Bessemer, PA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4205936, place: Bessemer borough, Pennsylvania)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 230 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 12 (5.22%)
Kindergarten: 16 (6.96%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 127 (55.22%)
High school (grades 9-12): 43 (18.7%)
College or graduate school: 32 (13.91%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 857 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 49 (5.72%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 113 (13.19%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 424 (49.47%)
Some college, no degree: 151 (17.62%)
Associate degree: 40 (4.67%)
Bachelor's degree: 52 (6.07%)
Graduate or professional degree: 28 (3.27%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 81.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 9.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 953 (100%)
Never married: 193 (20.25%)
Now married, except separated: 575 (60.34%)
Separated: 16 (1.68%)
Total Widowed: 81 (8.5%)
Widowed Female: 62 (6.51%)
Total Divorced: 88 (9.23%)
Divorced Female: 46 (4.83%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 12 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 9 (75%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 922 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 142 (15.4%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 212 (100%)
--With a disability: 13 (6.13%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 606 (100%)
--With a disability: 89 (14.69%)
----Percent employed: 46.1%
--No disability: 517 (85.31%)
----Percent employed: 78.5%
Population 65 years and over: 285 (100%)
--With a disability: 86 (30.18%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,103 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 724 (65.64%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 378 (34.27%)
--Same county: 308 (27.92%)
--Different county: 70 (6.35%)
----Same state: 34 (3.08%)
----Different state: 36 (3.26%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 1 (0.09%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,171 (100%)
Native: 1,152 (98.38%)
--Born in United States: 1,148 (100%)
----State of residence: 907 (77.46%)
----Different state: 241 (20.58%)
--Born outside United States: 4 (0.34%)
Foreign born: 19 (1.62%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 1 (0.09%)
--Naturalized citizen: 18 (1.54%)
--Not a citizen: 1 (0.09%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 19 (100%)
Europe: 17 (89.47%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 2 (10.53%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,103 (100%)
English only: 1,051 (95.29%)
Language other than English: 52 (4.71%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (0.36%)
--Spanish: 9 (0.82%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 43 (3.9%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (0.36%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,171 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,491% (127.33%)
Arab: 5 (0.43%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 23 (1.96%)
English: 67 (5.72%)
French (except Basque): 6 (0.51%)
French Canadian: 3 (0.26%)
German: 295 (25.19%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 20 (1.71%)
Irish: 156 (13.32%)
Italian: 296 (25.28%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 2 (0.17%)
Polish: 91 (7.77%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 2 (0.17%)
Scotch-Irish: 28 (2.39%)
Scottish: 22 (1.88%)
Slovak: 26 (2.22%)
Subsaharan African: 2 (0.17%)
Swedish: 64 (5.47%)
Swiss: 3 (0.26%)
Ukrainian: 23 (1.96%)
United States or American: 44 (3.76%)
Welsh: 15 (1.28%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 298 (25.45%)

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