Ashley, PA

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4203272, place: Ashley borough, Pennsylvania)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 601 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 6 (1%)
Kindergarten: 54 (8.99%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 304 (50.58%)
High school (grades 9-12): 151 (25.12%)
College or graduate school: 86 (14.31%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,012 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 123 (6.11%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 341 (16.95%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 857 (42.59%)
Some college, no degree: 410 (20.38%)
Associate degree: 71 (3.53%)
Bachelor's degree: 157 (7.8%)
Graduate or professional degree: 53 (2.63%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 76.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 10.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,354 (100%)
Never married: 599 (25.45%)
Now married, except separated: 1,188 (50.47%)
Separated: 100 (4.25%)
Total Widowed: 276 (11.72%)
Widowed Female: 212 (9.01%)
Total Divorced: 191 (8.11%)
Divorced Female: 125 (5.31%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 57 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 7 (12.28%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,254 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 420 (18.63%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 577 (100%)
--With a disability: 34 (5.89%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,592 (100%)
--With a disability: 233 (14.64%)
----Percent employed: 64.4%
--No disability: 1,359 (85.36%)
----Percent employed: 78.8%
Population 65 years and over: 552 (100%)
--With a disability: 278 (50.36%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,721 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,934 (71.08%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 787 (28.92%)
--Same county: 622 (22.86%)
--Different county: 165 (6.06%)
----Same state: 54 (1.98%)
----Different state: 111 (4.08%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,866 (100%)
Native: 2,845 (99.27%)
--Born in United States: 2,845 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,614 (91.21%)
----Different state: 231 (8.06%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 21 (0.73%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 7 (0.24%)
--Naturalized citizen: 21 (0.73%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 21 (100%)
Europe: 14 (66.67%)
Asia: 7 (33.33%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,721 (100%)
English only: 2,650 (97.39%)
Language other than English: 71 (2.61%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 8 (0.29%)
--Spanish: 17 (0.62%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 8 (0.29%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 47 (1.73%)
----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: 2,866 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 3,289% (114.76%)
Arab: 12 (0.42%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 131 (4.57%)
English: 92 (3.21%)
French (except Basque): 11 (0.38%)
French Canadian: 14 (0.49%)
German: 329 (11.48%)
Greek: 6 (0.21%)
Hungarian: 6 (0.21%)
Irish: 559 (19.5%)
Italian: 330 (11.51%)
Lithuanian: 97 (3.38%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 890 (31.05%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 122 (4.26%)
Scotch-Irish: 16 (0.56%)
Scottish: 20 (0.7%)
Slovak: 306 (10.68%)
Subsaharan African: 8 (0.28%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 24 (0.84%)
United States or American: 77 (2.69%)
Welsh: 118 (4.12%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 121 (4.22%)

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