Beaver Falls, PA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4204792, place: Beaver Falls city, Pennsylvania)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,903 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 171 (5.89%)
Kindergarten: 150 (5.17%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,045 (36%)
High school (grades 9-12): 394 (13.57%)
College or graduate school: 1,143 (39.37%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 6,096 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 381 (6.25%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,040 (17.06%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,584 (42.39%)
Some college, no degree: 928 (15.22%)
Associate degree: 379 (6.22%)
Bachelor's degree: 590 (9.68%)
Graduate or professional degree: 194 (3.18%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 76.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 12.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 8,058 (100%)
Never married: 2,957 (36.7%)
Now married, except separated: 3,276 (40.66%)
Separated: 230 (2.85%)
Total Widowed: 792 (9.83%)
Widowed Female: 669 (8.3%)
Total Divorced: 803 (9.97%)
Divorced Female: 578 (7.17%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 195 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 84 (43.08%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 7,739 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,066 (13.77%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,543 (100%)
--With a disability: 166 (6.53%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 5,062 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,281 (25.31%)
----Percent employed: 41.3%
--No disability: 3,781 (74.69%)
----Percent employed: 72.4%
Population 65 years and over: 1,626 (100%)
--With a disability: 776 (47.72%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 9,346 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 5,141 (55.01%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 4,105 (43.92%)
--Same county: 2,752 (29.45%)
--Different county: 1,353 (14.48%)
----Same state: 699 (7.48%)
----Different state: 654 (7%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 100 (1.07%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 9,920 (100%)
Native: 9,709 (97.87%)
--Born in United States: 9,642 (100%)
----State of residence: 8,153 (82.19%)
----Different state: 1,489 (15.01%)
--Born outside United States: 67 (0.68%)
Foreign born: 211 (2.13%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 66 (0.67%)
--Naturalized citizen: 139 (1.4%)
--Not a citizen: 72 (0.73%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 211 (100%)
Europe: 85 (40.28%)
Asia: 39 (18.48%)
Africa: 20 (9.48%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 59 (27.96%)
Northern America: 8 (3.79%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 9,346 (100%)
English only: 8,830 (94.48%)
Language other than English: 516 (5.52%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 165 (1.77%)
--Spanish: 200 (2.14%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 53 (0.57%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 213 (2.28%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 77 (0.82%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 49 (0.52%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 25 (0.27%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 9,920 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 10,888% (109.76%)
Arab: 55 (0.55%)
Czech: 142 (1.43%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 132 (1.33%)
English: 740 (7.46%)
French (except Basque): 94 (0.95%)
French Canadian: 25 (0.25%)
German: 2,362 (23.81%)
Greek: 21 (0.21%)
Hungarian: 197 (1.99%)
Irish: 1,338 (13.49%)
Italian: 1,406 (14.17%)
Lithuanian: 21 (0.21%)
Norwegian: 45 (0.45%)
Polish: 495 (4.99%)
Portuguese: 17 (0.17%)
Russian: 57 (0.57%)
Scotch-Irish: 357 (3.6%)
Scottish: 203 (2.05%)
Slovak: 184 (1.85%)
Subsaharan African: 70 (0.71%)
Swedish: 84 (0.85%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 46 (0.46%)
United States or American: 583 (5.88%)
Welsh: 53 (0.53%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 2,161 (21.78%)

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