Horsham, PA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4235800, place: Horsham CDP, Pennsylvania)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 3,890 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 281 (7.22%)
Kindergarten: 200 (5.14%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,831 (47.07%)
High school (grades 9-12): 764 (19.64%)
College or graduate school: 814 (20.93%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 10,049 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 240 (2.39%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 643 (6.4%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 3,349 (33.33%)
Some college, no degree: 1,952 (19.42%)
Associate degree: 659 (6.56%)
Bachelor's degree: 2,130 (21.2%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,076 (10.71%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 91.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 31.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 11,629 (100%)
Never married: 3,281 (28.21%)
Now married, except separated: 6,651 (57.19%)
Separated: 260 (2.24%)
Total Widowed: 482 (4.14%)
Widowed Female: 384 (3.3%)
Total Divorced: 955 (8.21%)
Divorced Female: 632 (5.43%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 232 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 40 (17.24%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 10,930 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,382 (12.64%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 3,172 (100%)
--With a disability: 147 (4.63%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 8,936 (100%)
--With a disability: 857 (9.59%)
----Percent employed: 61.8%
--No disability: 8,079 (90.41%)
----Percent employed: 85.6%
Population 65 years and over: 1,607 (100%)
--With a disability: 555 (34.54%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 13,821 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 8,359 (60.48%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 5,290 (38.28%)
--Same county: 2,659 (19.24%)
--Different county: 2,631 (19.04%)
----Same state: 1,922 (13.91%)
----Different state: 709 (5.13%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 172 (1.24%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 14,741 (100%)
Native: 13,803 (93.64%)
--Born in United States: 13,728 (100%)
----State of residence: 11,813 (80.14%)
----Different state: 1,915 (12.99%)
--Born outside United States: 75 (0.51%)
Foreign born: 938 (6.36%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 323 (2.19%)
--Naturalized citizen: 489 (3.32%)
--Not a citizen: 449 (3.05%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 938 (100%)
Europe: 303 (32.3%)
Asia: 484 (51.6%)
Africa: 10 (1.07%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 120 (12.79%)
Northern America: 21 (2.24%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 13,821 (100%)
English only: 12,612 (91.25%)
Language other than English: 1,209 (8.75%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 446 (3.23%)
--Spanish: 153 (1.11%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 20 (0.14%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 571 (4.13%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 123 (0.89%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 476 (3.44%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 303 (2.19%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 14,741 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 19,103% (129.59%)
Arab: 33 (0.22%)
Czech: 52 (0.35%)
Danish: 64 (0.43%)
Dutch: 264 (1.79%)
English: 1,544 (10.47%)
French (except Basque): 227 (1.54%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 4,210 (28.56%)
Greek: 81 (0.55%)
Hungarian: 177 (1.2%)
Irish: 4,582 (31.08%)
Italian: 2,466 (16.73%)
Lithuanian: 65 (0.44%)
Norwegian: 79 (0.54%)
Polish: 960 (6.51%)
Portuguese: 39 (0.26%)
Russian: 241 (1.63%)
Scotch-Irish: 337 (2.29%)
Scottish: 332 (2.25%)
Slovak: 85 (0.58%)
Subsaharan African: 30 (0.2%)
Swedish: 121 (0.82%)
Swiss: 34 (0.23%)
Ukrainian: 145 (0.98%)
United States or American: 514 (3.49%)
Welsh: 137 (0.93%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 42 (0.28%)
Other ancestries: 2,242 (15.21%)

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