Howard, PA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4235960, place: Howard borough, Pennsylvania)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 150 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 12 (8%)
Kindergarten: 6 (4%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 79 (52.67%)
High school (grades 9-12): 28 (18.67%)
College or graduate school: 25 (16.67%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 490 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 7 (1.43%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 22 (4.49%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 252 (51.43%)
Some college, no degree: 96 (19.59%)
Associate degree: 44 (8.98%)
Bachelor's degree: 43 (8.78%)
Graduate or professional degree: 26 (5.31%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 94.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 14.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 555 (100%)
Never married: 96 (17.3%)
Now married, except separated: 377 (67.93%)
Separated: 6 (1.08%)
Total Widowed: 31 (5.59%)
Widowed Female: 26 (4.68%)
Total Divorced: 45 (8.11%)
Divorced Female: 27 (4.86%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 7 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 3 (42.86%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 531 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 110 (20.72%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 139 (100%)
--With a disability: 2 (1.44%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 420 (100%)
--With a disability: 66 (15.71%)
----Percent employed: 65.2%
--No disability: 354 (84.29%)
----Percent employed: 81.6%
Population 65 years and over: 94 (100%)
--With a disability: 37 (39.36%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 653 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 479 (73.35%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 174 (26.65%)
--Same county: 133 (20.37%)
--Different county: 41 (6.28%)
----Same state: 8 (1.23%)
----Different state: 33 (5.05%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 689 (100%)
Native: 679 (98.55%)
--Born in United States: 671 (100%)
----State of residence: 619 (89.84%)
----Different state: 52 (7.55%)
--Born outside United States: 8 (1.16%)
Foreign born: 10 (1.45%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 10 (1.45%)
--Naturalized citizen: 0 (0%)
--Not a citizen: 10 (1.45%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 10 (100%)
Europe: 8 (80%)
Asia: 2 (20%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 653 (100%)
English only: 632 (96.78%)
Language other than English: 21 (3.22%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 12 (1.84%)
--Spanish: 5 (0.77%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 14 (2.14%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 10 (1.53%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 2 (0.31%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.31%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 689 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 674% (97.82%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 34 (4.93%)
English: 61 (8.85%)
French (except Basque): 19 (2.76%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 260 (37.74%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 4 (0.58%)
Irish: 98 (14.22%)
Italian: 24 (3.48%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 4 (0.58%)
Polish: 19 (2.76%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 4 (0.58%)
Scottish: 2 (0.29%)
Slovak: 10 (1.45%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 16 (2.32%)
Swiss: 5 (0.73%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 72 (10.45%)
Welsh: 6 (0.87%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 36 (5.22%)

Return to Howard,PA.