Chambersburg, PA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4212536, place: Chambersburg borough, Pennsylvania)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 3,635 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 226 (6.22%)
Kindergarten: 205 (5.64%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,656 (45.56%)
High school (grades 9-12): 781 (21.49%)
College or graduate school: 767 (21.1%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 12,490 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 992 (7.94%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,963 (15.72%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 4,952 (39.65%)
Some college, no degree: 1,891 (15.14%)
Associate degree: 454 (3.63%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,353 (10.83%)
Graduate or professional degree: 885 (7.09%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 76.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 17.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 14,706 (100%)
Never married: 3,685 (25.06%)
Now married, except separated: 7,516 (51.11%)
Separated: 334 (2.27%)
Total Widowed: 1,523 (10.36%)
Widowed Female: 1,250 (8.5%)
Total Divorced: 1,648 (11.21%)
Divorced Female: 1,025 (6.97%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 255 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 159 (62.35%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 14,130 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 2,115 (14.97%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 3,282 (100%)
--With a disability: 174 (5.3%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 9,316 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,827 (19.61%)
----Percent employed: 59.8%
--No disability: 7,489 (80.39%)
----Percent employed: 81%
Population 65 years and over: 3,336 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,430 (42.87%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 16,701 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 8,409 (50.35%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 7,835 (46.91%)
--Same county: 5,268 (31.54%)
--Different county: 2,567 (15.37%)
----Same state: 1,093 (6.54%)
----Different state: 1,474 (8.83%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 457 (2.74%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 17,862 (100%)
Native: 16,805 (94.08%)
--Born in United States: 16,644 (100%)
----State of residence: 12,949 (72.49%)
----Different state: 3,695 (20.69%)
--Born outside United States: 161 (0.9%)
Foreign born: 1,057 (5.92%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 648 (3.63%)
--Naturalized citizen: 264 (1.48%)
--Not a citizen: 793 (4.44%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,057 (100%)
Europe: 177 (16.75%)
Asia: 197 (18.64%)
Africa: 13 (1.23%)
Oceania: 8 (0.76%)
Latin America: 643 (60.83%)
Northern America: 19 (1.8%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 16,701 (100%)
English only: 15,318 (91.72%)
Language other than English: 1,383 (8.28%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 758 (4.54%)
--Spanish: 967 (5.79%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 572 (3.42%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 263 (1.57%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 90 (0.54%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 131 (0.78%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 96 (0.57%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 17,862 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 16,644% (93.18%)
Arab: 8 (0.04%)
Czech: 35 (0.2%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 258 (1.44%)
English: 1,228 (6.87%)
French (except Basque): 196 (1.1%)
French Canadian: 76 (0.43%)
German: 5,491 (30.74%)
Greek: 107 (0.6%)
Hungarian: 49 (0.27%)
Irish: 1,680 (9.41%)
Italian: 678 (3.8%)
Lithuanian: 31 (0.17%)
Norwegian: 42 (0.24%)
Polish: 237 (1.33%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 40 (0.22%)
Scotch-Irish: 528 (2.96%)
Scottish: 360 (2.02%)
Slovak: 74 (0.41%)
Subsaharan African: 60 (0.34%)
Swedish: 96 (0.54%)
Swiss: 91 (0.51%)
Ukrainian: 70 (0.39%)
United States or American: 1,936 (10.84%)
Welsh: 153 (0.86%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 80 (0.45%)
Other ancestries: 3,040 (17.02%)

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