Avis, PA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4203632, place: Avis borough, Pennsylvania)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 323 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 15 (4.64%)
Kindergarten: 20 (6.19%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 179 (55.42%)
High school (grades 9-12): 82 (25.39%)
College or graduate school: 27 (8.36%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,023 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 55 (5.38%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 156 (15.25%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 498 (48.68%)
Some college, no degree: 148 (14.47%)
Associate degree: 78 (7.62%)
Bachelor's degree: 66 (6.45%)
Graduate or professional degree: 22 (2.15%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 79.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 8.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,210 (100%)
Never married: 238 (19.67%)
Now married, except separated: 724 (59.83%)
Separated: 16 (1.32%)
Total Widowed: 133 (10.99%)
Widowed Female: 103 (8.51%)
Total Divorced: 99 (8.18%)
Divorced Female: 63 (5.21%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 27 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 20 (74.07%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,142 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 170 (14.89%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 329 (100%)
--With a disability: 33 (10.03%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 809 (100%)
--With a disability: 179 (22.13%)
----Percent employed: 62%
--No disability: 630 (77.87%)
----Percent employed: 80%
Population 65 years and over: 278 (100%)
--With a disability: 104 (37.41%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,416 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 920 (64.97%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 494 (34.89%)
--Same county: 226 (15.96%)
--Different county: 268 (18.93%)
----Same state: 245 (17.3%)
----Different state: 23 (1.62%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 2 (0.14%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,492 (100%)
Native: 1,480 (99.2%)
--Born in United States: 1,476 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,392 (93.3%)
----Different state: 84 (5.63%)
--Born outside United States: 4 (0.27%)
Foreign born: 12 (0.8%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 12 (0.8%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 12 (100%)
Europe: 6 (50%)
Asia: 4 (33.33%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 2 (16.67%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,416 (100%)
English only: 1,380 (97.46%)
Language other than English: 36 (2.54%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (0.28%)
--Spanish: 12 (0.85%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3 (0.21%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 23 (1.62%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 1 (0.07%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1 (0.07%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,492 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,483% (99.4%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 82 (5.5%)
English: 114 (7.64%)
French (except Basque): 39 (2.61%)
French Canadian: 2 (0.13%)
German: 579 (38.81%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 183 (12.27%)
Italian: 92 (6.17%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 14 (0.94%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 5 (0.34%)
Scotch-Irish: 17 (1.14%)
Scottish: 16 (1.07%)
Slovak: 4 (0.27%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 15 (1.01%)
Swiss: 6 (0.4%)
Ukrainian: 3 (0.2%)
United States or American: 200 (13.4%)
Welsh: 14 (0.94%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 98 (6.57%)

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