U.S. Beacon April 20, 2024

Luzerne, PA

Luzerne County, Pennsylvania

Latitude: 41.283780     Longitude: -75.892890
Population 2,805 (2005)



General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4245568, place: Luzerne borough, Pennsylvania)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 527 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 60 (11.39%)
Kindergarten: 15 (2.85%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 195 (37%)
High school (grades 9-12): 154 (29.22%)
College or graduate school: 103 (19.54%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,227 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 147 (6.6%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 366 (16.43%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,005 (45.13%)
Some college, no degree: 341 (15.31%)
Associate degree: 145 (6.51%)
Bachelor's degree: 177 (7.95%)
Graduate or professional degree: 46 (2.07%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 77%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 10%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,540 (100%)
Never married: 690 (27.17%)
Now married, except separated: 1,188 (46.77%)
Separated: 56 (2.2%)
Total Widowed: 339 (13.35%)
Widowed Female: 264 (10.39%)
Total Divorced: 267 (10.51%)
Divorced Female: 139 (5.47%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 43 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 6 (13.95%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,425 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 449 (18.52%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 473 (100%)
--With a disability: 34 (7.19%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,625 (100%)
--With a disability: 248 (15.26%)
----Percent employed: 66.5%
--No disability: 1,377 (84.74%)
----Percent employed: 78.4%
Population 65 years and over: 705 (100%)
--With a disability: 256 (36.31%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,809 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,139 (76.15%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 664 (23.64%)
--Same county: 541 (19.26%)
--Different county: 123 (4.38%)
----Same state: 57 (2.03%)
----Different state: 66 (2.35%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 6 (0.21%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,952 (100%)
Native: 2,920 (98.92%)
--Born in United States: 2,899 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,652 (89.84%)
----Different state: 247 (8.37%)
--Born outside United States: 21 (0.71%)
Foreign born: 32 (1.08%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 6 (0.2%)
--Naturalized citizen: 26 (0.88%)
--Not a citizen: 6 (0.2%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 32 (100%)
Europe: 20 (62.5%)
Asia: 12 (37.5%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,809 (100%)
English only: 2,730 (97.19%)
Language other than English: 79 (2.81%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 32 (1.14%)
--Spanish: 20 (0.71%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7 (0.25%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 53 (1.89%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 19 (0.68%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 6 (0.21%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6 (0.21%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,952 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 3,458% (117.14%)
Arab: 8 (0.27%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 61 (2.07%)
English: 226 (7.66%)
French (except Basque): 27 (0.91%)
French Canadian: 9 (0.3%)
German: 410 (13.89%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 5 (0.17%)
Irish: 347 (11.75%)
Italian: 300 (10.16%)
Lithuanian: 213 (7.22%)
Norwegian: 7 (0.24%)
Polish: 822 (27.85%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 168 (5.69%)
Scotch-Irish: 17 (0.58%)
Scottish: 24 (0.81%)
Slovak: 205 (6.94%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 39 (1.32%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 14 (0.47%)
United States or American: 205 (6.94%)
Welsh: 179 (6.06%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 172 (5.83%)

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