Chalfont, PA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4212504, place: Chalfont borough, Pennsylvania)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,080 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 100 (9.26%)
Kindergarten: 40 (3.7%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 556 (51.48%)
High school (grades 9-12): 202 (18.7%)
College or graduate school: 182 (16.85%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,599 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 13 (0.5%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 121 (4.66%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 597 (22.97%)
Some college, no degree: 593 (22.82%)
Associate degree: 262 (10.08%)
Bachelor's degree: 687 (26.43%)
Graduate or professional degree: 326 (12.54%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 94.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 39%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,954 (100%)
Never married: 667 (22.58%)
Now married, except separated: 1,924 (65.13%)
Separated: 47 (1.59%)
Total Widowed: 146 (4.94%)
Widowed Female: 136 (4.6%)
Total Divorced: 170 (5.75%)
Divorced Female: 88 (2.98%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 15 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 4 (26.67%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,789 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 345 (12.37%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 883 (100%)
--With a disability: 35 (3.96%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,355 (100%)
--With a disability: 242 (10.28%)
----Percent employed: 61.2%
--No disability: 2,113 (89.72%)
----Percent employed: 80.1%
Population 65 years and over: 345 (100%)
--With a disability: 67 (19.42%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 3,589 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,551 (71.08%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,025 (28.56%)
--Same county: 443 (12.34%)
--Different county: 582 (16.22%)
----Same state: 372 (10.37%)
----Different state: 210 (5.85%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 13 (0.36%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 3,900 (100%)
Native: 3,672 (94.15%)
--Born in United States: 3,654 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,977 (76.33%)
----Different state: 677 (17.36%)
--Born outside United States: 18 (0.46%)
Foreign born: 228 (5.85%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 13 (0.33%)
--Naturalized citizen: 198 (5.08%)
--Not a citizen: 30 (0.77%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 228 (100%)
Europe: 99 (43.42%)
Asia: 118 (51.75%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 11 (4.82%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 3,589 (100%)
English only: 3,312 (92.28%)
Language other than English: 277 (7.72%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 43 (1.2%)
--Spanish: 21 (0.59%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6 (0.17%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 136 (3.79%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 24 (0.67%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 106 (2.95%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 13 (0.36%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 3,900 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 4,888% (125.33%)
Arab: 16 (0.41%)
Czech: 7 (0.18%)
Danish: 5 (0.13%)
Dutch: 68 (1.74%)
English: 660 (16.92%)
French (except Basque): 44 (1.13%)
French Canadian: 49 (1.26%)
German: 1,045 (26.79%)
Greek: 5 (0.13%)
Hungarian: 57 (1.46%)
Irish: 1,065 (27.31%)
Italian: 528 (13.54%)
Lithuanian: 49 (1.26%)
Norwegian: 17 (0.44%)
Polish: 388 (9.95%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 30 (0.77%)
Scotch-Irish: 103 (2.64%)
Scottish: 35 (0.9%)
Slovak: 26 (0.67%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 30 (0.77%)
Swiss: 38 (0.97%)
Ukrainian: 44 (1.13%)
United States or American: 96 (2.46%)
Welsh: 52 (1.33%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 431 (11.05%)

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