Mcsherrystown, PA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4246376, place: McSherrystown borough, Pennsylvania)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 539 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 43 (7.98%)
Kindergarten: 27 (5.01%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 240 (44.53%)
High school (grades 9-12): 114 (21.15%)
College or graduate school: 115 (21.34%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,898 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 147 (7.74%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 214 (11.28%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 902 (47.52%)
Some college, no degree: 248 (13.07%)
Associate degree: 89 (4.69%)
Bachelor's degree: 231 (12.17%)
Graduate or professional degree: 67 (3.53%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 81%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 15.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,217 (100%)
Never married: 539 (24.31%)
Now married, except separated: 1,155 (52.1%)
Separated: 61 (2.75%)
Total Widowed: 241 (10.87%)
Widowed Female: 215 (9.7%)
Total Divorced: 221 (9.97%)
Divorced Female: 85 (3.83%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,106 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 289 (13.72%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 427 (100%)
--With a disability: 37 (8.67%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,506 (100%)
--With a disability: 222 (14.74%)
----Percent employed: 49.5%
--No disability: 1,284 (85.26%)
----Percent employed: 87.4%
Population 65 years and over: 526 (100%)
--With a disability: 219 (41.63%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,471 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,432 (57.95%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,019 (41.24%)
--Same county: 417 (16.88%)
--Different county: 602 (24.36%)
----Same state: 467 (18.9%)
----Different state: 135 (5.46%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 20 (0.81%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,652 (100%)
Native: 2,625 (98.98%)
--Born in United States: 2,602 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,203 (83.07%)
----Different state: 399 (15.05%)
--Born outside United States: 23 (0.87%)
Foreign born: 27 (1.02%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 22 (0.83%)
--Naturalized citizen: 0 (0%)
--Not a citizen: 27 (1.02%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 27 (100%)
Europe: 3 (11.11%)
Asia: 13 (48.15%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 5 (18.52%)
Northern America: 6 (22.22%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,471 (100%)
English only: 2,422 (98.02%)
Language other than English: 49 (1.98%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 21 (0.85%)
--Spanish: 18 (0.73%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 13 (0.53%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 18 (0.73%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 8 (0.32%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 13 (0.53%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,652 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,361% (89.03%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 40 (1.51%)
English: 111 (4.19%)
French (except Basque): 28 (1.06%)
French Canadian: 20 (0.75%)
German: 1,139 (42.95%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 327 (12.33%)
Italian: 90 (3.39%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 7 (0.26%)
Polish: 75 (2.83%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 12 (0.45%)
Scottish: 30 (1.13%)
Slovak: 6 (0.23%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 243 (9.16%)
Welsh: 24 (0.9%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 209 (7.88%)

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