Eddystone, PA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4222296, place: Eddystone borough, Pennsylvania)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 651 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 31 (4.76%)
Kindergarten: 38 (5.84%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 329 (50.54%)
High school (grades 9-12): 167 (25.65%)
College or graduate school: 86 (13.21%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,564 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 89 (5.69%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 295 (18.86%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 694 (44.37%)
Some college, no degree: 244 (15.6%)
Associate degree: 96 (6.14%)
Bachelor's degree: 97 (6.2%)
Graduate or professional degree: 49 (3.13%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 75.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 9.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,855 (100%)
Never married: 532 (28.68%)
Now married, except separated: 911 (49.11%)
Separated: 82 (4.42%)
Total Widowed: 128 (6.9%)
Widowed Female: 115 (6.2%)
Total Divorced: 202 (10.89%)
Divorced Female: 103 (5.55%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 59 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 47 (79.66%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,747 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 255 (14.6%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 641 (100%)
--With a disability: 89 (13.88%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,293 (100%)
--With a disability: 338 (26.14%)
----Percent employed: 59.8%
--No disability: 955 (73.86%)
----Percent employed: 77.1%
Population 65 years and over: 354 (100%)
--With a disability: 165 (46.61%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,288 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,657 (72.42%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 602 (26.31%)
--Same county: 541 (23.65%)
--Different county: 61 (2.67%)
----Same state: 25 (1.09%)
----Different state: 36 (1.57%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 29 (1.27%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,442 (100%)
Native: 2,398 (98.2%)
--Born in United States: 2,377 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,197 (89.97%)
----Different state: 180 (7.37%)
--Born outside United States: 21 (0.86%)
Foreign born: 44 (1.8%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 13 (0.53%)
--Naturalized citizen: 24 (0.98%)
--Not a citizen: 20 (0.82%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 44 (100%)
Europe: 31 (70.45%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 13 (29.55%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,288 (100%)
English only: 2,194 (95.89%)
Language other than English: 94 (4.11%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 37 (1.62%)
--Spanish: 9 (0.39%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 72 (3.15%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 30 (1.31%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,442 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,972% (121.7%)
Arab: 14 (0.57%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 55 (2.25%)
English: 180 (7.37%)
French (except Basque): 51 (2.09%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 361 (14.78%)
Greek: 24 (0.98%)
Hungarian: 5 (0.2%)
Irish: 949 (38.86%)
Italian: 433 (17.73%)
Lithuanian: 37 (1.52%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 225 (9.21%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 8 (0.33%)
Scotch-Irish: 59 (2.42%)
Scottish: 65 (2.66%)
Slovak: 10 (0.41%)
Subsaharan African: 21 (0.86%)
Swedish: 29 (1.19%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 52 (2.13%)
United States or American: 146 (5.98%)
Welsh: 23 (0.94%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 225 (9.21%)

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