Blawnox, PA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4207000, place: Blawnox borough, Pennsylvania)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 260 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 26 (10%)
Kindergarten: 16 (6.15%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 88 (33.85%)
High school (grades 9-12): 61 (23.46%)
College or graduate school: 69 (26.54%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,195 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 67 (5.61%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 136 (11.38%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 439 (36.74%)
Some college, no degree: 173 (14.48%)
Associate degree: 88 (7.36%)
Bachelor's degree: 142 (11.88%)
Graduate or professional degree: 150 (12.55%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 83%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 24.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,366 (100%)
Never married: 463 (33.89%)
Now married, except separated: 565 (41.36%)
Separated: 56 (4.1%)
Total Widowed: 175 (12.81%)
Widowed Female: 147 (10.76%)
Total Divorced: 107 (7.83%)
Divorced Female: 56 (4.1%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 7 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0 (0%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,310 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 208 (15.88%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 219 (100%)
--With a disability: 29 (13.24%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 934 (100%)
--With a disability: 189 (20.24%)
----Percent employed: 55.6%
--No disability: 745 (79.76%)
----Percent employed: 80.8%
Population 65 years and over: 320 (100%)
--With a disability: 139 (43.44%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,477 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 860 (58.23%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 564 (38.19%)
--Same county: 423 (28.64%)
--Different county: 141 (9.55%)
----Same state: 56 (3.79%)
----Different state: 85 (5.75%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 53 (3.59%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,539 (100%)
Native: 1,412 (91.75%)
--Born in United States: 1,404 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,251 (81.29%)
----Different state: 153 (9.94%)
--Born outside United States: 8 (0.52%)
Foreign born: 127 (8.25%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 74 (4.81%)
--Naturalized citizen: 24 (1.56%)
--Not a citizen: 103 (6.69%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 127 (100%)
Europe: 40 (31.5%)
Asia: 64 (50.39%)
Africa: 4 (3.15%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 19 (14.96%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,477 (100%)
English only: 1,288 (87.2%)
Language other than English: 189 (12.8%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 59 (3.99%)
--Spanish: 25 (1.69%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 95 (6.43%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 29 (1.96%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 65 (4.4%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 30 (2.03%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,539 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,975% (128.33%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 27 (1.75%)
Danish: 4 (0.26%)
Dutch: 9 (0.58%)
English: 163 (10.59%)
French (except Basque): 20 (1.3%)
French Canadian: 9 (0.58%)
German: 420 (27.29%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 38 (2.47%)
Irish: 314 (20.4%)
Italian: 319 (20.73%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 9 (0.58%)
Polish: 219 (14.23%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 58 (3.77%)
Scotch-Irish: 48 (3.12%)
Scottish: 30 (1.95%)
Slovak: 38 (2.47%)
Subsaharan African: 4 (0.26%)
Swedish: 7 (0.45%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 26 (1.69%)
United States or American: 20 (1.3%)
Welsh: 13 (0.84%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 180 (11.7%)

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