Monongalia County, WV Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Monongalia county west virginia dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	30,286	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	993	3.3
Kindergarten	738	2.4
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	6,592	21.8
High school (grades 9-12)	3,534	11.7
College or graduate school	18,429	60.8

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	47,943	100.0
Less than 9th grade	2,466	5.1
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	5,388	11.2
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	14,634	30.5
Some college, no degree	8,121	16.9
Associate degree	1,783	3.7
Bachelor's degree	7,225	15.1
Graduate or professional degree	8,326	17.4

Percent high school graduate or higher	83.6	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	32.4	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	69,598	100.0
Never married	27,255	39.2
Now married, except separated	32,065	46.1
Separated	655	0.9
Widowed	3,913	5.6
Female	3,264	4.7
Divorced	5,710	8.2
Female	3,128	4.5

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	849	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	468	55.1

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	66,964	100.0
Civilian veterans	7,054	10.5

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	19,819	100.0
With a disability	1,670	8.4

Population 21 to 64 years	48,014	100.0
With a disability	7,187	15.0
Percent employed	51.2	(X)
No disability	40,827	85.0
Percent employed	71.4	(X)

Population 65 years and over	8,512	100.0
With a disability	3,693	43.4

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	77,809	100.0
Same house in 1995	38,740	49.8
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	37,512	48.2
Same county	14,527	18.7
Different county	22,985	29.5
Same state	10,243	13.2
Different state	12,742	16.4
Elsewhere in 1995	1,557	2.0

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	81,866	100.0
Native	78,726	96.2
Born in United States	78,149	95.5
State of residence	51,090	62.4
Different state	27,059	33.1
Born outside United States	577	0.7
Foreign born	3,140	3.8
Entered 1990 to March 2000	1,935	2.4
Naturalized citizen	1,033	1.3
Not a citizen	2,107	2.6

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	3,140	100.0
Europe	831	26.5
Asia	1,722	54.8
Africa	151	4.8
Oceania	15	0.5
Latin America	280	8.9
Northern America	141	4.5

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	77,809	100.0
English only	72,548	93.2
Language other than English	5,261	6.8
Speak English less than 'very well	1,681	2.2
Spanish	1,392	1.8
Speak English less than "very well"	458	0.6
Other Indo-European languages	2,168	2.8
Speak English less than "very well"	550	0.7
Asian and Pacific Island languages	1,126	1.4
Speak English less than "very well"	492	0.6

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	81,866	100.0
Total ancestries reported	83,382	101.9
Arab	743	0.9
Czech¹	595	0.7
Danish	130	0.2
Dutch	2,013	2.5
English	9,460	11.6
French (except Basque)¹	1,552	1.9
French Canadian¹	182	0.2
German	15,857	19.4
Greek	304	0.4
Hungarian	998	1.2
Irish¹	11,947	14.6
Italian	7,531	9.2
Lithuanian	192	0.2
Norwegian	401	0.5
Polish	2,944	3.6
Portuguese	34	0.0
Russian	685	0.8
Scotch-Irish	2,095	2.6
Scottish	2,027	2.5
Slovak	879	1.1
Subsaharan African	219	0.3
Swedish	551	0.7
Swiss	172	0.2
Ukrainian	264	0.3
United States or American	7,949	9.7
Welsh	1,108	1.4
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	144	0.2
Other ancestries	12,406	15.2

(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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