Leechburg, PA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4242280, place: Leechburg borough, Pennsylvania)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 459 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 40 (8.71%)
Kindergarten: 32 (6.97%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 213 (46.41%)
High school (grades 9-12): 136 (29.63%)
College or graduate school: 38 (8.28%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,697 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 115 (6.78%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 180 (10.61%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 762 (44.9%)
Some college, no degree: 243 (14.32%)
Associate degree: 170 (10.02%)
Bachelor's degree: 142 (8.37%)
Graduate or professional degree: 85 (5.01%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 82.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 13.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,964 (100%)
Never married: 480 (24.44%)
Now married, except separated: 886 (45.11%)
Separated: 28 (1.43%)
Total Widowed: 325 (16.55%)
Widowed Female: 283 (14.41%)
Total Divorced: 245 (12.47%)
Divorced Female: 148 (7.54%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 21 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 7 (33.33%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,861 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 237 (12.74%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 438 (100%)
--With a disability: 8 (1.83%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,226 (100%)
--With a disability: 205 (16.72%)
----Percent employed: 34.1%
--No disability: 1,021 (83.28%)
----Percent employed: 80.4%
Population 65 years and over: 565 (100%)
--With a disability: 243 (43.01%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,229 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,383 (62.05%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 846 (37.95%)
--Same county: 530 (23.78%)
--Different county: 316 (14.18%)
----Same state: 226 (10.14%)
----Different state: 90 (4.04%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,378 (100%)
Native: 2,317 (97.43%)
--Born in United States: 2,300 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,143 (90.12%)
----Different state: 157 (6.6%)
--Born outside United States: 17 (0.71%)
Foreign born: 61 (2.57%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 51 (2.14%)
--Not a citizen: 10 (0.42%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 61 (100%)
Europe: 44 (72.13%)
Asia: 17 (27.87%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,229 (100%)
English only: 2,105 (94.44%)
Language other than English: 124 (5.56%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 44 (1.97%)
--Spanish: 17 (0.76%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 13 (0.58%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 76 (3.41%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 17 (0.76%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 5 (0.22%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5 (0.22%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,378 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,692% (113.2%)
Arab: 6 (0.25%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 8 (0.34%)
Dutch: 32 (1.35%)
English: 220 (9.25%)
French (except Basque): 22 (0.93%)
French Canadian: 6 (0.25%)
German: 603 (25.36%)
Greek: 8 (0.34%)
Hungarian: 154 (6.48%)
Irish: 296 (12.45%)
Italian: 484 (20.35%)
Lithuanian: 7 (0.29%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 195 (8.2%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 68 (2.86%)
Scottish: 45 (1.89%)
Slovak: 122 (5.13%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 11 (0.46%)
Ukrainian: 6 (0.25%)
United States or American: 133 (5.59%)
Welsh: 6 (0.25%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 260 (10.93%)

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