Harleysville, PA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4232616, place: Harleysville CDP, Pennsylvania)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,540 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 206 (8.11%)
Kindergarten: 183 (7.2%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,163 (45.79%)
High school (grades 9-12): 485 (19.09%)
College or graduate school: 503 (19.8%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 5,707 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 174 (3.05%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 341 (5.98%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,682 (29.47%)
Some college, no degree: 996 (17.45%)
Associate degree: 475 (8.32%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,500 (26.28%)
Graduate or professional degree: 539 (9.44%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 91%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 35.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 6,675 (100%)
Never married: 1,411 (21.14%)
Now married, except separated: 4,561 (68.33%)
Separated: 47 (0.7%)
Total Widowed: 269 (4.03%)
Widowed Female: 203 (3.04%)
Total Divorced: 387 (5.8%)
Divorced Female: 261 (3.91%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 88 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 6 (6.82%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 6,244 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 477 (7.64%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,079 (100%)
--With a disability: 236 (11.35%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 5,141 (100%)
--With a disability: 484 (9.41%)
----Percent employed: 67.8%
--No disability: 4,657 (90.59%)
----Percent employed: 85.1%
Population 65 years and over: 800 (100%)
--With a disability: 270 (33.75%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 8,142 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 4,766 (58.54%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 3,173 (38.97%)
--Same county: 2,162 (26.55%)
--Different county: 1,011 (12.42%)
----Same state: 568 (6.98%)
----Different state: 443 (5.44%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 203 (2.49%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 8,869 (100%)
Native: 8,439 (95.15%)
--Born in United States: 8,331 (100%)
----State of residence: 6,820 (76.9%)
----Different state: 1,511 (17.04%)
--Born outside United States: 108 (1.22%)
Foreign born: 430 (4.85%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 149 (1.68%)
--Naturalized citizen: 237 (2.67%)
--Not a citizen: 193 (2.18%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 430 (100%)
Europe: 184 (42.79%)
Asia: 161 (37.44%)
Africa: 8 (1.86%)
Oceania: 8 (1.86%)
Latin America: 61 (14.19%)
Northern America: 8 (1.86%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 8,142 (100%)
English only: 7,638 (93.81%)
Language other than English: 504 (6.19%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 202 (2.48%)
--Spanish: 141 (1.73%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 84 (1.03%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 240 (2.95%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 63 (0.77%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 106 (1.3%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 55 (0.68%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 8,869 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 11,139% (125.59%)
Arab: 25 (0.28%)
Czech: 20 (0.23%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 84 (0.95%)
English: 873 (9.84%)
French (except Basque): 262 (2.95%)
French Canadian: 15 (0.17%)
German: 3,225 (36.36%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 60 (0.68%)
Irish: 1,963 (22.13%)
Italian: 1,280 (14.43%)
Lithuanian: 130 (1.47%)
Norwegian: 73 (0.82%)
Polish: 618 (6.97%)
Portuguese: 41 (0.46%)
Russian: 84 (0.95%)
Scotch-Irish: 152 (1.71%)
Scottish: 159 (1.79%)
Slovak: 79 (0.89%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 97 (1.09%)
Swiss: 148 (1.67%)
Ukrainian: 128 (1.44%)
United States or American: 286 (3.22%)
Welsh: 130 (1.47%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 39 (0.44%)
Other ancestries: 1,168 (13.17%)

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