Fairdale, PA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4224544, place: Fairdale CDP, Pennsylvania)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 375 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 8 (2.13%)
Kindergarten: 34 (9.07%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 222 (59.2%)
High school (grades 9-12): 71 (18.93%)
College or graduate school: 40 (10.67%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,524 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 190 (12.47%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 216 (14.17%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 666 (43.7%)
Some college, no degree: 236 (15.49%)
Associate degree: 47 (3.08%)
Bachelor's degree: 126 (8.27%)
Graduate or professional degree: 43 (2.82%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 73.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 11.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,654 (100%)
Never married: 292 (17.65%)
Now married, except separated: 933 (56.41%)
Separated: 23 (1.39%)
Total Widowed: 214 (12.94%)
Widowed Female: 183 (11.06%)
Total Divorced: 192 (11.61%)
Divorced Female: 128 (7.74%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 83 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 49 (59.04%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,624 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 265 (16.32%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 355 (100%)
--With a disability: 14 (3.94%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,092 (100%)
--With a disability: 276 (25.27%)
----Percent employed: 23.6%
--No disability: 816 (74.73%)
----Percent employed: 76.6%
Population 65 years and over: 452 (100%)
--With a disability: 256 (56.64%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,903 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,237 (65%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 666 (35%)
--Same county: 467 (24.54%)
--Different county: 199 (10.46%)
----Same state: 164 (8.62%)
----Different state: 35 (1.84%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,011 (100%)
Native: 2,003 (99.6%)
--Born in United States: 1,985 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,536 (76.38%)
----Different state: 449 (22.33%)
--Born outside United States: 18 (0.9%)
Foreign born: 8 (0.4%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 8 (0.4%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 8 (100%)
Europe: 8 (100%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,903 (100%)
English only: 1,860 (97.74%)
Language other than English: 43 (2.26%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Spanish: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 43 (2.26%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,011 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,715% (85.28%)
Arab: 16 (0.8%)
Czech: 12 (0.6%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 91 (4.53%)
English: 142 (7.06%)
French (except Basque): 11 (0.55%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 197 (9.8%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 45 (2.24%)
Irish: 287 (14.27%)
Italian: 185 (9.2%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 28 (1.39%)
Polish: 143 (7.11%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 20 (0.99%)
Scotch-Irish: 77 (3.83%)
Scottish: 31 (1.54%)
Slovak: 129 (6.41%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 21 (1.04%)
Ukrainian: 46 (2.29%)
United States or American: 155 (7.71%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 79 (3.93%)

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