Beaver, PA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4204688, place: Beaver borough, Pennsylvania)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 947 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 104 (10.98%)
Kindergarten: 35 (3.7%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 391 (41.29%)
High school (grades 9-12): 236 (24.92%)
College or graduate school: 181 (19.11%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 3,555 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 116 (3.26%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 234 (6.58%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 983 (27.65%)
Some college, no degree: 696 (19.58%)
Associate degree: 257 (7.23%)
Bachelor's degree: 859 (24.16%)
Graduate or professional degree: 410 (11.53%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 90.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 35.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 4,018 (100%)
Never married: 762 (18.96%)
Now married, except separated: 2,398 (59.68%)
Separated: 70 (1.74%)
Total Widowed: 494 (12.29%)
Widowed Female: 406 (10.1%)
Total Divorced: 294 (7.32%)
Divorced Female: 193 (4.8%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 58 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 28 (48.28%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 3,848 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 600 (15.59%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 816 (100%)
--With a disability: 59 (7.23%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,465 (100%)
--With a disability: 261 (10.59%)
----Percent employed: 46.7%
--No disability: 2,204 (89.41%)
----Percent employed: 83.1%
Population 65 years and over: 1,054 (100%)
--With a disability: 360 (34.16%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 4,554 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,707 (59.44%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,773 (38.93%)
--Same county: 1,284 (28.19%)
--Different county: 489 (10.74%)
----Same state: 198 (4.35%)
----Different state: 291 (6.39%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 74 (1.62%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 4,775 (100%)
Native: 4,710 (98.64%)
--Born in United States: 4,693 (100%)
----State of residence: 3,805 (79.69%)
----Different state: 888 (18.6%)
--Born outside United States: 17 (0.36%)
Foreign born: 65 (1.36%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 6 (0.13%)
--Naturalized citizen: 52 (1.09%)
--Not a citizen: 13 (0.27%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 65 (100%)
Europe: 59 (90.77%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 6 (9.23%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 4,554 (100%)
English only: 4,443 (97.56%)
Language other than English: 111 (2.44%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 24 (0.53%)
--Spanish: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 111 (2.44%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 24 (0.53%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 4,775 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 5,527% (115.75%)
Arab: 12 (0.25%)
Czech: 84 (1.76%)
Danish: 14 (0.29%)
Dutch: 47 (0.98%)
English: 588 (12.31%)
French (except Basque): 48 (1.01%)
French Canadian: 27 (0.57%)
German: 1,440 (30.16%)
Greek: 103 (2.16%)
Hungarian: 18 (0.38%)
Irish: 583 (12.21%)
Italian: 765 (16.02%)
Lithuanian: 9 (0.19%)
Norwegian: 22 (0.46%)
Polish: 224 (4.69%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 20 (0.42%)
Scotch-Irish: 233 (4.88%)
Scottish: 139 (2.91%)
Slovak: 136 (2.85%)
Subsaharan African: 13 (0.27%)
Swedish: 19 (0.4%)
Swiss: 8 (0.17%)
Ukrainian: 71 (1.49%)
United States or American: 175 (3.66%)
Welsh: 83 (1.74%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 646 (13.53%)

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