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24740 Social
Zip Code: 24740
State: West Virginia
City Name: Princeton
County: Mercer
State Zip Codes: West Virginia Zip Codes
State Geography: West Virginia Geography

24740 Overview 24740 Demographic 24740 Economic 24740 Housing 24740 Social
Subject
Number
Percent
     
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT    
    Population 3 years and over enrolled in school 6,314 100.0
Nursery school, preschool 416 6.6
Kindergarten 274 4.3
Elementary school (grades 1-8) 2,811 44.5
High school (grades 9-12) 1,666 26.4
College or graduate school 1,147 18.2
     
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT    
    Population 25 years and over 21,266 100.0
Less than 9th grade 2,440 11.5
9th to 12th grade, no diploma 3,490 16.4
High school graduate (includes equivalency) 7,911 37.2
Some college, no degree 3,593 16.9
Associate degree 854 4.0
Bachelor's degree 1,925 9.1
Graduate or professional degree 1,053 5.0
     
Percent high school graduate or higher 72.1 (X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher 14.0 (X)
     
MARITAL STATUS    
    Population 15 years and over 25,182 100.0
Never married 5,112 20.3
Now married, except separated 14,252 56.6
Separated 321 1.3
Widowed 2,564 10.2
  Female 2,197 8.7
Divorced 2,933 11.6
  Female 1,558 6.2
     
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS    
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years 459 100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren 279 60.8
     
VETERAN STATUS    
Civilian population 18 years and over 23,924 100.0
Civilian veterans 3,343 14.0
     
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION    
Population 5 to 20 years 5,813 100.0
With a disability 551 9.5
     
Population 21 to 64 years 17,399 100.0
With a disability 4,989 28.7
  Percent employed 39.5 (X)
No disability 12,410 71.3
  Percent employed 72.0 (X)
     
Population 65 years and over 5,066 100.0
With a disability 2,739 54.1
     
RESIDENCE IN 1995    
Population 5 years and over 28,604 100.0
Same house in 1995 18,097 63.3
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 10,420 36.4
  Same county 6,984 24.4
  Different county 3,436 12.0
    Same state 1,262 4.4
    Different state 2,174 7.6
Elsewhere in 1995 87 0.3
     
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH    
Total population 30,385 100.0
Native 30,083 99.0
  Born in United States 30,015 98.8
    State of residence 23,597 77.7
    Different state 6,418 21.1
  Born outside United States 68 0.2
Foreign born 302 1.0
    Entered 1990 to March 2000 63 0.2
  Naturalized citizen 255 0.8
  Not a citizen 47 0.2
     
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN    
Total (excluding born at sea) 302 100.0
Europe 55 18.2
Asia 208 68.9
Africa 6 2.0
Oceania 0 0.0
Latin America 32 10.6
Northern America 1 0.3
     
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME    
Population 5 years and over 28,604 100.0
English only 27,873 97.4
Language other than English 731 2.6
    Speak English less than "very well" 149 0.5
Spanish 307 1.1
    Speak English less than "very well" 110 0.4
Other Indo-European languages 244 0.9
    Speak English less than "very well" 24 0.1
Asian and Pacific Island languages 149 0.5
    Speak English less than "very well" 13 0.0
     
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)    
Total population 30,385 100.0
Total ancestries reported 22,499 74.0
Arab 142 0.5
Czech1 6 0.0
Danish 5 0.0
Dutch 526 1.7
English 3,014 9.9
French (except Basque)1 364 1.2
French Canadian1 58 0.2
German 2,432 8.0
Greek 32 0.1
Hungarian 63 0.2
Irish1 2,850 9.4
Italian 861 2.8
Lithuanian 0 0.0
Norwegian 8 0.0
Polish 133 0.4
Portuguese 0 0.0
Russian 62 0.2
Scotch-Irish 568 1.9
Scottish 375 1.2
Slovak 0 0.0
Subsaharan African 53 0.2
Swedish 53 0.2
Swiss 11 0.0
Ukrainian 13 0.0
United States or American 7,334 24.1
Welsh 168 0.6
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) 7 0.0
Other ancestries 3,361 11.1

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