Hanover, PA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4232448, place: Hanover borough, Pennsylvania)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,610 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 208 (7.97%)
Kindergarten: 208 (7.97%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,263 (48.39%)
High school (grades 9-12): 535 (20.5%)
College or graduate school: 396 (15.17%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 10,466 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 842 (8.05%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,680 (16.05%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 4,287 (40.96%)
Some college, no degree: 1,539 (14.7%)
Associate degree: 535 (5.11%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,007 (9.62%)
Graduate or professional degree: 576 (5.5%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 75.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 15.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 12,091 (100%)
Never married: 2,914 (24.1%)
Now married, except separated: 6,309 (52.18%)
Separated: 278 (2.3%)
Total Widowed: 1,298 (10.74%)
Widowed Female: 1,043 (8.63%)
Total Divorced: 1,292 (10.69%)
Divorced Female: 687 (5.68%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 193 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 70 (36.27%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 11,615 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,824 (15.7%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,524 (100%)
--With a disability: 266 (10.54%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 8,031 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,538 (19.15%)
----Percent employed: 65.7%
--No disability: 6,493 (80.85%)
----Percent employed: 83.3%
Population 65 years and over: 2,916 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,056 (36.21%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 13,666 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 7,092 (51.9%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 6,407 (46.88%)
--Same county: 3,757 (27.49%)
--Different county: 2,650 (19.39%)
----Same state: 1,458 (10.67%)
----Different state: 1,192 (8.72%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 167 (1.22%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 14,535 (100%)
Native: 14,319 (98.51%)
--Born in United States: 14,251 (100%)
----State of residence: 10,794 (74.26%)
----Different state: 3,457 (23.78%)
--Born outside United States: 68 (0.47%)
Foreign born: 216 (1.49%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 98 (0.67%)
--Naturalized citizen: 73 (0.5%)
--Not a citizen: 143 (0.98%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 216 (100%)
Europe: 78 (36.11%)
Asia: 24 (11.11%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 83 (38.43%)
Northern America: 31 (14.35%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 13,666 (100%)
English only: 13,140 (96.15%)
Language other than English: 526 (3.85%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 192 (1.4%)
--Spanish: 237 (1.73%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 91 (0.67%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 245 (1.79%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 84 (0.61%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 27 (0.2%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 17 (0.12%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 14,535 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 13,556% (93.26%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 18 (0.12%)
Danish: 16 (0.11%)
Dutch: 245 (1.69%)
English: 1,191 (8.19%)
French (except Basque): 163 (1.12%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 6,130 (42.17%)
Greek: 12 (0.08%)
Hungarian: 81 (0.56%)
Irish: 1,624 (11.17%)
Italian: 490 (3.37%)
Lithuanian: 25 (0.17%)
Norwegian: 28 (0.19%)
Polish: 216 (1.49%)
Portuguese: 15 (0.1%)
Russian: 14 (0.1%)
Scotch-Irish: 163 (1.12%)
Scottish: 129 (0.89%)
Slovak: 5 (0.03%)
Subsaharan African: 3 (0.02%)
Swedish: 66 (0.45%)
Swiss: 73 (0.5%)
Ukrainian: 14 (0.1%)
United States or American: 1,506 (10.36%)
Welsh: 93 (0.64%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 1,236 (8.5%)

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