Dickson City, PA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4219160, place: Dickson City borough, Pennsylvania)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,356 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 75 (5.53%)
Kindergarten: 74 (5.46%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 594 (43.81%)
High school (grades 9-12): 339 (25%)
College or graduate school: 274 (20.21%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 4,549 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 263 (5.78%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 566 (12.44%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,066 (45.42%)
Some college, no degree: 691 (15.19%)
Associate degree: 287 (6.31%)
Bachelor's degree: 517 (11.37%)
Graduate or professional degree: 159 (3.5%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 81.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 14.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 5,199 (100%)
Never married: 1,311 (25.22%)
Now married, except separated: 2,835 (54.53%)
Separated: 59 (1.13%)
Total Widowed: 590 (11.35%)
Widowed Female: 496 (9.54%)
Total Divorced: 404 (7.77%)
Divorced Female: 234 (4.5%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 61 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 26 (42.62%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 4,963 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 809 (16.3%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,118 (100%)
--With a disability: 53 (4.74%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 3,444 (100%)
--With a disability: 668 (19.4%)
----Percent employed: 54.3%
--No disability: 2,776 (80.6%)
----Percent employed: 80.6%
Population 65 years and over: 1,338 (100%)
--With a disability: 574 (42.9%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 5,907 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 4,315 (73.05%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,585 (26.83%)
--Same county: 1,303 (22.06%)
--Different county: 282 (4.77%)
----Same state: 169 (2.86%)
----Different state: 113 (1.91%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 7 (0.12%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 6,205 (100%)
Native: 6,137 (98.9%)
--Born in United States: 6,104 (100%)
----State of residence: 5,725 (92.26%)
----Different state: 379 (6.11%)
--Born outside United States: 33 (0.53%)
Foreign born: 68 (1.1%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 14 (0.23%)
--Naturalized citizen: 55 (0.89%)
--Not a citizen: 13 (0.21%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 68 (100%)
Europe: 46 (67.65%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 8 (11.76%)
Northern America: 14 (20.59%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 5,907 (100%)
English only: 5,508 (93.25%)
Language other than English: 399 (6.75%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 69 (1.17%)
--Spanish: 75 (1.27%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 16 (0.27%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 324 (5.49%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 53 (0.9%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 6,205 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 7,959% (128.27%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 37 (0.6%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 45 (0.73%)
English: 339 (5.46%)
French (except Basque): 80 (1.29%)
French Canadian: 20 (0.32%)
German: 609 (9.81%)
Greek: 6 (0.1%)
Hungarian: 63 (1.02%)
Irish: 1,179 (19%)
Italian: 1,084 (17.47%)
Lithuanian: 132 (2.13%)
Norwegian: 47 (0.76%)
Polish: 2,597 (41.85%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 495 (7.98%)
Scotch-Irish: 19 (0.31%)
Scottish: 64 (1.03%)
Slovak: 305 (4.92%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 214 (3.45%)
United States or American: 205 (3.3%)
Welsh: 215 (3.46%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 204 (3.29%)

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