Fort Washington, PA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4226872, place: Fort Washington CDP, Pennsylvania)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,199 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 101 (8.42%)
Kindergarten: 32 (2.67%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 632 (52.71%)
High school (grades 9-12): 295 (24.6%)
College or graduate school: 139 (11.59%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,278 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 89 (3.91%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 75 (3.29%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 281 (12.34%)
Some college, no degree: 308 (13.52%)
Associate degree: 124 (5.44%)
Bachelor's degree: 771 (33.85%)
Graduate or professional degree: 630 (27.66%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 92.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 61.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,699 (100%)
Never married: 595 (22.05%)
Now married, except separated: 1,927 (71.4%)
Separated: 23 (0.85%)
Total Widowed: 78 (2.89%)
Widowed Female: 60 (2.22%)
Total Divorced: 76 (2.82%)
Divorced Female: 38 (1.41%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 34 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 5 (14.71%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,444 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 267 (10.92%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,031 (100%)
--With a disability: 38 (3.69%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,045 (100%)
--With a disability: 204 (9.98%)
----Percent employed: 45.1%
--No disability: 1,841 (90.02%)
----Percent employed: 83%
Population 65 years and over: 304 (100%)
--With a disability: 81 (26.64%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 3,386 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,581 (76.23%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 805 (23.77%)
--Same county: 392 (11.58%)
--Different county: 413 (12.2%)
----Same state: 256 (7.56%)
----Different state: 157 (4.64%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 3,598 (100%)
Native: 3,328 (92.5%)
--Born in United States: 3,297 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,607 (72.46%)
----Different state: 690 (19.18%)
--Born outside United States: 31 (0.86%)
Foreign born: 270 (7.5%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 47 (1.31%)
--Naturalized citizen: 196 (5.45%)
--Not a citizen: 74 (2.06%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 270 (100%)
Europe: 124 (45.93%)
Asia: 131 (48.52%)
Africa: 10 (3.7%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 5 (1.85%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 3,386 (100%)
English only: 2,981 (88.04%)
Language other than English: 405 (11.96%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 149 (4.4%)
--Spanish: 29 (0.86%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 222 (6.56%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 56 (1.65%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 121 (3.57%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 93 (2.75%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 3,598 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 4,543% (126.26%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 6 (0.17%)
Danish: 19 (0.53%)
Dutch: 0 (0%)
English: 461 (12.81%)
French (except Basque): 178 (4.95%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 699 (19.43%)
Greek: 6 (0.17%)
Hungarian: 70 (1.95%)
Irish: 839 (23.32%)
Italian: 490 (13.62%)
Lithuanian: 18 (0.5%)
Norwegian: 12 (0.33%)
Polish: 192 (5.34%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 325 (9.03%)
Scotch-Irish: 19 (0.53%)
Scottish: 52 (1.45%)
Slovak: 6 (0.17%)
Subsaharan African: 27 (0.75%)
Swedish: 62 (1.72%)
Swiss: 13 (0.36%)
Ukrainian: 55 (1.53%)
United States or American: 152 (4.22%)
Welsh: 80 (2.22%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 762 (21.18%)

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