Bechtelsville, PA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4204896, place: Bechtelsville borough, Pennsylvania)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 242 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 24 (9.92%)
Kindergarten: 3 (1.24%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 140 (57.85%)
High school (grades 9-12): 51 (21.07%)
College or graduate school: 24 (9.92%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 617 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 42 (6.81%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 81 (13.13%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 279 (45.22%)
Some college, no degree: 109 (17.67%)
Associate degree: 42 (6.81%)
Bachelor's degree: 47 (7.62%)
Graduate or professional degree: 17 (2.76%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 80.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 10.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 735 (100%)
Never married: 150 (20.41%)
Now married, except separated: 464 (63.13%)
Separated: 10 (1.36%)
Total Widowed: 34 (4.63%)
Widowed Female: 24 (3.27%)
Total Divorced: 77 (10.48%)
Divorced Female: 44 (5.99%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 14 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0 (0%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 691 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 83 (12.01%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 236 (100%)
--With a disability: 24 (10.17%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 538 (100%)
--With a disability: 73 (13.57%)
----Percent employed: 67.1%
--No disability: 465 (86.43%)
----Percent employed: 92.3%
Population 65 years and over: 113 (100%)
--With a disability: 43 (38.05%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 887 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 549 (61.89%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 338 (38.11%)
--Same county: 157 (17.7%)
--Different county: 181 (20.41%)
----Same state: 136 (15.33%)
----Different state: 45 (5.07%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 930 (100%)
Native: 913 (98.17%)
--Born in United States: 910 (100%)
----State of residence: 796 (85.59%)
----Different state: 114 (12.26%)
--Born outside United States: 3 (0.32%)
Foreign born: 17 (1.83%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 4 (0.43%)
--Naturalized citizen: 17 (1.83%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 17 (100%)
Europe: 3 (17.65%)
Asia: 4 (23.53%)
Africa: 3 (17.65%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 3 (17.65%)
Northern America: 4 (23.53%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 887 (100%)
English only: 829 (93.46%)
Language other than English: 58 (6.54%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 10 (1.13%)
--Spanish: 19 (2.14%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5 (0.56%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 35 (3.95%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5 (0.56%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 4 (0.45%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 930 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,076% (115.7%)
Arab: 8 (0.86%)
Czech: 6 (0.65%)
Danish: 3 (0.32%)
Dutch: 25 (2.69%)
English: 72 (7.74%)
French (except Basque): 33 (3.55%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 418 (44.95%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 9 (0.97%)
Irish: 130 (13.98%)
Italian: 53 (5.7%)
Lithuanian: 6 (0.65%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 37 (3.98%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 3 (0.32%)
Scotch-Irish: 14 (1.51%)
Scottish: 4 (0.43%)
Slovak: 20 (2.15%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 14 (1.51%)
Swiss: 14 (1.51%)
Ukrainian: 12 (1.29%)
United States or American: 48 (5.16%)
Welsh: 21 (2.26%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 126 (13.55%)

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