Charleroi, PA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4212704, place: Charleroi borough, Pennsylvania)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 860 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 76 (8.84%)
Kindergarten: 59 (6.86%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 432 (50.23%)
High school (grades 9-12): 176 (20.47%)
College or graduate school: 117 (13.6%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 3,493 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 201 (5.75%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 557 (15.95%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,648 (47.18%)
Some college, no degree: 513 (14.69%)
Associate degree: 179 (5.12%)
Bachelor's degree: 297 (8.5%)
Graduate or professional degree: 98 (2.81%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 78.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 11.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 3,998 (100%)
Never married: 1,061 (26.54%)
Now married, except separated: 1,833 (45.85%)
Separated: 81 (2.03%)
Total Widowed: 548 (13.71%)
Widowed Female: 449 (11.23%)
Total Divorced: 475 (11.88%)
Divorced Female: 276 (6.9%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 53 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 35 (66.04%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 3,872 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 633 (16.35%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 850 (100%)
--With a disability: 99 (11.65%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,436 (100%)
--With a disability: 573 (23.52%)
----Percent employed: 37.3%
--No disability: 1,863 (76.48%)
----Percent employed: 73.3%
Population 65 years and over: 1,220 (100%)
--With a disability: 557 (45.66%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 4,553 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,667 (58.58%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,872 (41.12%)
--Same county: 1,102 (24.2%)
--Different county: 770 (16.91%)
----Same state: 606 (13.31%)
----Different state: 164 (3.6%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 14 (0.31%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 4,871 (100%)
Native: 4,837 (99.3%)
--Born in United States: 4,819 (100%)
----State of residence: 4,460 (91.56%)
----Different state: 359 (7.37%)
--Born outside United States: 18 (0.37%)
Foreign born: 34 (0.7%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 29 (0.6%)
--Not a citizen: 5 (0.1%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 34 (100%)
Europe: 29 (85.29%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 5 (14.71%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 4,553 (100%)
English only: 4,353 (95.61%)
Language other than English: 200 (4.39%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 56 (1.23%)
--Spanish: 58 (1.27%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 131 (2.88%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 56 (1.23%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 4,871 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 5,453% (111.95%)
Arab: 6 (0.12%)
Czech: 51 (1.05%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 17 (0.35%)
English: 565 (11.6%)
French (except Basque): 41 (0.84%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 915 (18.78%)
Greek: 27 (0.55%)
Hungarian: 137 (2.81%)
Irish: 642 (13.18%)
Italian: 1,135 (23.3%)
Lithuanian: 14 (0.29%)
Norwegian: 6 (0.12%)
Polish: 468 (9.61%)
Portuguese: 8 (0.16%)
Russian: 293 (6.02%)
Scotch-Irish: 129 (2.65%)
Scottish: 65 (1.33%)
Slovak: 294 (6.04%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 7 (0.14%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 14 (0.29%)
United States or American: 174 (3.57%)
Welsh: 43 (0.88%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 402 (8.25%)

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