Briar Creek, PA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4208472, place: Briar Creek borough, Pennsylvania)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 116 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 5 (4.31%)
Kindergarten: 7 (6.03%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 71 (61.21%)
High school (grades 9-12): 24 (20.69%)
College or graduate school: 9 (7.76%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 463 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 44 (9.5%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 136 (29.37%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 196 (42.33%)
Some college, no degree: 46 (9.94%)
Associate degree: 8 (1.73%)
Bachelor's degree: 29 (6.26%)
Graduate or professional degree: 4 (0.86%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 61.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 7.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 531 (100%)
Never married: 89 (16.76%)
Now married, except separated: 266 (50.09%)
Separated: 13 (2.45%)
Total Widowed: 105 (19.77%)
Widowed Female: 89 (16.76%)
Total Divorced: 58 (10.92%)
Divorced Female: 31 (5.84%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 15 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 6 (40%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 519 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 79 (15.22%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 113 (100%)
--With a disability: 7 (6.19%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 330 (100%)
--With a disability: 82 (24.85%)
----Percent employed: 62.2%
--No disability: 248 (75.15%)
----Percent employed: 79%
Population 65 years and over: 118 (100%)
--With a disability: 30 (25.42%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 618 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 350 (56.63%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 266 (43.04%)
--Same county: 203 (32.85%)
--Different county: 63 (10.19%)
----Same state: 49 (7.93%)
----Different state: 14 (2.27%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 2 (0.32%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 651 (100%)
Native: 651 (100%)
--Born in United States: 646 (100%)
----State of residence: 606 (93.09%)
----Different state: 40 (6.14%)
--Born outside United States: 5 (0.77%)
Foreign born: 0 (0%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 0 (0%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

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

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 618 (100%)
English only: 602 (97.41%)
Language other than English: 16 (2.59%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.32%)
--Spanish: 5 (0.81%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.32%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 11 (1.78%)
----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: 651 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 713% (109.52%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 62 (9.52%)
English: 32 (4.92%)
French (except Basque): 8 (1.23%)
French Canadian: 2 (0.31%)
German: 241 (37.02%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 15 (2.3%)
Irish: 63 (9.68%)
Italian: 66 (10.14%)
Lithuanian: 4 (0.61%)
Norwegian: 6 (0.92%)
Polish: 43 (6.61%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 2 (0.31%)
Scottish: 7 (1.08%)
Slovak: 2 (0.31%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 33 (5.07%)
United States or American: 61 (9.37%)
Welsh: 11 (1.69%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 55 (8.45%)

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