Upshur County, WV Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Upshur county west virginia dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	6,164	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	304	4.9
Kindergarten	289	4.7
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	2,566	41.6
High school (grades 9-12)	1,224	19.9
College or graduate school	1,781	28.9

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	15,222	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,726	11.3
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	2,137	14.0
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	6,769	44.5
Some college, no degree	2,098	13.8
Associate degree	391	2.6
Bachelor's degree	1,321	8.7
Graduate or professional degree	780	5.1

Percent high school graduate or higher	74.6	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	13.8	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	19,109	100.0
Never married	4,640	24.3
Now married, except separated	10,856	56.8
Separated	315	1.6
Widowed	1,405	7.4
Female	1,177	6.2
Divorced	1,893	9.9
Female	1,002	5.2

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	224	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	80	35.7

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	18,098	100.0
Civilian veterans	2,573	14.2

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	5,659	100.0
With a disability	649	11.5

Population 21 to 64 years	13,022	100.0
With a disability	2,882	22.1
Percent employed	33.9	(X)
No disability	10,140	77.9
Percent employed	71.8	(X)

Population 65 years and over	3,319	100.0
With a disability	1,701	51.3

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	22,149	100.0
Same house in 1995	13,791	62.3
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	8,266	37.3
Same county	4,812	21.7
Different county	3,454	15.6
Same state	1,617	7.3
Different state	1,837	8.3
Elsewhere in 1995	92	0.4

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	23,404	100.0
Native	23,306	99.6
Born in United States	23,258	99.4
State of residence	18,471	78.9
Different state	4,787	20.5
Born outside United States	48	0.2
Foreign born	98	0.4
Entered 1990 to March 2000	40	0.2
Naturalized citizen	39	0.2
Not a citizen	59	0.3

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	98	100.0
Europe	42	42.9
Asia	44	44.9
Africa	7	7.1
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	5	5.1
Northern America	0	0.0

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	22,149	100.0
English only	21,673	97.9
Language other than English	476	2.1
Speak English less than 'very well	103	0.5
Spanish	206	0.9
Speak English less than "very well"	52	0.2
Other Indo-European languages	241	1.1
Speak English less than "very well"	51	0.2
Asian and Pacific Island languages	29	0.1
Speak English less than "very well"	0	0.0

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	23,404	100.0
Total ancestries reported	17,725	75.7
Arab	28	0.1
Czech¹	5	0.0
Danish	4	0.0
Dutch	482	2.1
English	2,441	10.4
French (except Basque)¹	218	0.9
French Canadian¹	61	0.3
German	3,609	15.4
Greek	41	0.2
Hungarian	10	0.0
Irish¹	2,146	9.2
Italian	516	2.2
Lithuanian	4	0.0
Norwegian	90	0.4
Polish	204	0.9
Portuguese	0	0.0
Russian	50	0.2
Scotch-Irish	403	1.7
Scottish	331	1.4
Slovak	28	0.1
Subsaharan African	24	0.1
Swedish	128	0.5
Swiss	68	0.3
Ukrainian	22	0.1
United States or American	4,705	20.1
Welsh	161	0.7
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	0	0.0
Other ancestries	1,946	8.3

(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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