Darby, PA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4218152, place: Darby borough, Pennsylvania)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 3,339 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 288 (8.63%)
Kindergarten: 210 (6.29%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,719 (51.48%)
High school (grades 9-12): 685 (20.52%)
College or graduate school: 437 (13.09%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 6,135 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 364 (5.93%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,070 (17.44%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,640 (43.03%)
Some college, no degree: 1,084 (17.67%)
Associate degree: 337 (5.49%)
Bachelor's degree: 458 (7.47%)
Graduate or professional degree: 182 (2.97%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 76.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 10.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 7,363 (100%)
Never married: 2,782 (37.78%)
Now married, except separated: 2,919 (39.64%)
Separated: 274 (3.72%)
Total Widowed: 754 (10.24%)
Widowed Female: 617 (8.38%)
Total Divorced: 634 (8.61%)
Divorced Female: 391 (5.31%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 224 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 89 (39.73%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 6,867 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 989 (14.4%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,910 (100%)
--With a disability: 300 (10.31%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 5,141 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,583 (30.79%)
----Percent employed: 43.3%
--No disability: 3,558 (69.21%)
----Percent employed: 74.5%
Population 65 years and over: 1,018 (100%)
--With a disability: 488 (47.94%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 9,447 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 5,796 (61.35%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 3,504 (37.09%)
--Same county: 1,838 (19.46%)
--Different county: 1,666 (17.64%)
----Same state: 1,273 (13.48%)
----Different state: 393 (4.16%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 147 (1.56%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 10,299 (100%)
Native: 9,681 (94%)
--Born in United States: 9,655 (100%)
----State of residence: 8,304 (80.63%)
----Different state: 1,351 (13.12%)
--Born outside United States: 26 (0.25%)
Foreign born: 618 (6%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 185 (1.8%)
--Naturalized citizen: 319 (3.1%)
--Not a citizen: 299 (2.9%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 618 (100%)
Europe: 156 (25.24%)
Asia: 160 (25.89%)
Africa: 167 (27.02%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 135 (21.84%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 9,447 (100%)
English only: 8,791 (93.06%)
Language other than English: 656 (6.94%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 186 (1.97%)
--Spanish: 94 (1%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 32 (0.34%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 293 (3.1%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 69 (0.73%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 117 (1.24%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 65 (0.69%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 10,299 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 10,132% (98.38%)
Arab: 6 (0.06%)
Czech: 33 (0.32%)
Danish: 7 (0.07%)
Dutch: 104 (1.01%)
English: 404 (3.92%)
French (except Basque): 60 (0.58%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 803 (7.8%)
Greek: 24 (0.23%)
Hungarian: 32 (0.31%)
Irish: 1,525 (14.81%)
Italian: 730 (7.09%)
Lithuanian: 23 (0.22%)
Norwegian: 9 (0.09%)
Polish: 154 (1.5%)
Portuguese: 35 (0.34%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 84 (0.82%)
Scottish: 48 (0.47%)
Slovak: 7 (0.07%)
Subsaharan African: 310 (3.01%)
Swedish: 48 (0.47%)
Swiss: 8 (0.08%)
Ukrainian: 11 (0.11%)
United States or American: 118 (1.15%)
Welsh: 19 (0.18%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 188 (1.83%)
Other ancestries: 5,342 (51.87%)

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