Wayne County, WV Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Wayne county west virginia dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	9,488	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	418	4.4
Kindergarten	562	5.9
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	4,814	50.7
High school (grades 9-12)	2,261	23.8
College or graduate school	1,433	15.1

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	29,223	100.0
Less than 9th grade	3,481	11.9
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	5,128	17.5
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	11,242	38.5
Some college, no degree	4,707	16.1
Associate degree	1,200	4.1
Bachelor's degree	2,100	7.2
Graduate or professional degree	1,365	4.7

Percent high school graduate or higher	70.5	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	11.9	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	34,715	100.0
Never married	6,417	18.5
Now married, except separated	21,543	62.1
Separated	490	1.4
Widowed	2,872	8.3
Female	2,306	6.6
Divorced	3,393	9.8
Female	1,972	5.7

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	773	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	472	61.1

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	32,905	100.0
Civilian veterans	4,531	13.8

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	9,278	100.0
With a disability	1,186	12.8

Population 21 to 64 years	24,698	100.0
With a disability	7,720	31.3
Percent employed	38.1	(X)
No disability	16,978	68.7
Percent employed	69.4	(X)

Population 65 years and over	6,354	100.0
With a disability	3,450	54.3

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	40,413	100.0
Same house in 1995	27,027	66.9
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	13,175	32.6
Same county	7,560	18.7
Different county	5,615	13.9
Same state	3,064	7.6
Different state	2,551	6.3
Elsewhere in 1995	211	0.5

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	42,903	100.0
Native	42,654	99.4
Born in United States	42,544	99.2
State of residence	33,369	77.8
Different state	9,175	21.4
Born outside United States	110	0.3
Foreign born	249	0.6
Entered 1990 to March 2000	94	0.2
Naturalized citizen	95	0.2
Not a citizen	154	0.4

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	249	100.0
Europe	113	45.4
Asia	74	29.7
Africa	31	12.4
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	31	12.4
Northern America	0	0.0

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	40,413	100.0
English only	39,805	98.5
Language other than English	608	1.5
Speak English less than 'very well	224	0.6
Spanish	309	0.8
Speak English less than "very well"	103	0.3
Other Indo-European languages	202	0.5
Speak English less than "very well"	92	0.2
Asian and Pacific Island languages	77	0.2
Speak English less than "very well"	26	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	42,903	100.0
Total ancestries reported	28,416	66.2
Arab	17	0.0
Czech¹	21	0.0
Danish	12	0.0
Dutch	501	1.2
English	4,067	9.5
French (except Basque)¹	381	0.9
French Canadian¹	62	0.1
German	2,741	6.4
Greek	31	0.1
Hungarian	32	0.1
Irish¹	3,481	8.1
Italian	430	1.0
Lithuanian	14	0.0
Norwegian	74	0.2
Polish	170	0.4
Portuguese	2	0.0
Russian	54	0.1
Scotch-Irish	998	2.3
Scottish	488	1.1
Slovak	0	0.0
Subsaharan African	9	0.0
Swedish	103	0.2
Swiss	5	0.0
Ukrainian	9	0.0
United States or American	10,751	25.1
Welsh	181	0.4
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	3	0.0
Other ancestries	3,779	8.8

(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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