Downingtown, PA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4219752, place: Downingtown borough, Pennsylvania)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,014 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 112 (5.56%)
Kindergarten: 114 (5.66%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,017 (50.5%)
High school (grades 9-12): 411 (20.41%)
College or graduate school: 360 (17.87%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 5,010 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 224 (4.47%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 513 (10.24%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,072 (41.36%)
Some college, no degree: 913 (18.22%)
Associate degree: 193 (3.85%)
Bachelor's degree: 778 (15.53%)
Graduate or professional degree: 317 (6.33%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 85.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 21.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 5,983 (100%)
Never married: 1,839 (30.74%)
Now married, except separated: 2,905 (48.55%)
Separated: 142 (2.37%)
Total Widowed: 467 (7.81%)
Widowed Female: 382 (6.38%)
Total Divorced: 630 (10.53%)
Divorced Female: 343 (5.73%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 86 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 40 (46.51%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 5,675 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 721 (12.7%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,775 (100%)
--With a disability: 87 (4.9%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 4,318 (100%)
--With a disability: 588 (13.62%)
----Percent employed: 62.6%
--No disability: 3,730 (86.38%)
----Percent employed: 85%
Population 65 years and over: 919 (100%)
--With a disability: 354 (38.52%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 7,175 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 4,185 (58.33%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,864 (39.92%)
--Same county: 2,065 (28.78%)
--Different county: 799 (11.14%)
----Same state: 453 (6.31%)
----Different state: 346 (4.82%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 126 (1.76%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 7,589 (100%)
Native: 7,314 (96.38%)
--Born in United States: 7,192 (100%)
----State of residence: 5,857 (77.18%)
----Different state: 1,335 (17.59%)
--Born outside United States: 122 (1.61%)
Foreign born: 275 (3.62%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 128 (1.69%)
--Naturalized citizen: 106 (1.4%)
--Not a citizen: 169 (2.23%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 275 (100%)
Europe: 105 (38.18%)
Asia: 75 (27.27%)
Africa: 68 (24.73%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 27 (9.82%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 7,175 (100%)
English only: 6,657 (92.78%)
Language other than English: 518 (7.22%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 155 (2.16%)
--Spanish: 203 (2.83%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 62 (0.86%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 256 (3.57%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 73 (1.02%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 11 (0.15%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5 (0.07%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 7,589 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 9,345% (123.14%)
Arab: 36 (0.47%)
Czech: 22 (0.29%)
Danish: 5 (0.07%)
Dutch: 310 (4.08%)
English: 759 (10%)
French (except Basque): 235 (3.1%)
French Canadian: 10 (0.13%)
German: 1,834 (24.17%)
Greek: 42 (0.55%)
Hungarian: 20 (0.26%)
Irish: 1,578 (20.79%)
Italian: 1,443 (19.01%)
Lithuanian: 37 (0.49%)
Norwegian: 15 (0.2%)
Polish: 284 (3.74%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 57 (0.75%)
Scotch-Irish: 164 (2.16%)
Scottish: 177 (2.33%)
Slovak: 33 (0.43%)
Subsaharan African: 119 (1.57%)
Swedish: 11 (0.14%)
Swiss: 6 (0.08%)
Ukrainian: 137 (1.81%)
United States or American: 468 (6.17%)
Welsh: 124 (1.63%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 1,419 (18.7%)

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