Atglen, PA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4203384, place: Atglen borough, Pennsylvania)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 340 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 18 (5.29%)
Kindergarten: 45 (13.24%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 182 (53.53%)
High school (grades 9-12): 67 (19.71%)
College or graduate school: 28 (8.24%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 692 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 25 (3.61%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 73 (10.55%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 273 (39.45%)
Some college, no degree: 119 (17.2%)
Associate degree: 46 (6.65%)
Bachelor's degree: 118 (17.05%)
Graduate or professional degree: 38 (5.49%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 85.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 22.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 864 (100%)
Never married: 263 (30.44%)
Now married, except separated: 455 (52.66%)
Separated: 17 (1.97%)
Total Widowed: 30 (3.47%)
Widowed Female: 24 (2.78%)
Total Divorced: 99 (11.46%)
Divorced Female: 57 (6.6%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 28 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 12 (42.86%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 802 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 97 (12.09%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 345 (100%)
--With a disability: 22 (6.38%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 663 (100%)
--With a disability: 129 (19.46%)
----Percent employed: 73.6%
--No disability: 534 (80.54%)
----Percent employed: 78.3%
Population 65 years and over: 99 (100%)
--With a disability: 30 (30.3%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,107 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 607 (54.83%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 497 (44.9%)
--Same county: 317 (28.64%)
--Different county: 180 (16.26%)
----Same state: 95 (8.58%)
----Different state: 85 (7.68%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 3 (0.27%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,217 (100%)
Native: 1,189 (97.7%)
--Born in United States: 1,172 (100%)
----State of residence: 978 (80.36%)
----Different state: 194 (15.94%)
--Born outside United States: 17 (1.4%)
Foreign born: 28 (2.3%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 19 (1.56%)
--Naturalized citizen: 12 (0.99%)
--Not a citizen: 16 (1.31%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 28 (100%)
Europe: 7 (25%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 12 (42.86%)
Northern America: 9 (32.14%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,107 (100%)
English only: 1,057 (95.48%)
Language other than English: 50 (4.52%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 15 (1.36%)
--Spanish: 37 (3.34%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 13 (1.17%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 13 (1.17%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.18%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,217 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,285% (105.59%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 3 (0.25%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 35 (2.88%)
English: 192 (15.78%)
French (except Basque): 25 (2.05%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 302 (24.82%)
Greek: 2 (0.16%)
Hungarian: 3 (0.25%)
Irish: 229 (18.82%)
Italian: 103 (8.46%)
Lithuanian: 1 (0.08%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 28 (2.3%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 6 (0.49%)
Scotch-Irish: 56 (4.6%)
Scottish: 17 (1.4%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 20 (1.64%)
Swedish: 10 (0.82%)
Swiss: 6 (0.49%)
Ukrainian: 12 (0.99%)
United States or American: 44 (3.62%)
Welsh: 9 (0.74%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 182 (14.95%)

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