Elkland, PA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4223152, place: Elkland borough, Pennsylvania)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 359 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 13 (3.62%)
Kindergarten: 20 (5.57%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 211 (58.77%)
High school (grades 9-12): 68 (18.94%)
College or graduate school: 47 (13.09%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,242 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 117 (9.42%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 150 (12.08%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 562 (45.25%)
Some college, no degree: 230 (18.52%)
Associate degree: 73 (5.88%)
Bachelor's degree: 59 (4.75%)
Graduate or professional degree: 51 (4.11%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 78.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 8.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,426 (100%)
Never married: 320 (22.44%)
Now married, except separated: 760 (53.3%)
Separated: 57 (4%)
Total Widowed: 145 (10.17%)
Widowed Female: 133 (9.33%)
Total Divorced: 144 (10.1%)
Divorced Female: 74 (5.19%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 54 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 16 (29.63%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,361 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 282 (20.72%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 346 (100%)
--With a disability: 20 (5.78%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 966 (100%)
--With a disability: 229 (23.71%)
----Percent employed: 42.4%
--No disability: 737 (76.29%)
----Percent employed: 69.1%
Population 65 years and over: 355 (100%)
--With a disability: 149 (41.97%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,677 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 966 (57.6%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 708 (42.22%)
--Same county: 406 (24.21%)
--Different county: 302 (18.01%)
----Same state: 82 (4.89%)
----Different state: 220 (13.12%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 3 (0.18%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,785 (100%)
Native: 1,754 (98.26%)
--Born in United States: 1,744 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,176 (65.88%)
----Different state: 568 (31.82%)
--Born outside United States: 10 (0.56%)
Foreign born: 31 (1.74%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 12 (0.67%)
--Naturalized citizen: 22 (1.23%)
--Not a citizen: 9 (0.5%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 31 (100%)
Europe: 7 (22.58%)
Asia: 18 (58.06%)
Africa: 6 (19.35%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,677 (100%)
English only: 1,587 (94.63%)
Language other than English: 90 (5.37%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 17 (1.01%)
--Spanish: 14 (0.83%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (0.24%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 76 (4.53%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 13 (0.78%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,785 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,848% (103.53%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 71 (3.98%)
English: 243 (13.61%)
French (except Basque): 43 (2.41%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 403 (22.58%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 194 (10.87%)
Italian: 168 (9.41%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 3 (0.17%)
Polish: 140 (7.84%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 6 (0.34%)
Scotch-Irish: 30 (1.68%)
Scottish: 12 (0.67%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 17 (0.95%)
Swedish: 28 (1.57%)
Swiss: 13 (0.73%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 247 (13.84%)
Welsh: 33 (1.85%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 197 (11.04%)

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