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Population By Age

Nicholas County Population by Age, Census 2000

Total Population
Male
Female
Total population 26562 12983 13579
Under 5 years 1439 747 692
5 to 9 years 1654 836 818
10 to 14 years 1908 977 931
15 to 17 years 1187 647 540
18 and 19 years 670 354 316
20 years 323 172 151
21 years 275 146 129
22 to 24 years 890 442 448
25 to 29 years 1558 756 802
30 to 34 years 1695 816 879
35 to 39 years 1933 927 1006
40 to 44 years 2146 1067 1079
45 to 49 years 2139 1091 1048
50 to 54 years 1949 972 977
55 to 59 years 1462 711 751
60 and 61 years 579 276 303
62 to 64 years 781 397 384
65 and 66 years 523 248 275
67 to 69 years 672 297 375
70 to 74 years 999 456 543
75 to 79 years 828 320 508
80 to 84 years 512 197 315
85 years and over 440 131 309
Median age
39.4
38.3
40.4

 

Educational Attainment

Nicholas County Educational Attainment, Census 2000

Population
Male
Female
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT (highest level)
Population 18 to 24 years 2,222 1,139 1,083
Less than high school graduate 513 285 228
High school graduate (incl. equivalency) 1,052 556 496
Some college or associate degree 587 262 325
Bachelor's degree or higher 70 36 34
Population 25 years and over 18,149 8,606 9,543
Less than 5th grade 230 144 86
5th to 8th grade 2,195 1,031 1,164
9th to 12th grade, no diploma 3,021 1,529 1,492
High school graduate (incl. equivalency) 7,914 3,807 4,107
Some college credit, less than 1 year 1,012 448 564
1 or more years of college, no degree 1,457 602 855
Associate degree 535 167 368
Bachelor's degree 1,034 494 540
Master's degree 565 251 314
Professional degree 152 99 53
Doctorate degree 34 34 0
Percent of population 25 years and over 100 100 100
Less than 5th grade 1.3 1.7 0.9
5th to 8th grade 12.1 12 12.2
9th to 12th grade, no diploma 16.6 17.8 15.6
High school graduate (incl. equivalency) 43.6 44.2 43
Some college credit, less than 1 year 5.6 5.2 5.9
1 or more years of college, no degree 8 7 9
Associate degree 2.9 1.9 3.9
Bachelor's degree 5.7 5.7 5.7
Master's degree 3.1 2.9 3.3
Professional degree 0.8 1.2 0.6
Doctorate degree 0.2 0.4 0
Percent high school graduate or higher 70 68.6 71.3
Percent bachelor's degree or higher 9.8 10.2 9.5
PERCENT OF AGE GROUP
High school graduate or higher
25 to 34 years 81.9 79.7 83.9
35 to 44 years 80.3 75.9 84.5
45 to 64 years 75.2 73.1 77.3
65 years and over 40.9 40.1 41.5
Bachelor's degree or higher
25 to 34 years 10.4 9.2 11.4
35 to 44 years 9.1 8.7 9.5
45 to 64 years 12.7 13.1 12.3
65 years and over
5.2
7
4


Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000 Summary File 3, Matrices P37 and PCT25.

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