Altamont, PA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4202144, place: Altamont CDP, Pennsylvania)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 347 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 7 (2.02%)
Kindergarten: 13 (3.75%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 51 (14.7%)
High school (grades 9-12): 200 (57.64%)
College or graduate school: 76 (21.9%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,575 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 140 (5.44%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,150 (44.66%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 756 (29.36%)
Some college, no degree: 415 (16.12%)
Associate degree: 53 (2.06%)
Bachelor's degree: 46 (1.79%)
Graduate or professional degree: 15 (0.58%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 49.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 2.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 3,189 (100%)
Never married: 145 (4.55%)
Now married, except separated: 2,752 (86.3%)
Separated: 62 (1.94%)
Total Widowed: 181 (5.68%)
Widowed Female: 79 (2.48%)
Total Divorced: 49 (1.54%)
Divorced Female: 19 (0.6%)

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

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 3,174 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 107 (3.37%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 89 (100%)
--With a disability: 10 (11.24%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 379 (100%)
--With a disability: 82 (21.64%)
----Percent employed: 34.1%
--No disability: 297 (78.36%)
----Percent employed: 70.7%
Population 65 years and over: 222 (100%)
--With a disability: 106 (47.75%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 3,256 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 618 (18.98%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,631 (80.8%)
--Same county: 153 (4.7%)
--Different county: 2,478 (76.11%)
----Same state: 1,312 (40.29%)
----Different state: 1,166 (35.81%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 7 (0.21%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 3,293 (100%)
Native: 3,257 (98.91%)
--Born in United States: 3,257 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,982 (60.19%)
----Different state: 1,275 (38.72%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 36 (1.09%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 21 (0.64%)
--Naturalized citizen: 22 (0.67%)
--Not a citizen: 14 (0.43%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 36 (100%)
Europe: 8 (22.22%)
Asia: 28 (77.78%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 3,256 (100%)
English only: 2,972 (91.28%)
Language other than English: 284 (8.72%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 172 (5.28%)
--Spanish: 238 (7.31%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 168 (5.16%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 46 (1.41%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (0.12%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 3,293 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 703% (21.35%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 7 (0.21%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 29 (0.88%)
English: 20 (0.61%)
French (except Basque): 17 (0.52%)
French Canadian: 31 (0.94%)
German: 56 (1.7%)
Greek: 5 (0.15%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 80 (2.43%)
Italian: 27 (0.82%)
Lithuanian: 47 (1.43%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 100 (3.04%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 69 (2.1%)
Scotch-Irish: 0 (0%)
Scottish: 0 (0%)
Slovak: 58 (1.76%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 69 (2.1%)
United States or American: 8 (0.24%)
Welsh: 44 (1.34%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 36 (1.09%)

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