Kingston, PA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4239784, place: Kingston borough, Pennsylvania)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 3,138 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 204 (6.5%)
Kindergarten: 164 (5.23%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,213 (38.66%)
High school (grades 9-12): 873 (27.82%)
College or graduate school: 684 (21.8%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 10,099 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 530 (5.25%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,000 (9.9%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 3,323 (32.9%)
Some college, no degree: 1,950 (19.31%)
Associate degree: 740 (7.33%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,567 (15.52%)
Graduate or professional degree: 989 (9.79%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 84.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 25.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 11,712 (100%)
Never married: 3,196 (27.29%)
Now married, except separated: 5,318 (45.41%)
Separated: 332 (2.83%)
Total Widowed: 1,757 (15%)
Widowed Female: 1,461 (12.47%)
Total Divorced: 1,109 (9.47%)
Divorced Female: 652 (5.57%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 172 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 82 (47.67%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 11,112 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,485 (13.36%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,582 (100%)
--With a disability: 219 (8.48%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 7,210 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,463 (20.29%)
----Percent employed: 55%
--No disability: 5,747 (79.71%)
----Percent employed: 82.9%
Population 65 years and over: 3,031 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,432 (47.25%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 13,232 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 8,270 (62.5%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 4,808 (36.34%)
--Same county: 3,652 (27.6%)
--Different county: 1,156 (8.74%)
----Same state: 626 (4.73%)
----Different state: 530 (4.01%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 154 (1.16%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 13,855 (100%)
Native: 13,449 (97.07%)
--Born in United States: 13,392 (100%)
----State of residence: 11,313 (81.65%)
----Different state: 2,079 (15.01%)
--Born outside United States: 57 (0.41%)
Foreign born: 406 (2.93%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 179 (1.29%)
--Naturalized citizen: 186 (1.34%)
--Not a citizen: 220 (1.59%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 406 (100%)
Europe: 246 (60.59%)
Asia: 124 (30.54%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 5 (1.23%)
Northern America: 31 (7.64%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 13,232 (100%)
English only: 12,596 (95.19%)
Language other than English: 636 (4.81%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 155 (1.17%)
--Spanish: 96 (0.73%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 21 (0.16%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 470 (3.55%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 126 (0.95%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 14 (0.11%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 13,855 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 16,308% (117.7%)
Arab: 78 (0.56%)
Czech: 51 (0.37%)
Danish: 5 (0.04%)
Dutch: 220 (1.59%)
English: 1,276 (9.21%)
French (except Basque): 223 (1.61%)
French Canadian: 17 (0.12%)
German: 2,058 (14.85%)
Greek: 95 (0.69%)
Hungarian: 135 (0.97%)
Irish: 2,791 (20.14%)
Italian: 1,445 (10.43%)
Lithuanian: 550 (3.97%)
Norwegian: 27 (0.19%)
Polish: 2,583 (18.64%)
Portuguese: 7 (0.05%)
Russian: 557 (4.02%)
Scotch-Irish: 94 (0.68%)
Scottish: 193 (1.39%)
Slovak: 676 (4.88%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 109 (0.79%)
Swiss: 7 (0.05%)
Ukrainian: 148 (1.07%)
United States or American: 511 (3.69%)
Welsh: 914 (6.6%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 1,538 (11.1%)

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