Castle Shannon, PA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4211680, place: Castle Shannon borough, Pennsylvania)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,918 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 152 (7.92%)
Kindergarten: 104 (5.42%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 737 (38.43%)
High school (grades 9-12): 418 (21.79%)
College or graduate school: 507 (26.43%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 6,273 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 147 (2.34%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 454 (7.24%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,482 (39.57%)
Some college, no degree: 1,160 (18.49%)
Associate degree: 542 (8.64%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,043 (16.63%)
Graduate or professional degree: 445 (7.09%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 90.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 23.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 7,154 (100%)
Never married: 1,952 (27.29%)
Now married, except separated: 3,790 (52.98%)
Separated: 134 (1.87%)
Total Widowed: 724 (10.12%)
Widowed Female: 596 (8.33%)
Total Divorced: 554 (7.74%)
Divorced Female: 350 (4.89%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 89 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 17 (19.1%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 6,872 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,172 (17.05%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,416 (100%)
--With a disability: 50 (3.53%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 5,118 (100%)
--With a disability: 809 (15.81%)
----Percent employed: 66.6%
--No disability: 4,309 (84.19%)
----Percent employed: 83.8%
Population 65 years and over: 1,568 (100%)
--With a disability: 571 (36.42%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 8,124 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 5,113 (62.94%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,889 (35.56%)
--Same county: 2,323 (28.59%)
--Different county: 566 (6.97%)
----Same state: 254 (3.13%)
----Different state: 312 (3.84%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 122 (1.5%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 8,556 (100%)
Native: 8,248 (96.4%)
--Born in United States: 8,234 (100%)
----State of residence: 7,361 (86.03%)
----Different state: 873 (10.2%)
--Born outside United States: 14 (0.16%)
Foreign born: 308 (3.6%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 164 (1.92%)
--Naturalized citizen: 143 (1.67%)
--Not a citizen: 165 (1.93%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 308 (100%)
Europe: 173 (56.17%)
Asia: 43 (13.96%)
Africa: 32 (10.39%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 56 (18.18%)
Northern America: 4 (1.3%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 8,124 (100%)
English only: 7,662 (94.31%)
Language other than English: 462 (5.69%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 142 (1.75%)
--Spanish: 104 (1.28%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 53 (0.65%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 299 (3.68%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 66 (0.81%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 13 (0.16%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 8,556 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 11,243% (131.4%)
Arab: 85 (0.99%)
Czech: 104 (1.22%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 39 (0.46%)
English: 641 (7.49%)
French (except Basque): 165 (1.93%)
French Canadian: 20 (0.23%)
German: 3,124 (36.51%)
Greek: 39 (0.46%)
Hungarian: 176 (2.06%)
Irish: 2,156 (25.2%)
Italian: 1,618 (18.91%)
Lithuanian: 192 (2.24%)
Norwegian: 46 (0.54%)
Polish: 870 (10.17%)
Portuguese: 6 (0.07%)
Russian: 54 (0.63%)
Scotch-Irish: 219 (2.56%)
Scottish: 128 (1.5%)
Slovak: 324 (3.79%)
Subsaharan African: 33 (0.39%)
Swedish: 88 (1.03%)
Swiss: 23 (0.27%)
Ukrainian: 99 (1.16%)
United States or American: 212 (2.48%)
Welsh: 161 (1.88%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 621 (7.26%)

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