Ardmore, PA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4202896, place: Ardmore CDP, Pennsylvania)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 3,072 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 240 (7.81%)
Kindergarten: 90 (2.93%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,182 (38.48%)
High school (grades 9-12): 644 (20.96%)
College or graduate school: 916 (29.82%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 8,988 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 211 (2.35%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 560 (6.23%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,797 (19.99%)
Some college, no degree: 1,066 (11.86%)
Associate degree: 494 (5.5%)
Bachelor's degree: 2,336 (25.99%)
Graduate or professional degree: 2,524 (28.08%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 91.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 54.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 10,379 (100%)
Never married: 3,480 (33.53%)
Now married, except separated: 5,003 (48.2%)
Separated: 190 (1.83%)
Total Widowed: 757 (7.29%)
Widowed Female: 636 (6.13%)
Total Divorced: 949 (9.14%)
Divorced Female: 602 (5.8%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 190 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 85 (44.74%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 9,956 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 995 (9.99%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,131 (100%)
--With a disability: 181 (8.49%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 7,684 (100%)
--With a disability: 947 (12.32%)
----Percent employed: 66.1%
--No disability: 6,737 (87.68%)
----Percent employed: 86.1%
Population 65 years and over: 2,004 (100%)
--With a disability: 703 (35.08%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 11,819 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 6,705 (56.73%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 4,809 (40.69%)
--Same county: 1,487 (12.58%)
--Different county: 3,322 (28.11%)
----Same state: 2,234 (18.9%)
----Different state: 1,088 (9.21%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 305 (2.58%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 12,568 (100%)
Native: 11,206 (89.16%)
--Born in United States: 11,120 (100%)
----State of residence: 7,801 (62.07%)
----Different state: 3,319 (26.41%)
--Born outside United States: 86 (0.68%)
Foreign born: 1,362 (10.84%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 440 (3.5%)
--Naturalized citizen: 692 (5.51%)
--Not a citizen: 670 (5.33%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,362 (100%)
Europe: 477 (35.02%)
Asia: 383 (28.12%)
Africa: 80 (5.87%)
Oceania: 38 (2.79%)
Latin America: 346 (25.4%)
Northern America: 38 (2.79%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 11,819 (100%)
English only: 10,377 (87.8%)
Language other than English: 1,442 (12.2%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 391 (3.31%)
--Spanish: 385 (3.26%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 115 (0.97%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 632 (5.35%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 119 (1.01%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 274 (2.32%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 136 (1.15%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 12,568 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 15,086% (120.04%)
Arab: 63 (0.5%)
Czech: 50 (0.4%)
Danish: 29 (0.23%)
Dutch: 175 (1.39%)
English: 1,309 (10.42%)
French (except Basque): 307 (2.44%)
French Canadian: 21 (0.17%)
German: 1,638 (13.03%)
Greek: 91 (0.72%)
Hungarian: 149 (1.19%)
Irish: 2,681 (21.33%)
Italian: 2,304 (18.33%)
Lithuanian: 128 (1.02%)
Norwegian: 147 (1.17%)
Polish: 450 (3.58%)
Portuguese: 14 (0.11%)
Russian: 512 (4.07%)
Scotch-Irish: 195 (1.55%)
Scottish: 305 (2.43%)
Slovak: 103 (0.82%)
Subsaharan African: 158 (1.26%)
Swedish: 248 (1.97%)
Swiss: 48 (0.38%)
Ukrainian: 93 (0.74%)
United States or American: 335 (2.67%)
Welsh: 241 (1.92%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 220 (1.75%)
Other ancestries: 3,072 (24.44%)

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