Drexel Hill, PA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4219920, place: Drexel Hill CDP, Pennsylvania)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 7,759 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 751 (9.68%)
Kindergarten: 438 (5.65%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 3,180 (40.98%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,384 (17.84%)
College or graduate school: 2,006 (25.85%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 20,144 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 440 (2.18%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,430 (7.1%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 6,202 (30.79%)
Some college, no degree: 3,643 (18.08%)
Associate degree: 1,347 (6.69%)
Bachelor's degree: 4,443 (22.06%)
Graduate or professional degree: 2,639 (13.1%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 90.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 35.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 23,360 (100%)
Never married: 7,020 (30.05%)
Now married, except separated: 12,329 (52.78%)
Separated: 365 (1.56%)
Total Widowed: 2,110 (9.03%)
Widowed Female: 1,712 (7.33%)
Total Divorced: 1,536 (6.58%)
Divorced Female: 902 (3.86%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 450 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 136 (30.22%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 22,231 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 2,718 (12.23%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 5,969 (100%)
--With a disability: 360 (6.03%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 16,803 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,160 (12.85%)
----Percent employed: 57.6%
--No disability: 14,643 (87.15%)
----Percent employed: 83%
Population 65 years and over: 4,580 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,661 (36.27%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 27,368 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 18,129 (66.24%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 8,569 (31.31%)
--Same county: 5,303 (19.38%)
--Different county: 3,266 (11.93%)
----Same state: 1,809 (6.61%)
----Different state: 1,457 (5.32%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 670 (2.45%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 29,301 (100%)
Native: 27,144 (92.64%)
--Born in United States: 27,028 (100%)
----State of residence: 23,491 (80.17%)
----Different state: 3,537 (12.07%)
--Born outside United States: 116 (0.4%)
Foreign born: 2,157 (7.36%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 936 (3.19%)
--Naturalized citizen: 1,050 (3.58%)
--Not a citizen: 1,107 (3.78%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 2,157 (100%)
Europe: 874 (40.52%)
Asia: 963 (44.65%)
Africa: 185 (8.58%)
Oceania: 8 (0.37%)
Latin America: 84 (3.89%)
Northern America: 43 (1.99%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 27,368 (100%)
English only: 24,691 (90.22%)
Language other than English: 2,677 (9.78%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 952 (3.48%)
--Spanish: 264 (0.96%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 80 (0.29%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 1,523 (5.56%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 400 (1.46%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 788 (2.88%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 431 (1.57%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 29,301 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 36,561% (124.78%)
Arab: 88 (0.3%)
Czech: 76 (0.26%)
Danish: 36 (0.12%)
Dutch: 269 (0.92%)
English: 2,906 (9.92%)
French (except Basque): 495 (1.69%)
French Canadian: 117 (0.4%)
German: 4,901 (16.73%)
Greek: 473 (1.61%)
Hungarian: 112 (0.38%)
Irish: 12,267 (41.87%)
Italian: 7,196 (24.56%)
Lithuanian: 139 (0.47%)
Norwegian: 159 (0.54%)
Polish: 1,231 (4.2%)
Portuguese: 17 (0.06%)
Russian: 168 (0.57%)
Scotch-Irish: 689 (2.35%)
Scottish: 330 (1.13%)
Slovak: 132 (0.45%)
Subsaharan African: 128 (0.44%)
Swedish: 193 (0.66%)
Swiss: 78 (0.27%)
Ukrainian: 209 (0.71%)
United States or American: 812 (2.77%)
Welsh: 209 (0.71%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 13 (0.04%)
Other ancestries: 3,118 (10.64%)

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