Boyertown, PA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4207960, place: Boyertown borough, Pennsylvania)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 783 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 62 (7.92%)
Kindergarten: 62 (7.92%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 384 (49.04%)
High school (grades 9-12): 170 (21.71%)
College or graduate school: 105 (13.41%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,820 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 145 (5.14%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 383 (13.58%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,369 (48.55%)
Some college, no degree: 420 (14.89%)
Associate degree: 127 (4.5%)
Bachelor's degree: 256 (9.08%)
Graduate or professional degree: 120 (4.26%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 81.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 13.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 3,268 (100%)
Never married: 717 (21.94%)
Now married, except separated: 1,649 (50.46%)
Separated: 44 (1.35%)
Total Widowed: 419 (12.82%)
Widowed Female: 345 (10.56%)
Total Divorced: 439 (13.43%)
Divorced Female: 232 (7.1%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 94 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 36 (38.3%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 3,114 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 440 (14.13%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 684 (100%)
--With a disability: 99 (14.47%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,205 (100%)
--With a disability: 377 (17.1%)
----Percent employed: 72.9%
--No disability: 1,828 (82.9%)
----Percent employed: 87.5%
Population 65 years and over: 835 (100%)
--With a disability: 326 (39.04%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 3,724 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,188 (58.75%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,531 (41.11%)
--Same county: 885 (23.76%)
--Different county: 646 (17.35%)
----Same state: 527 (14.15%)
----Different state: 119 (3.2%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 5 (0.13%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 3,940 (100%)
Native: 3,909 (99.21%)
--Born in United States: 3,895 (100%)
----State of residence: 3,742 (94.97%)
----Different state: 153 (3.88%)
--Born outside United States: 14 (0.36%)
Foreign born: 31 (0.79%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 18 (0.46%)
--Not a citizen: 13 (0.33%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 31 (100%)
Europe: 20 (64.52%)
Asia: 6 (19.35%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 5 (16.13%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 3,724 (100%)
English only: 3,597 (96.59%)
Language other than English: 127 (3.41%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 26 (0.7%)
--Spanish: 41 (1.1%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 74 (1.99%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 26 (0.7%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 12 (0.32%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 3,940 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 4,082% (103.6%)
Arab: 18 (0.46%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 22 (0.56%)
Dutch: 220 (5.58%)
English: 245 (6.22%)
French (except Basque): 104 (2.64%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 1,703 (43.22%)
Greek: 12 (0.3%)
Hungarian: 87 (2.21%)
Irish: 340 (8.63%)
Italian: 241 (6.12%)
Lithuanian: 16 (0.41%)
Norwegian: 6 (0.15%)
Polish: 114 (2.89%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 24 (0.61%)
Scotch-Irish: 18 (0.46%)
Scottish: 43 (1.09%)
Slovak: 5 (0.13%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 23 (0.58%)
Swiss: 25 (0.63%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 240 (6.09%)
Welsh: 33 (0.84%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 543 (13.78%)

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