Beech Creek, PA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4204984, place: Beech Creek borough, Pennsylvania)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 165 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 7 (4.24%)
Kindergarten: 13 (7.88%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 93 (56.36%)
High school (grades 9-12): 34 (20.61%)
College or graduate school: 18 (10.91%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 495 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 35 (7.07%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 58 (11.72%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 288 (58.18%)
Some college, no degree: 52 (10.51%)
Associate degree: 36 (7.27%)
Bachelor's degree: 17 (3.43%)
Graduate or professional degree: 9 (1.82%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 81.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 5.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 577 (100%)
Never married: 134 (23.22%)
Now married, except separated: 331 (57.37%)
Separated: 5 (0.87%)
Total Widowed: 46 (7.97%)
Widowed Female: 38 (6.59%)
Total Divorced: 61 (10.57%)
Divorced Female: 37 (6.41%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 13 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0 (0%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 550 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 86 (15.64%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 163 (100%)
--With a disability: 8 (4.91%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 393 (100%)
--With a disability: 60 (15.27%)
----Percent employed: 50%
--No disability: 333 (84.73%)
----Percent employed: 88.6%
Population 65 years and over: 136 (100%)
--With a disability: 56 (41.18%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 692 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 511 (73.84%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 179 (25.87%)
--Same county: 122 (17.63%)
--Different county: 57 (8.24%)
----Same state: 54 (7.8%)
----Different state: 3 (0.43%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 2 (0.29%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 711 (100%)
Native: 705 (99.16%)
--Born in United States: 705 (100%)
----State of residence: 669 (94.09%)
----Different state: 36 (5.06%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 6 (0.84%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 2 (0.28%)
--Naturalized citizen: 2 (0.28%)
--Not a citizen: 4 (0.56%)

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

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 692 (100%)
English only: 670 (96.82%)
Language other than English: 22 (3.18%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6 (0.87%)
--Spanish: 17 (2.46%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6 (0.87%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 5 (0.72%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 711 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 556% (78.2%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 2 (0.28%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 51 (7.17%)
English: 14 (1.97%)
French (except Basque): 4 (0.56%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 214 (30.1%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 61 (8.58%)
Italian: 34 (4.78%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 4 (0.56%)
Scottish: 6 (0.84%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 2 (0.28%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 111 (15.61%)
Welsh: 2 (0.28%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 51 (7.17%)

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