Forty Fort, PA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4226880, place: Forty Fort borough, Pennsylvania)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,080 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 42 (3.89%)
Kindergarten: 18 (1.67%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 510 (47.22%)
High school (grades 9-12): 262 (24.26%)
College or graduate school: 248 (22.96%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 3,317 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 46 (1.39%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 203 (6.12%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,076 (32.44%)
Some college, no degree: 691 (20.83%)
Associate degree: 324 (9.77%)
Bachelor's degree: 558 (16.82%)
Graduate or professional degree: 419 (12.63%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 92.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 29.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 3,817 (100%)
Never married: 954 (24.99%)
Now married, except separated: 2,261 (59.24%)
Separated: 83 (2.17%)
Total Widowed: 260 (6.81%)
Widowed Female: 235 (6.16%)
Total Divorced: 259 (6.79%)
Divorced Female: 162 (4.24%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 31 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 11 (35.48%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 3,639 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 584 (16.05%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 921 (100%)
--With a disability: 93 (10.1%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,581 (100%)
--With a disability: 381 (14.76%)
----Percent employed: 72.7%
--No disability: 2,200 (85.24%)
----Percent employed: 83.6%
Population 65 years and over: 898 (100%)
--With a disability: 321 (35.75%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 4,407 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 3,226 (73.2%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,166 (26.46%)
--Same county: 910 (20.65%)
--Different county: 256 (5.81%)
----Same state: 176 (3.99%)
----Different state: 80 (1.82%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 15 (0.34%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 4,579 (100%)
Native: 4,511 (98.51%)
--Born in United States: 4,503 (100%)
----State of residence: 3,957 (86.42%)
----Different state: 546 (11.92%)
--Born outside United States: 8 (0.17%)
Foreign born: 68 (1.49%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 40 (0.87%)
--Naturalized citizen: 28 (0.61%)
--Not a citizen: 40 (0.87%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 68 (100%)
Europe: 37 (54.41%)
Asia: 22 (32.35%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 9 (13.24%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 4,407 (100%)
English only: 4,256 (96.57%)
Language other than English: 151 (3.43%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 64 (1.45%)
--Spanish: 32 (0.73%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 19 (0.43%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 92 (2.09%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 18 (0.41%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 27 (0.61%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 27 (0.61%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 4,579 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 5,989% (130.79%)
Arab: 106 (2.31%)
Czech: 35 (0.76%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 29 (0.63%)
English: 414 (9.04%)
French (except Basque): 69 (1.51%)
French Canadian: 24 (0.52%)
German: 802 (17.51%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 1,024 (22.36%)
Italian: 787 (17.19%)
Lithuanian: 286 (6.25%)
Norwegian: 8 (0.17%)
Polish: 1,029 (22.47%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 94 (2.05%)
Scotch-Irish: 41 (0.9%)
Scottish: 23 (0.5%)
Slovak: 315 (6.88%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 43 (0.94%)
United States or American: 183 (4%)
Welsh: 312 (6.81%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 365 (7.97%)

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