Canton, PA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4211160, place: Canton borough, Pennsylvania)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 445 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 45 (10.11%)
Kindergarten: 28 (6.29%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 227 (51.01%)
High school (grades 9-12): 111 (24.94%)
College or graduate school: 34 (7.64%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,195 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 94 (7.87%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 128 (10.71%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 554 (46.36%)
Some college, no degree: 146 (12.22%)
Associate degree: 100 (8.37%)
Bachelor's degree: 132 (11.05%)
Graduate or professional degree: 41 (3.43%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 81.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 14.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,409 (100%)
Never married: 291 (20.65%)
Now married, except separated: 792 (56.21%)
Separated: 42 (2.98%)
Total Widowed: 146 (10.36%)
Widowed Female: 125 (8.87%)
Total Divorced: 138 (9.79%)
Divorced Female: 91 (6.46%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 29 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 9 (31.03%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,322 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 207 (15.66%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 414 (100%)
--With a disability: 55 (13.29%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 938 (100%)
--With a disability: 191 (20.36%)
----Percent employed: 31.9%
--No disability: 747 (79.64%)
----Percent employed: 78.6%
Population 65 years and over: 333 (100%)
--With a disability: 170 (51.05%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,685 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,052 (62.43%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 624 (37.03%)
--Same county: 445 (26.41%)
--Different county: 179 (10.62%)
----Same state: 71 (4.21%)
----Different state: 108 (6.41%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 9 (0.53%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,807 (100%)
Native: 1,802 (99.72%)
--Born in United States: 1,802 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,415 (78.31%)
----Different state: 387 (21.42%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 5 (0.28%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 0 (0%)
--Not a citizen: 5 (0.28%)

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

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,685 (100%)
English only: 1,664 (98.75%)
Language other than English: 21 (1.25%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 13 (0.77%)
--Spanish: 13 (0.77%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 11 (0.65%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 8 (0.47%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.12%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,807 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,920% (106.25%)
Arab: 6 (0.33%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 105 (5.81%)
English: 368 (20.37%)
French (except Basque): 26 (1.44%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 404 (22.36%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 228 (12.62%)
Italian: 68 (3.76%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 15 (0.83%)
Polish: 139 (7.69%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 3 (0.17%)
Scotch-Irish: 84 (4.65%)
Scottish: 54 (2.99%)
Slovak: 4 (0.22%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 32 (1.77%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 186 (10.29%)
Welsh: 35 (1.94%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 163 (9.02%)

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