Alexandria, PA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4200756, place: Alexandria borough, Pennsylvania)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 97 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 5 (5.15%)
Kindergarten: 9 (9.28%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 54 (55.67%)
High school (grades 9-12): 27 (27.84%)
College or graduate school: 2 (2.06%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 255 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 29 (11.37%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 24 (9.41%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 128 (50.2%)
Some college, no degree: 31 (12.16%)
Associate degree: 5 (1.96%)
Bachelor's degree: 26 (10.2%)
Graduate or professional degree: 12 (4.71%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 79.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 14.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 303 (100%)
Never married: 76 (25.08%)
Now married, except separated: 137 (45.21%)
Separated: 9 (2.97%)
Total Widowed: 42 (13.86%)
Widowed Female: 37 (12.21%)
Total Divorced: 39 (12.87%)
Divorced Female: 16 (5.28%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 5 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0 (0%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 286 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 47 (16.43%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 103 (100%)
--With a disability: 7 (6.8%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 217 (100%)
--With a disability: 38 (17.51%)
----Percent employed: 47.4%
--No disability: 179 (82.49%)
----Percent employed: 81%
Population 65 years and over: 56 (100%)
--With a disability: 22 (39.29%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 376 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 219 (58.24%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 157 (41.76%)
--Same county: 117 (31.12%)
--Different county: 40 (10.64%)
----Same state: 29 (7.71%)
----Different state: 11 (2.93%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 393 (100%)
Native: 393 (100%)
--Born in United States: 389 (100%)
----State of residence: 342 (87.02%)
----Different state: 47 (11.96%)
--Born outside United States: 4 (1.02%)
Foreign born: 0 (0%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 0 (0%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 0
Europe: 0
Asia: 0
Africa: 0
Oceania: 0
Latin America: 0
Northern America: 0

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 376 (100%)
English only: 370 (98.4%)
Language other than English: 6 (1.6%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Spanish: 6 (1.6%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 393 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 346% (88.04%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 7 (1.78%)
English: 36 (9.16%)
French (except Basque): 4 (1.02%)
French Canadian: 4 (1.02%)
German: 114 (29.01%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 79 (20.1%)
Italian: 14 (3.56%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 8 (2.04%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 14 (3.56%)
Scottish: 4 (1.02%)
Slovak: 2 (0.51%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 23 (5.85%)
Welsh: 2 (0.51%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 35 (8.91%)

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