veterans	4,345	15.9

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	7,306	100.0
With a disability	325	4.4

Population 21 to 64 years	20,152	100.0
With a disability	4,040	20.0
Percent employed	41.4	(X)
No disability	16,112	80.0
Percent employed	72.2	(X)

Population 65 years and over	5,569	100.0
With a disability	2,688	48.3

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	33,618	100.0
Same house in 1995	23,330	69.4
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	10,256	30.5
Same county	6,458	19.2
Different county	3,798	11.3
Same state	1,889	5.6
Different state	1,909	5.7
Elsewhere in 1995	32	0.1

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	35,519	100.0
Native	35,274	99.3
Born in United States	35,162	99.0
State of residence	29,376	82.7
Different state	5,786	16.3
Born outside United States	112	0.3
Foreign born	245	0.7
Entered 1990 to March 2000	22	0.1
Naturalized citizen	187	0.5
Not a citizen	58	0.2

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	245	100.0
Europe	155	63.3
Asia	39	15.9
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	27	11.0
Northern America	24	9.8

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	33,618	100.0
English only	32,798	97.6
Language other than English	820	2.4
Speak English less than 'very well	263	0.8
Spanish	418	1.2
Speak English less than "very well"	145	0.4
Other Indo-European languages	339	1.0
Speak English less than "very well"	96	0.3
Asian and Pacific Island languages	59	0.2
Speak English less than "very well"	22	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	35,519	100.0
Total ancestries reported	35,036	98.6
Arab	112	0.3
Czech¹	212	0.6
Danish	0	0.0
Dutch	966	2.7
English	3,866	10.9
French (except Basque)¹	495	1.4
French Canadian¹	60	0.2
German	7,543	21.2
Greek	130	0.4
Hungarian	276	0.8
Irish¹	5,889	16.6
Italian	1,760	5.0
Lithuanian	50	0.1
Norwegian	84	0.2
Polish	2,214	6.2
Portuguese	7	0.0
Russian	182	0.5
Scotch-Irish	1,177	3.3
Scottish	553	1.6
Slovak	271	0.8
Subsaharan African	18	0.1
Swedish	100	0.3
Swiss	88	0.2
Ukrainian	138	0.4
United States or American	5,420	15.3
Welsh	263	0.7
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	6	0.0
Other ancestries	3,156	8.9

(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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