Coaldale, PA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4214600, place: Coaldale borough, Pennsylvania)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 472 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 13 (2.75%)
Kindergarten: 41 (8.69%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 231 (48.94%)
High school (grades 9-12): 128 (27.12%)
College or graduate school: 59 (12.5%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,677 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 124 (7.39%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 257 (15.32%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 930 (55.46%)
Some college, no degree: 154 (9.18%)
Associate degree: 80 (4.77%)
Bachelor's degree: 70 (4.17%)
Graduate or professional degree: 62 (3.7%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 77.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 7.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,951 (100%)
Never married: 536 (27.47%)
Now married, except separated: 924 (47.36%)
Separated: 31 (1.59%)
Total Widowed: 290 (14.86%)
Widowed Female: 219 (11.23%)
Total Divorced: 170 (8.71%)
Divorced Female: 94 (4.82%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 27 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 21 (77.78%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,863 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 346 (18.57%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 434 (100%)
--With a disability: 19 (4.38%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,074 (100%)
--With a disability: 232 (21.6%)
----Percent employed: 40.5%
--No disability: 842 (78.4%)
----Percent employed: 65.8%
Population 65 years and over: 664 (100%)
--With a disability: 257 (38.7%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,222 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,498 (67.42%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 692 (31.14%)
--Same county: 379 (17.06%)
--Different county: 313 (14.09%)
----Same state: 279 (12.56%)
----Different state: 34 (1.53%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 32 (1.44%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,329 (100%)
Native: 2,294 (98.5%)
--Born in United States: 2,280 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,087 (89.61%)
----Different state: 193 (8.29%)
--Born outside United States: 14 (0.6%)
Foreign born: 35 (1.5%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 16 (0.69%)
--Naturalized citizen: 11 (0.47%)
--Not a citizen: 24 (1.03%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 35 (100%)
Europe: 13 (37.14%)
Asia: 22 (62.86%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,222 (100%)
English only: 2,053 (92.39%)
Language other than English: 169 (7.61%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 47 (2.12%)
--Spanish: 53 (2.39%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6 (0.27%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 94 (4.23%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 30 (1.35%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 22 (0.99%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 11 (0.5%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,329 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,466% (105.88%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 8 (0.34%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 178 (7.64%)
English: 93 (3.99%)
French (except Basque): 5 (0.21%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 402 (17.26%)
Greek: 36 (1.55%)
Hungarian: 4 (0.17%)
Irish: 255 (10.95%)
Italian: 79 (3.39%)
Lithuanian: 72 (3.09%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 178 (7.64%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 124 (5.32%)
Scotch-Irish: 0 (0%)
Scottish: 18 (0.77%)
Slovak: 316 (13.57%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 6 (0.26%)
Swiss: 7 (0.3%)
Ukrainian: 46 (1.98%)
United States or American: 252 (10.82%)
Welsh: 123 (5.28%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 264 (11.34%)

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