Ligonier, PA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4243232, place: Ligonier borough, Pennsylvania)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 339 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 46 (13.57%)
Kindergarten: 10 (2.95%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 136 (40.12%)
High school (grades 9-12): 85 (25.07%)
College or graduate school: 62 (18.29%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,300 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 60 (4.62%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 114 (8.77%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 426 (32.77%)
Some college, no degree: 195 (15%)
Associate degree: 110 (8.46%)
Bachelor's degree: 272 (20.92%)
Graduate or professional degree: 123 (9.46%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 86.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 30.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,423 (100%)
Never married: 295 (20.73%)
Now married, except separated: 764 (53.69%)
Separated: 31 (2.18%)
Total Widowed: 180 (12.65%)
Widowed Female: 146 (10.26%)
Total Divorced: 153 (10.75%)
Divorced Female: 95 (6.68%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 21 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 5 (23.81%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,357 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 257 (18.94%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 250 (100%)
--With a disability: 3 (1.2%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 822 (100%)
--With a disability: 106 (12.9%)
----Percent employed: 36.8%
--No disability: 716 (87.1%)
----Percent employed: 84.6%
Population 65 years and over: 504 (100%)
--With a disability: 163 (32.34%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,587 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,030 (64.9%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 553 (34.85%)
--Same county: 310 (19.53%)
--Different county: 243 (15.31%)
----Same state: 132 (8.32%)
----Different state: 111 (6.99%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 4 (0.25%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,689 (100%)
Native: 1,653 (97.87%)
--Born in United States: 1,648 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,400 (82.89%)
----Different state: 248 (14.68%)
--Born outside United States: 5 (0.3%)
Foreign born: 36 (2.13%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 8 (0.47%)
--Naturalized citizen: 31 (1.84%)
--Not a citizen: 5 (0.3%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 36 (100%)
Europe: 27 (75%)
Asia: 4 (11.11%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 5 (13.89%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,587 (100%)
English only: 1,564 (98.55%)
Language other than English: 23 (1.45%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 8 (0.5%)
--Spanish: 3 (0.19%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 16 (1.01%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 8 (0.5%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,689 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,914% (113.32%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 9 (0.53%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 32 (1.89%)
English: 176 (10.42%)
French (except Basque): 32 (1.89%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 569 (33.69%)
Greek: 7 (0.41%)
Hungarian: 12 (0.71%)
Irish: 293 (17.35%)
Italian: 154 (9.12%)
Lithuanian: 4 (0.24%)
Norwegian: 15 (0.89%)
Polish: 50 (2.96%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 6 (0.36%)
Scotch-Irish: 87 (5.15%)
Scottish: 79 (4.68%)
Slovak: 55 (3.26%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 16 (0.95%)
Swiss: 13 (0.77%)
Ukrainian: 9 (0.53%)
United States or American: 100 (5.92%)
Welsh: 62 (3.67%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 134 (7.93%)

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