Derry, PA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4218960, place: Derry borough, Pennsylvania)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 781 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 41 (5.25%)
Kindergarten: 38 (4.87%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 391 (50.06%)
High school (grades 9-12): 158 (20.23%)
College or graduate school: 153 (19.59%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,078 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 193 (9.29%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 197 (9.48%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 909 (43.74%)
Some college, no degree: 410 (19.73%)
Associate degree: 105 (5.05%)
Bachelor's degree: 179 (8.61%)
Graduate or professional degree: 85 (4.09%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 81.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 12.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,394 (100%)
Never married: 514 (21.47%)
Now married, except separated: 1,228 (51.29%)
Separated: 46 (1.92%)
Total Widowed: 356 (14.87%)
Widowed Female: 298 (12.45%)
Total Divorced: 250 (10.44%)
Divorced Female: 109 (4.55%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 44 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 30 (68.18%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,271 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 354 (15.59%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 644 (100%)
--With a disability: 44 (6.83%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,618 (100%)
--With a disability: 330 (20.4%)
----Percent employed: 47%
--No disability: 1,288 (79.6%)
----Percent employed: 74.4%
Population 65 years and over: 566 (100%)
--With a disability: 243 (42.93%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,828 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,795 (63.47%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,027 (36.32%)
--Same county: 699 (24.72%)
--Different county: 328 (11.6%)
----Same state: 133 (4.7%)
----Different state: 195 (6.9%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 6 (0.21%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,991 (100%)
Native: 2,958 (98.9%)
--Born in United States: 2,900 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,593 (86.69%)
----Different state: 307 (10.26%)
--Born outside United States: 58 (1.94%)
Foreign born: 33 (1.1%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 20 (0.67%)
--Naturalized citizen: 13 (0.43%)
--Not a citizen: 20 (0.67%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 33 (100%)
Europe: 26 (78.79%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 7 (21.21%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,828 (100%)
English only: 2,781 (98.34%)
Language other than English: 47 (1.66%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 13 (0.46%)
--Spanish: 15 (0.53%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7 (0.25%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 20 (0.71%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6 (0.21%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,991 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 3,616% (120.9%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 4 (0.13%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 73 (2.44%)
English: 356 (11.9%)
French (except Basque): 24 (0.8%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 1,036 (34.64%)
Greek: 85 (2.84%)
Hungarian: 22 (0.74%)
Irish: 639 (21.36%)
Italian: 450 (15.05%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 224 (7.49%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 58 (1.94%)
Scotch-Irish: 138 (4.61%)
Scottish: 69 (2.31%)
Slovak: 84 (2.81%)
Subsaharan African: 19 (0.64%)
Swedish: 14 (0.47%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 72 (2.41%)
United States or American: 77 (2.57%)
Welsh: 51 (1.71%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 121 (4.05%)

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