Brockway, PA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4208960, place: Brockway borough, Pennsylvania)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 465 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 49 (10.54%)
Kindergarten: 30 (6.45%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 211 (45.38%)
High school (grades 9-12): 141 (30.32%)
College or graduate school: 34 (7.31%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,507 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 86 (5.71%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 177 (11.75%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 706 (46.85%)
Some college, no degree: 194 (12.87%)
Associate degree: 129 (8.56%)
Bachelor's degree: 127 (8.43%)
Graduate or professional degree: 88 (5.84%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 82.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 14.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,760 (100%)
Never married: 373 (21.19%)
Now married, except separated: 915 (51.99%)
Separated: 42 (2.39%)
Total Widowed: 250 (14.2%)
Widowed Female: 181 (10.28%)
Total Divorced: 180 (10.23%)
Divorced Female: 113 (6.42%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 36 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 22 (61.11%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,655 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 249 (15.05%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 450 (100%)
--With a disability: 30 (6.67%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,040 (100%)
--With a disability: 134 (12.88%)
----Percent employed: 57.5%
--No disability: 906 (87.12%)
----Percent employed: 81.8%
Population 65 years and over: 490 (100%)
--With a disability: 206 (42.04%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,034 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,350 (66.37%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 673 (33.09%)
--Same county: 407 (20.01%)
--Different county: 266 (13.08%)
----Same state: 224 (11.01%)
----Different state: 42 (2.06%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 11 (0.54%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,182 (100%)
Native: 2,153 (98.67%)
--Born in United States: 2,137 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,944 (89.09%)
----Different state: 193 (8.85%)
--Born outside United States: 16 (0.73%)
Foreign born: 29 (1.33%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 14 (0.64%)
--Naturalized citizen: 14 (0.64%)
--Not a citizen: 15 (0.69%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 29 (100%)
Europe: 20 (68.97%)
Asia: 9 (31.03%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,034 (100%)
English only: 1,984 (97.54%)
Language other than English: 50 (2.46%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 13 (0.64%)
--Spanish: 11 (0.54%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5 (0.25%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 25 (1.23%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3 (0.15%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 14 (0.69%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5 (0.25%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,182 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,591% (118.74%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 9 (0.41%)
Danish: 10 (0.46%)
Dutch: 92 (4.22%)
English: 208 (9.53%)
French (except Basque): 30 (1.37%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 479 (21.95%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 9 (0.41%)
Irish: 310 (14.21%)
Italian: 718 (32.91%)
Lithuanian: 14 (0.64%)
Norwegian: 4 (0.18%)
Polish: 91 (4.17%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 37 (1.7%)
Scotch-Irish: 49 (2.25%)
Scottish: 50 (2.29%)
Slovak: 52 (2.38%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 174 (7.97%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 120 (5.5%)
Welsh: 21 (0.96%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 114 (5.22%)

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