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Population By Age

Fayette County Population by Age, Census 2000


 Population
Male
Female
Total population 47579 23569 24010
Under 5 years 2685 1419 1266
5 to 9 years 2820 1492 1328
10 to 14 years 2892 1516 1376
15 to 17 years 1943 1030 913
18 and 19 years 1359 706 653
20 years 674 371 303
21 years 656 359 297
22 to 24 years 1886 1005 881
25 to 29 years 3008 1557 1451
30 to 34 years 2873 1466 1407
35 to 39 years 3293 1640 1653
40 to 44 years 3722 1887 1835
45 to 49 years 3883 2006 1877
50 to 54 years 3399 1794 1605
55 to 59 years 2493 1232 1261
60 and 61 years 939 456 483
62 to 64 years 1240 555 685
65 and 66 years 866 395 471
67 to 69 years 1158 493 665
70 to 74 years 2060 902 1158
75 to 79 years 1675 654 1021
80 to 84 years 1078 373 705
85 years and over 977 261 716
Median age
39.6
37.7
41.4

 

Educational Attainment

Fayette County Educational Attainment, Census 2000


 Population
Male
Female
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT (highest level)


Population 18 to 24 years 4,539 2,389 2,150
Less than high school graduate 1,004 527 477
High school graduate (incl. equivalency) 1,757 906 851
Some college or associate degree 1,584 861 723
Bachelor's degree or higher 194 95 99




Population 25 years and over 32,721 15,769 16,952
Less than 5th grade 657 372 285
5th to 8th grade 3,860 1,927 1,933
9th to 12th grade, no diploma 5,771 2,784 2,987
High school graduate (incl. equivalency) 13,020 6,202 6,818
Some college credit, less than 1 year 1,809 760 1,049
1 or more years of college, no degree 2,977 1,384 1,593
Associate degree 1,118 512 606
Bachelor's degree 2,190 1,109 1,081
Master's degree 911 466 445
Professional degree 238 95 143
Doctorate degree 170 158 12




Percent of population 25 years and over 100 100 100
Less than 5th grade 2 2.4 1.7
5th to 8th grade 11.8 12.2 11.4
9th to 12th grade, no diploma 17.6 17.7 17.6
High school graduate (incl. equivalency) 39.8 39.3 40.2
Some college credit, less than 1 year 5.5 4.8 6.2
1 or more years of college, no degree 9.1 8.8 9.4
Associate degree 3.4 3.2 3.6
Bachelor's degree 6.7 7 6.4
Master's degree 2.8 3 2.6
Professional degree 0.7 0.6 0.8
Doctorate degree 0.5 1 0.1




Percent high school graduate or higher 68.6 67.8 69.3
Percent bachelor's degree or higher 10.7 11.6 9.9




PERCENT OF AGE GROUP


High school graduate or higher


25 to 34 years 81 78.5 83.7
35 to 44 years 76.9 77 76.8
45 to 64 years 73 70.3 75.8
65 years and over 44.5 41.4 46.5
Bachelor's degree or higher


25 to 34 years 12.4 11.4 13.5
35 to 44 years 12.1 12.2 11.9
45 to 64 years 11.6 12.9 10.3
65 years and over
6.8
8.4
5.7

Population By Age Percentage

Age Group by Percentage, Census 2000

Fayette County
Nicholas County
Raleigh County
Summers County
Population 47,579 26,562 79,220 12,999
% Under 18 yrs 21.7 23.3 21.5 20.5
%18 - 24 yrs 9.6 8.1 8.7 7.5
% 25 - 44 yrs 27.1 27.6 28.6 24.7
% 45 - 64 yrs 25.1 26 25.7 27.3
% Over 65 yrs 16.4 15 15.4 19.9
Median age
39.6
39.4
39.5
43.4

GCT-P5: Age and Sex: 2000
Data Set: Census 2000 Summary File 1 (SF 1) 100-Percent Data
Geographic Area: West Virginia -- County