Jefferson Hills, PA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4237955, place: Jefferson Hills borough, Pennsylvania)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,461 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 134 (5.44%)
Kindergarten: 83 (3.37%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,169 (47.5%)
High school (grades 9-12): 638 (25.92%)
College or graduate school: 437 (17.76%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 6,747 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 238 (3.53%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 460 (6.82%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,560 (37.94%)
Some college, no degree: 1,156 (17.13%)
Associate degree: 430 (6.37%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,293 (19.16%)
Graduate or professional degree: 610 (9.04%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 89.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 28.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 7,775 (100%)
Never married: 1,757 (22.6%)
Now married, except separated: 4,818 (61.97%)
Separated: 73 (0.94%)
Total Widowed: 592 (7.61%)
Widowed Female: 505 (6.5%)
Total Divorced: 535 (6.88%)
Divorced Female: 294 (3.78%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 72 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 21 (29.17%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 7,322 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,082 (14.78%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,129 (100%)
--With a disability: 67 (3.15%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 5,422 (100%)
--With a disability: 741 (13.67%)
----Percent employed: 66.3%
--No disability: 4,681 (86.33%)
----Percent employed: 81.9%
Population 65 years and over: 1,453 (100%)
--With a disability: 495 (34.07%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 9,184 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 6,555 (71.37%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,563 (27.91%)
--Same county: 1,794 (19.53%)
--Different county: 769 (8.37%)
----Same state: 355 (3.87%)
----Different state: 414 (4.51%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 66 (0.72%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 9,666 (100%)
Native: 9,430 (97.56%)
--Born in United States: 9,380 (100%)
----State of residence: 8,398 (86.88%)
----Different state: 982 (10.16%)
--Born outside United States: 50 (0.52%)
Foreign born: 236 (2.44%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 74 (0.77%)
--Naturalized citizen: 126 (1.3%)
--Not a citizen: 110 (1.14%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 236 (100%)
Europe: 107 (45.34%)
Asia: 91 (38.56%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 38 (16.1%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 9,184 (100%)
English only: 8,751 (95.29%)
Language other than English: 433 (4.71%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 133 (1.45%)
--Spanish: 79 (0.86%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 28 (0.3%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 273 (2.97%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 77 (0.84%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 70 (0.76%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 28 (0.3%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 9,666 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 12,554% (129.88%)
Arab: 41 (0.42%)
Czech: 153 (1.58%)
Danish: 9 (0.09%)
Dutch: 125 (1.29%)
English: 1,038 (10.74%)
French (except Basque): 175 (1.81%)
French Canadian: 15 (0.16%)
German: 2,952 (30.54%)
Greek: 74 (0.77%)
Hungarian: 247 (2.56%)
Irish: 1,591 (16.46%)
Italian: 1,841 (19.05%)
Lithuanian: 11 (0.11%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 1,100 (11.38%)
Portuguese: 7 (0.07%)
Russian: 96 (0.99%)
Scotch-Irish: 258 (2.67%)
Scottish: 248 (2.57%)
Slovak: 859 (8.89%)
Subsaharan African: 6 (0.06%)
Swedish: 76 (0.79%)
Swiss: 26 (0.27%)
Ukrainian: 102 (1.06%)
United States or American: 364 (3.77%)
Welsh: 153 (1.58%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 987 (10.21%)

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