Donora, PA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4219536, place: Donora borough, Pennsylvania)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,192 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 47 (3.94%)
Kindergarten: 142 (11.91%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 542 (45.47%)
High school (grades 9-12): 254 (21.31%)
College or graduate school: 207 (17.37%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 4,111 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 231 (5.62%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 593 (14.42%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,943 (47.26%)
Some college, no degree: 566 (13.77%)
Associate degree: 300 (7.3%)
Bachelor's degree: 288 (7.01%)
Graduate or professional degree: 190 (4.62%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 80%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 11.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 4,594 (100%)
Never married: 1,263 (27.49%)
Now married, except separated: 2,184 (47.54%)
Separated: 78 (1.7%)
Total Widowed: 689 (15%)
Widowed Female: 593 (12.91%)
Total Divorced: 380 (8.27%)
Divorced Female: 225 (4.9%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 163 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 85 (52.15%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 4,442 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 714 (16.07%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,076 (100%)
--With a disability: 130 (12.08%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,859 (100%)
--With a disability: 626 (21.9%)
----Percent employed: 47.4%
--No disability: 2,233 (78.1%)
----Percent employed: 74.2%
Population 65 years and over: 1,351 (100%)
--With a disability: 603 (44.63%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 5,371 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 3,707 (69.02%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,611 (29.99%)
--Same county: 1,048 (19.51%)
--Different county: 563 (10.48%)
----Same state: 445 (8.29%)
----Different state: 118 (2.2%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 53 (0.99%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 5,657 (100%)
Native: 5,536 (97.86%)
--Born in United States: 5,491 (100%)
----State of residence: 4,987 (88.16%)
----Different state: 504 (8.91%)
--Born outside United States: 45 (0.8%)
Foreign born: 121 (2.14%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 33 (0.58%)
--Naturalized citizen: 88 (1.56%)
--Not a citizen: 33 (0.58%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 121 (100%)
Europe: 80 (66.12%)
Asia: 11 (9.09%)
Africa: 10 (8.26%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 15 (12.4%)
Northern America: 5 (4.13%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 5,371 (100%)
English only: 5,026 (93.58%)
Language other than English: 345 (6.42%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 75 (1.4%)
--Spanish: 81 (1.51%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 26 (0.48%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 236 (4.39%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 39 (0.73%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 7 (0.13%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 5,657 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 5,897% (104.24%)
Arab: 24 (0.42%)
Czech: 48 (0.85%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 68 (1.2%)
English: 460 (8.13%)
French (except Basque): 57 (1.01%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 523 (9.25%)
Greek: 54 (0.95%)
Hungarian: 92 (1.63%)
Irish: 490 (8.66%)
Italian: 945 (16.7%)
Lithuanian: 62 (1.1%)
Norwegian: 14 (0.25%)
Polish: 455 (8.04%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 255 (4.51%)
Scotch-Irish: 84 (1.48%)
Scottish: 110 (1.94%)
Slovak: 603 (10.66%)
Subsaharan African: 41 (0.72%)
Swedish: 37 (0.65%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 50 (0.88%)
United States or American: 225 (3.98%)
Welsh: 29 (0.51%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 18 (0.32%)
Other ancestries: 1,153 (20.38%)

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