Bethlehem, PA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4206088, place: Bethlehem city, Pennsylvania)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 20,642 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 1,127 (5.46%)
Kindergarten: 865 (4.19%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 7,119 (34.49%)
High school (grades 9-12): 3,183 (15.42%)
College or graduate school: 8,348 (40.44%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 46,071 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 3,476 (7.54%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 6,470 (14.04%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 15,307 (33.22%)
Some college, no degree: 7,129 (15.47%)
Associate degree: 2,712 (5.89%)
Bachelor's degree: 6,547 (14.21%)
Graduate or professional degree: 4,430 (9.62%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 78.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 23.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 58,918 (100%)
Never married: 18,974 (32.2%)
Now married, except separated: 28,340 (48.1%)
Separated: 1,403 (2.38%)
Total Widowed: 5,397 (9.16%)
Widowed Female: 4,492 (7.62%)
Total Divorced: 4,804 (8.15%)
Divorced Female: 2,923 (4.96%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 1,187 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 482 (40.61%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 56,475 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 6,928 (12.27%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 16,315 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,453 (8.91%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 38,207 (100%)
--With a disability: 7,062 (18.48%)
----Percent employed: 50.8%
--No disability: 31,145 (81.52%)
----Percent employed: 76.2%
Population 65 years and over: 12,115 (100%)
--With a disability: 4,495 (37.1%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 67,520 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 37,237 (55.15%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 27,822 (41.21%)
--Same county: 12,215 (18.09%)
--Different county: 15,607 (23.11%)
----Same state: 8,438 (12.5%)
----Different state: 7,169 (10.62%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 2,461 (3.64%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 71,329 (100%)
Native: 66,965 (93.88%)
--Born in United States: 61,713 (100%)
----State of residence: 46,145 (64.69%)
----Different state: 15,568 (21.83%)
--Born outside United States: 5,252 (7.36%)
Foreign born: 4,364 (6.12%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 1,926 (2.7%)
--Naturalized citizen: 1,821 (2.55%)
--Not a citizen: 2,543 (3.57%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 4,364 (100%)
Europe: 1,359 (31.14%)
Asia: 1,447 (33.16%)
Africa: 206 (4.72%)
Oceania: 22 (0.5%)
Latin America: 1,166 (26.72%)
Northern America: 164 (3.76%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 67,520 (100%)
English only: 53,257 (78.88%)
Language other than English: 14,263 (21.12%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5,418 (8.02%)
--Spanish: 9,670 (14.32%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3,940 (5.84%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 3,038 (4.5%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 819 (1.21%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 1,047 (1.55%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 513 (0.76%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 71,329 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 80,126% (112.33%)
Arab: 559 (0.78%)
Czech: 484 (0.68%)
Danish: 93 (0.13%)
Dutch: 1,878 (2.63%)
English: 3,830 (5.37%)
French (except Basque): 1,128 (1.58%)
French Canadian: 194 (0.27%)
German: 15,846 (22.22%)
Greek: 625 (0.88%)
Hungarian: 2,907 (4.08%)
Irish: 8,619 (12.08%)
Italian: 6,705 (9.4%)
Lithuanian: 256 (0.36%)
Norwegian: 306 (0.43%)
Polish: 3,260 (4.57%)
Portuguese: 658 (0.92%)
Russian: 604 (0.85%)
Scotch-Irish: 809 (1.13%)
Scottish: 782 (1.1%)
Slovak: 2,830 (3.97%)
Subsaharan African: 222 (0.31%)
Swedish: 528 (0.74%)
Swiss: 206 (0.29%)
Ukrainian: 947 (1.33%)
United States or American: 2,250 (3.15%)
Welsh: 1,411 (1.98%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 99 (0.14%)
Other ancestries: 22,090 (30.97%)

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