Ephrata, PA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4223832, place: Ephrata borough, Pennsylvania)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,869 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 148 (5.16%)
Kindergarten: 188 (6.55%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,425 (49.67%)
High school (grades 9-12): 697 (24.29%)
College or graduate school: 411 (14.33%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 8,895 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 931 (10.47%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,193 (13.41%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 3,924 (44.11%)
Some college, no degree: 1,200 (13.49%)
Associate degree: 427 (4.8%)
Bachelor's degree: 810 (9.11%)
Graduate or professional degree: 410 (4.61%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 76.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 13.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 10,539 (100%)
Never married: 2,414 (22.91%)
Now married, except separated: 6,127 (58.14%)
Separated: 204 (1.94%)
Total Widowed: 683 (6.48%)
Widowed Female: 572 (5.43%)
Total Divorced: 1,111 (10.54%)
Divorced Female: 655 (6.22%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 161 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 83 (51.55%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 9,993 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,377 (13.78%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,630 (100%)
--With a disability: 129 (4.9%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 7,813 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,151 (14.73%)
----Percent employed: 62.8%
--No disability: 6,662 (85.27%)
----Percent employed: 86%
Population 65 years and over: 1,808 (100%)
--With a disability: 670 (37.06%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 12,329 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 6,355 (51.55%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 5,632 (45.68%)
--Same county: 4,303 (34.9%)
--Different county: 1,329 (10.78%)
----Same state: 640 (5.19%)
----Different state: 689 (5.59%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 342 (2.77%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 13,194 (100%)
Native: 12,580 (95.35%)
--Born in United States: 12,369 (100%)
----State of residence: 10,401 (78.83%)
----Different state: 1,968 (14.92%)
--Born outside United States: 211 (1.6%)
Foreign born: 614 (4.65%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 316 (2.4%)
--Naturalized citizen: 190 (1.44%)
--Not a citizen: 424 (3.21%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 614 (100%)
Europe: 298 (48.53%)
Asia: 119 (19.38%)
Africa: 10 (1.63%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 153 (24.92%)
Northern America: 34 (5.54%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 12,329 (100%)
English only: 11,215 (90.96%)
Language other than English: 1,114 (9.04%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 687 (5.57%)
--Spanish: 419 (3.4%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 277 (2.25%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 475 (3.85%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 290 (2.35%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 194 (1.57%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 110 (0.89%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 13,194 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 13,370% (101.33%)
Arab: 7 (0.05%)
Czech: 9 (0.07%)
Danish: 17 (0.13%)
Dutch: 285 (2.16%)
English: 610 (4.62%)
French (except Basque): 179 (1.36%)
French Canadian: 48 (0.36%)
German: 5,721 (43.36%)
Greek: 20 (0.15%)
Hungarian: 38 (0.29%)
Irish: 1,470 (11.14%)
Italian: 539 (4.09%)
Lithuanian: 61 (0.46%)
Norwegian: 24 (0.18%)
Polish: 426 (3.23%)
Portuguese: 5 (0.04%)
Russian: 286 (2.17%)
Scotch-Irish: 212 (1.61%)
Scottish: 119 (0.9%)
Slovak: 26 (0.2%)
Subsaharan African: 10 (0.08%)
Swedish: 80 (0.61%)
Swiss: 260 (1.97%)
Ukrainian: 85 (0.64%)
United States or American: 1,306 (9.9%)
Welsh: 141 (1.07%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 1,386 (10.5%)

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