Elizabeth, PA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4222992, place: Elizabeth borough, Pennsylvania)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 371 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 21 (5.66%)
Kindergarten: 8 (2.16%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 203 (54.72%)
High school (grades 9-12): 79 (21.29%)
College or graduate school: 60 (16.17%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,131 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 57 (5.04%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 140 (12.38%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 504 (44.56%)
Some college, no degree: 221 (19.54%)
Associate degree: 84 (7.43%)
Bachelor's degree: 96 (8.49%)
Graduate or professional degree: 29 (2.56%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 82.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 11.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,295 (100%)
Never married: 318 (24.56%)
Now married, except separated: 662 (51.12%)
Separated: 30 (2.32%)
Total Widowed: 149 (11.51%)
Widowed Female: 127 (9.81%)
Total Divorced: 136 (10.5%)
Divorced Female: 94 (7.26%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 48 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 31 (64.58%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,238 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 154 (12.44%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 335 (100%)
--With a disability: 31 (9.25%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 857 (100%)
--With a disability: 141 (16.45%)
----Percent employed: 53.2%
--No disability: 716 (83.55%)
----Percent employed: 75.6%
Population 65 years and over: 319 (100%)
--With a disability: 151 (47.34%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,527 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 999 (65.42%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 524 (34.32%)
--Same county: 396 (25.93%)
--Different county: 128 (8.38%)
----Same state: 100 (6.55%)
----Different state: 28 (1.83%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 4 (0.26%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,609 (100%)
Native: 1,600 (99.44%)
--Born in United States: 1,587 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,402 (87.13%)
----Different state: 185 (11.5%)
--Born outside United States: 13 (0.81%)
Foreign born: 9 (0.56%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 9 (0.56%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 9 (100%)
Europe: 7 (77.78%)
Asia: 2 (22.22%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,527 (100%)
English only: 1,495 (97.9%)
Language other than English: 32 (2.1%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5 (0.33%)
--Spanish: 11 (0.72%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.13%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 17 (1.11%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3 (0.2%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 2 (0.13%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,609 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,864% (115.85%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 12 (0.75%)
Danish: 3 (0.19%)
Dutch: 32 (1.99%)
English: 202 (12.55%)
French (except Basque): 48 (2.98%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 426 (26.48%)
Greek: 5 (0.31%)
Hungarian: 42 (2.61%)
Irish: 253 (15.72%)
Italian: 161 (10.01%)
Lithuanian: 9 (0.56%)
Norwegian: 12 (0.75%)
Polish: 124 (7.71%)
Portuguese: 2 (0.12%)
Russian: 21 (1.31%)
Scotch-Irish: 40 (2.49%)
Scottish: 35 (2.18%)
Slovak: 77 (4.79%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 15 (0.93%)
Swiss: 4 (0.25%)
Ukrainian: 9 (0.56%)
United States or American: 192 (11.93%)
Welsh: 24 (1.49%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 116 (7.21%)

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