Emmaus, PA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4223584, place: Emmaus borough, Pennsylvania)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,402 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 191 (7.95%)
Kindergarten: 131 (5.45%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,192 (49.63%)
High school (grades 9-12): 506 (21.07%)
College or graduate school: 382 (15.9%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 8,114 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 382 (4.71%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 877 (10.81%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,959 (36.47%)
Some college, no degree: 1,245 (15.34%)
Associate degree: 652 (8.04%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,313 (16.18%)
Graduate or professional degree: 686 (8.45%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 84.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 24.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 9,182 (100%)
Never married: 1,981 (21.57%)
Now married, except separated: 5,186 (56.48%)
Separated: 162 (1.76%)
Total Widowed: 853 (9.29%)
Widowed Female: 691 (7.53%)
Total Divorced: 1,000 (10.89%)
Divorced Female: 598 (6.51%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 85 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0 (0%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 8,798 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,445 (16.42%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,142 (100%)
--With a disability: 168 (7.84%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 6,360 (100%)
--With a disability: 848 (13.33%)
----Percent employed: 66.3%
--No disability: 5,512 (86.67%)
----Percent employed: 87.4%
Population 65 years and over: 2,164 (100%)
--With a disability: 867 (40.06%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 10,675 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 6,429 (60.22%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 4,153 (38.9%)
--Same county: 2,723 (25.51%)
--Different county: 1,430 (13.4%)
----Same state: 719 (6.74%)
----Different state: 711 (6.66%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 93 (0.87%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 11,242 (100%)
Native: 10,942 (97.33%)
--Born in United States: 10,877 (100%)
----State of residence: 8,891 (79.09%)
----Different state: 1,986 (17.67%)
--Born outside United States: 65 (0.58%)
Foreign born: 300 (2.67%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 140 (1.25%)
--Naturalized citizen: 106 (0.94%)
--Not a citizen: 194 (1.73%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 300 (100%)
Europe: 82 (27.33%)
Asia: 168 (56%)
Africa: 8 (2.67%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 24 (8%)
Northern America: 18 (6%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 10,675 (100%)
English only: 10,144 (95.03%)
Language other than English: 531 (4.97%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 161 (1.51%)
--Spanish: 126 (1.18%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 22 (0.21%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 278 (2.6%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 113 (1.06%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 119 (1.11%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 26 (0.24%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 11,242 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 12,522% (111.39%)
Arab: 8 (0.07%)
Czech: 52 (0.46%)
Danish: 14 (0.12%)
Dutch: 348 (3.1%)
English: 795 (7.07%)
French (except Basque): 278 (2.47%)
French Canadian: 96 (0.85%)
German: 4,115 (36.6%)
Greek: 51 (0.45%)
Hungarian: 276 (2.46%)
Irish: 1,110 (9.87%)
Italian: 778 (6.92%)
Lithuanian: 72 (0.64%)
Norwegian: 41 (0.36%)
Polish: 466 (4.15%)
Portuguese: 14 (0.12%)
Russian: 172 (1.53%)
Scotch-Irish: 91 (0.81%)
Scottish: 158 (1.41%)
Slovak: 507 (4.51%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 14 (0.12%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 210 (1.87%)
United States or American: 653 (5.81%)
Welsh: 206 (1.83%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 1,997 (17.76%)

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