Ambler, PA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4202264, place: Ambler borough, Pennsylvania)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,637 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 161 (9.84%)
Kindergarten: 53 (3.24%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 731 (44.65%)
High school (grades 9-12): 301 (18.39%)
College or graduate school: 391 (23.89%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 4,461 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 331 (7.42%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 478 (10.72%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,335 (29.93%)
Some college, no degree: 839 (18.81%)
Associate degree: 246 (5.51%)
Bachelor's degree: 872 (19.55%)
Graduate or professional degree: 360 (8.07%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 81.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 27.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 5,149 (100%)
Never married: 1,558 (30.26%)
Now married, except separated: 2,683 (52.11%)
Separated: 128 (2.49%)
Total Widowed: 346 (6.72%)
Widowed Female: 298 (5.79%)
Total Divorced: 434 (8.43%)
Divorced Female: 278 (5.4%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 99 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 38 (38.38%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 4,904 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 599 (12.21%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,272 (100%)
--With a disability: 72 (5.66%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 3,611 (100%)
--With a disability: 669 (18.53%)
----Percent employed: 75%
--No disability: 2,942 (81.47%)
----Percent employed: 82.8%
Population 65 years and over: 881 (100%)
--With a disability: 266 (30.19%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 6,019 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 3,512 (58.35%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,397 (39.82%)
--Same county: 1,328 (22.06%)
--Different county: 1,069 (17.76%)
----Same state: 764 (12.69%)
----Different state: 305 (5.07%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 110 (1.83%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 6,426 (100%)
Native: 5,996 (93.31%)
--Born in United States: 5,949 (100%)
----State of residence: 4,900 (76.25%)
----Different state: 1,049 (16.32%)
--Born outside United States: 47 (0.73%)
Foreign born: 430 (6.69%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 126 (1.96%)
--Naturalized citizen: 238 (3.7%)
--Not a citizen: 192 (2.99%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 430 (100%)
Europe: 251 (58.37%)
Asia: 81 (18.84%)
Africa: 20 (4.65%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 72 (16.74%)
Northern America: 6 (1.4%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 6,019 (100%)
English only: 5,338 (88.69%)
Language other than English: 681 (11.31%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 291 (4.83%)
--Spanish: 105 (1.74%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 33 (0.55%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 453 (7.53%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 181 (3.01%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 90 (1.5%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 68 (1.13%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 6,426 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 7,575% (117.88%)
Arab: 12 (0.19%)
Czech: 21 (0.33%)
Danish: 26 (0.4%)
Dutch: 56 (0.87%)
English: 583 (9.07%)
French (except Basque): 133 (2.07%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 1,073 (16.7%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 30 (0.47%)
Irish: 1,415 (22.02%)
Italian: 1,798 (27.98%)
Lithuanian: 4 (0.06%)
Norwegian: 12 (0.19%)
Polish: 276 (4.3%)
Portuguese: 33 (0.51%)
Russian: 138 (2.15%)
Scotch-Irish: 139 (2.16%)
Scottish: 79 (1.23%)
Slovak: 14 (0.22%)
Subsaharan African: 74 (1.15%)
Swedish: 61 (0.95%)
Swiss: 44 (0.68%)
Ukrainian: 22 (0.34%)
United States or American: 178 (2.77%)
Welsh: 52 (0.81%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 29 (0.45%)
Other ancestries: 1,273 (19.81%)

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