Mingo County, WV Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Mingo county west virginia dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	6,305	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	266	4.2
Kindergarten	433	6.9
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	3,199	50.7
High school (grades 9-12)	1,642	26.0
College or graduate school	765	12.1

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	18,793	100.0
Less than 9th grade	3,618	19.3
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	3,974	21.1
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	6,702	35.7
Some college, no degree	2,385	12.7
Associate degree	744	4.0
Bachelor's degree	711	3.8
Graduate or professional degree	659	3.5

Percent high school graduate or higher	59.6	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	7.3	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	22,747	100.0
Never married	4,658	20.5
Now married, except separated	13,327	58.6
Separated	423	1.9
Widowed	2,045	9.0
Female	1,721	7.6
Divorced	2,294	10.1
Female	1,245	5.5

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	717	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	410	57.2

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	21,382	100.0
Civilian veterans	2,191	10.2

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	6,391	100.0
With a disability	744	11.6

Population 21 to 64 years	16,659	100.0
With a disability	5,959	35.8
Percent employed	20.2	(X)
No disability	10,700	64.2
Percent employed	58.6	(X)

Population 65 years and over	3,454	100.0
With a disability	2,268	65.7

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	26,622	100.0
Same house in 1995	19,197	72.1
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	7,397	27.8
Same county	5,201	19.5
Different county	2,196	8.2
Same state	876	3.3
Different state	1,320	5.0
Elsewhere in 1995	28	0.1

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	28,253	100.0
Native	28,173	99.7
Born in United States	28,166	99.7
State of residence	20,673	73.2
Different state	7,493	26.5
Born outside United States	7	0.0
Foreign born	80	0.3
Entered 1990 to March 2000	35	0.1
Naturalized citizen	54	0.2
Not a citizen	26	0.1

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	80	100.0
Europe	10	12.5
Asia	50	62.5
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	20	25.0
Northern America	0	0.0

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	26,622	100.0
English only	26,191	98.4
Language other than English	431	1.6
Speak English less than 'very well	124	0.5
Spanish	189	0.7
Speak English less than "very well"	57	0.2
Other Indo-European languages	192	0.7
Speak English less than "very well"	53	0.2
Asian and Pacific Island languages	50	0.2
Speak English less than "very well"	14	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	28,253	100.0
Total ancestries reported	17,931	63.5
Arab	42	0.1
Czech¹	5	0.0
Danish	0	0.0
Dutch	256	0.9
English	1,304	4.6
French (except Basque)¹	134	0.5
French Canadian¹	23	0.1
German	1,178	4.2
Greek	7	0.0
Hungarian	72	0.3
Irish¹	1,784	6.3
Italian	288	1.0
Lithuanian	0	0.0
Norwegian	11	0.0
Polish	75	0.3
Portuguese	0	0.0
Russian	12	0.0
Scotch-Irish	197	0.7
Scottish	138	0.5
Slovak	0	0.0
Subsaharan African	44	0.2
Swedish	11	0.0
Swiss	0	0.0
Ukrainian	0	0.0
United States or American	9,699	34.3
Welsh	37	0.1
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	0	0.0
Other ancestries	2,614	9.3

(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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