Mcveytown, PA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4246400, place: McVeytown borough, Pennsylvania)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 77 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 2 (2.6%)
Kindergarten: 1 (1.3%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 37 (48.05%)
High school (grades 9-12): 28 (36.36%)
College or graduate school: 9 (11.69%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 294 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 36 (12.24%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 31 (10.54%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 156 (53.06%)
Some college, no degree: 32 (10.88%)
Associate degree: 7 (2.38%)
Bachelor's degree: 22 (7.48%)
Graduate or professional degree: 10 (3.4%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 77.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 10.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 345 (100%)
Never married: 87 (25.22%)
Now married, except separated: 197 (57.1%)
Separated: 10 (2.9%)
Total Widowed: 39 (11.3%)
Widowed Female: 35 (10.14%)
Total Divorced: 12 (3.48%)
Divorced Female: 5 (1.45%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 4 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 4 (100%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 321 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 59 (18.38%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 78 (100%)
--With a disability: 6 (7.69%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 200 (100%)
--With a disability: 23 (11.5%)
----Percent employed: 30.4%
--No disability: 177 (88.5%)
----Percent employed: 81.9%
Population 65 years and over: 105 (100%)
--With a disability: 48 (45.71%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 383 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 279 (72.85%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 104 (27.15%)
--Same county: 68 (17.75%)
--Different county: 36 (9.4%)
----Same state: 31 (8.09%)
----Different state: 5 (1.31%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 400 (100%)
Native: 400 (100%)
--Born in United States: 400 (100%)
----State of residence: 384 (96%)
----Different state: 16 (4%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 0 (0%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 0 (0%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 0
Europe: 0
Asia: 0
Africa: 0
Oceania: 0
Latin America: 0
Northern America: 0

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 383 (100%)
English only: 374 (97.65%)
Language other than English: 9 (2.35%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.52%)
--Spanish: 2 (0.52%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 7 (1.83%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.52%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 400 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 306% (76.5%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 10 (2.5%)
English: 30 (7.5%)
French (except Basque): 9 (2.25%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 136 (34%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 18 (4.5%)
Italian: 4 (1%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 7 (1.75%)
Scottish: 4 (1%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 8 (2%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 2 (0.5%)
United States or American: 61 (15.25%)
Welsh: 7 (1.75%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 10 (2.5%)

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