General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4211336, place: Carnegie borough, Pennsylvania)SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,643 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 146 (8.89%)
Kindergarten: 49 (2.98%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 729 (44.37%)
High school (grades 9-12): 382 (23.25%)
College or graduate school: 337 (20.51%)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTPopulation 25 years and over: 6,043 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 457 (7.56%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 640 (10.59%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,213 (36.62%)
Some college, no degree: 1,217 (20.14%)
Associate degree: 462 (7.65%)
Bachelor's degree: 769 (12.73%)
Graduate or professional degree: 285 (4.72%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 81.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 17.4%
MARITIAL STATUSPopulation 15 years and over: 7,033 (100%)
Never married: 2,427 (34.51%)
Now married, except separated: 3,001 (42.67%)
Separated: 137 (1.95%)
Total Widowed: 787 (11.19%)
Widowed Female: 657 (9.34%)
Total Divorced: 681 (9.68%)
Divorced Female: 393 (5.59%)
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERSGrandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 78 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 7 (8.97%)
VETERAN STATUSCivilian population 18 years and over: 6,741 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 937 (13.9%)
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATIONPopulation 5 to 20 years: 1,454 (100%)
--With a disability: 58 (3.99%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 4,776 (100%)
--With a disability: 831 (17.4%)
----Percent employed: 48.3%
--No disability: 3,945 (82.6%)
----Percent employed: 83.3%
Population 65 years and over: 1,671 (100%)
--With a disability: 765 (45.78%)
RESIDENCE IN 1995Population 5 years and over: 7,907 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 5,085 (64.31%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,686 (33.97%)
--Same county: 2,096 (26.51%)
--Different county: 590 (7.46%)
----Same state: 282 (3.57%)
----Different state: 308 (3.9%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 136 (1.72%)
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTHTotal population: 8,389 (100%)
Native: 8,101 (96.57%)
--Born in United States: 8,071 (100%)
----State of residence: 7,267 (86.63%)
----Different state: 804 (9.58%)
--Born outside United States: 30 (0.36%)
Foreign born: 288 (3.43%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 148 (1.76%)
--Naturalized citizen: 136 (1.62%)
--Not a citizen: 152 (1.81%)
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORNTotal (excluding born at sea): 288 (100%)
Europe: 239 (82.99%)
Asia: 11 (3.82%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 30 (10.42%)
Northern America: 8 (2.78%)
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOMEPopulation 5 years and over: 7,907 (100%)
English only: 7,383 (93.37%)
Language other than English: 524 (6.63%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 213 (2.69%)
--Spanish: 80 (1.01%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 37 (0.47%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 426 (5.39%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 176 (2.23%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 11 (0.14%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)Total population: 8,389 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 10,450% (124.57%)
Arab: 88 (1.05%)
Czech: 57 (0.68%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 54 (0.64%)
English: 579 (6.9%)
French (except Basque): 157 (1.87%)
French Canadian: 10 (0.12%)
German: 2,360 (28.13%)
Greek: 40 (0.48%)
Hungarian: 96 (1.14%)
Irish: 1,755 (20.92%)
Italian: 1,664 (19.84%)
Lithuanian: 107 (1.28%)
Norwegian: 11 (0.13%)
Polish: 1,265 (15.08%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 91 (1.08%)
Scotch-Irish: 227 (2.71%)
Scottish: 65 (0.77%)
Slovak: 120 (1.43%)
Subsaharan African: 77 (0.92%)
Swedish: 27 (0.32%)
Swiss: 12 (0.14%)
Ukrainian: 352 (4.2%)
United States or American: 151 (1.8%)
Welsh: 77 (0.92%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 1,008 (12.02%)
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