Chester Heights, PA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4213232, place: Chester Heights borough, Pennsylvania)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 617 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 80 (12.97%)
Kindergarten: 46 (7.46%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 210 (34.04%)
High school (grades 9-12): 132 (21.39%)
College or graduate school: 149 (24.15%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,823 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 46 (2.52%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 63 (3.46%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 380 (20.84%)
Some college, no degree: 359 (19.69%)
Associate degree: 132 (7.24%)
Bachelor's degree: 467 (25.62%)
Graduate or professional degree: 376 (20.63%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 94%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 46.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,058 (100%)
Never married: 558 (27.11%)
Now married, except separated: 1,120 (54.42%)
Separated: 34 (1.65%)
Total Widowed: 83 (4.03%)
Widowed Female: 64 (3.11%)
Total Divorced: 263 (12.78%)
Divorced Female: 185 (8.99%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 13 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 8 (61.54%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,965 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 233 (11.86%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 484 (100%)
--With a disability: 26 (5.37%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,699 (100%)
--With a disability: 200 (11.77%)
----Percent employed: 59.5%
--No disability: 1,499 (88.23%)
----Percent employed: 89.1%
Population 65 years and over: 194 (100%)
--With a disability: 50 (25.77%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,377 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,229 (51.7%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,077 (45.31%)
--Same county: 631 (26.55%)
--Different county: 446 (18.76%)
----Same state: 176 (7.4%)
----Different state: 270 (11.36%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 71 (2.99%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,528 (100%)
Native: 2,369 (93.71%)
--Born in United States: 2,361 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,810 (71.6%)
----Different state: 551 (21.8%)
--Born outside United States: 8 (0.32%)
Foreign born: 159 (6.29%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 91 (3.6%)
--Naturalized citizen: 49 (1.94%)
--Not a citizen: 110 (4.35%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 159 (100%)
Europe: 49 (30.82%)
Asia: 18 (11.32%)
Africa: 53 (33.33%)
Oceania: 15 (9.43%)
Latin America: 4 (2.52%)
Northern America: 20 (12.58%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,377 (100%)
English only: 2,170 (91.29%)
Language other than English: 207 (8.71%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 18 (0.76%)
--Spanish: 40 (1.68%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 149 (6.27%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 18 (0.76%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 18 (0.76%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,528 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 3,268% (129.27%)
Arab: 6 (0.24%)
Czech: 15 (0.59%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 54 (2.14%)
English: 372 (14.72%)
French (except Basque): 80 (3.16%)
French Canadian: 19 (0.75%)
German: 634 (25.08%)
Greek: 37 (1.46%)
Hungarian: 22 (0.87%)
Irish: 699 (27.65%)
Italian: 584 (23.1%)
Lithuanian: 7 (0.28%)
Norwegian: 4 (0.16%)
Polish: 200 (7.91%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 45 (1.78%)
Scotch-Irish: 46 (1.82%)
Scottish: 45 (1.78%)
Slovak: 5 (0.2%)
Subsaharan African: 25 (0.99%)
Swedish: 26 (1.03%)
Swiss: 10 (0.4%)
Ukrainian: 13 (0.51%)
United States or American: 53 (2.1%)
Welsh: 27 (1.07%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 4 (0.16%)
Other ancestries: 236 (9.34%)

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