Fairview-ferndale, PA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4224948, place: Fairview-Ferndale CDP, Pennsylvania)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 473 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 21 (4.44%)
Kindergarten: 28 (5.92%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 231 (48.84%)
High school (grades 9-12): 135 (28.54%)
College or graduate school: 58 (12.26%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,818 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 152 (8.36%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 314 (17.27%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 959 (52.75%)
Some college, no degree: 142 (7.81%)
Associate degree: 49 (2.7%)
Bachelor's degree: 135 (7.43%)
Graduate or professional degree: 67 (3.69%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 74.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 11.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,060 (100%)
Never married: 476 (23.11%)
Now married, except separated: 1,084 (52.62%)
Separated: 22 (1.07%)
Total Widowed: 264 (12.82%)
Widowed Female: 227 (11.02%)
Total Divorced: 214 (10.39%)
Divorced Female: 134 (6.5%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 27 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 19 (70.37%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,976 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 418 (21.15%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 440 (100%)
--With a disability: 11 (2.5%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,278 (100%)
--With a disability: 267 (20.89%)
----Percent employed: 44.2%
--No disability: 1,011 (79.11%)
----Percent employed: 80%
Population 65 years and over: 601 (100%)
--With a disability: 231 (38.44%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,319 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,764 (76.07%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 555 (23.93%)
--Same county: 432 (18.63%)
--Different county: 123 (5.3%)
----Same state: 40 (1.72%)
----Different state: 83 (3.58%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,421 (100%)
Native: 2,415 (99.75%)
--Born in United States: 2,411 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,279 (94.13%)
----Different state: 132 (5.45%)
--Born outside United States: 4 (0.17%)
Foreign born: 6 (0.25%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 6 (0.25%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 6 (100%)
Europe: 6 (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: 2,319 (100%)
English only: 2,263 (97.59%)
Language other than English: 56 (2.41%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 24 (1.03%)
--Spanish: 5 (0.22%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5 (0.22%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 46 (1.98%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 19 (0.82%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 5 (0.22%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,421 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 3,033% (125.28%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 6 (0.25%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 383 (15.82%)
English: 115 (4.75%)
French (except Basque): 13 (0.54%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 513 (21.19%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 6 (0.25%)
Irish: 232 (9.58%)
Italian: 305 (12.6%)
Lithuanian: 28 (1.16%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 821 (33.91%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 8 (0.33%)
Scottish: 6 (0.25%)
Slovak: 116 (4.79%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 7 (0.29%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 86 (3.55%)
United States or American: 98 (4.05%)
Welsh: 46 (1.9%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 244 (10.08%)

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