Media, PA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4248480, place: Media borough, Pennsylvania)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 984 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 54 (5.49%)
Kindergarten: 32 (3.25%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 330 (33.54%)
High school (grades 9-12): 219 (22.26%)
College or graduate school: 349 (35.47%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 4,287 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 140 (3.27%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 335 (7.81%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,026 (23.93%)
Some college, no degree: 799 (18.64%)
Associate degree: 274 (6.39%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,118 (26.08%)
Graduate or professional degree: 595 (13.88%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 88.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 40%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 4,913 (100%)
Never married: 1,888 (38.43%)
Now married, except separated: 1,788 (36.39%)
Separated: 165 (3.36%)
Total Widowed: 527 (10.73%)
Widowed Female: 418 (8.51%)
Total Divorced: 545 (11.09%)
Divorced Female: 340 (6.92%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 36 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 29 (80.56%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 4,787 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 490 (10.24%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 643 (100%)
--With a disability: 25 (3.89%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 3,441 (100%)
--With a disability: 396 (11.51%)
----Percent employed: 71%
--No disability: 3,045 (88.49%)
----Percent employed: 87.4%
Population 65 years and over: 848 (100%)
--With a disability: 266 (31.37%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 5,303 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,506 (47.26%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,664 (50.24%)
--Same county: 1,599 (30.15%)
--Different county: 1,065 (20.08%)
----Same state: 667 (12.58%)
----Different state: 398 (7.51%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 133 (2.51%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 5,533 (100%)
Native: 5,100 (92.17%)
--Born in United States: 5,052 (100%)
----State of residence: 3,675 (66.42%)
----Different state: 1,377 (24.89%)
--Born outside United States: 48 (0.87%)
Foreign born: 433 (7.83%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 118 (2.13%)
--Naturalized citizen: 183 (3.31%)
--Not a citizen: 250 (4.52%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 433 (100%)
Europe: 209 (48.27%)
Asia: 132 (30.48%)
Africa: 13 (3%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 50 (11.55%)
Northern America: 29 (6.7%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 5,303 (100%)
English only: 4,758 (89.72%)
Language other than English: 545 (10.28%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 224 (4.22%)
--Spanish: 114 (2.15%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 48 (0.91%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 299 (5.64%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 114 (2.15%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 103 (1.94%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 44 (0.83%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 5,533 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 6,332% (114.44%)
Arab: 40 (0.72%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 5 (0.09%)
Dutch: 112 (2.02%)
English: 763 (13.79%)
French (except Basque): 126 (2.28%)
French Canadian: 41 (0.74%)
German: 889 (16.07%)
Greek: 17 (0.31%)
Hungarian: 27 (0.49%)
Irish: 1,364 (24.65%)
Italian: 605 (10.93%)
Lithuanian: 30 (0.54%)
Norwegian: 17 (0.31%)
Polish: 300 (5.42%)
Portuguese: 13 (0.23%)
Russian: 66 (1.19%)
Scotch-Irish: 93 (1.68%)
Scottish: 164 (2.96%)
Slovak: 29 (0.52%)
Subsaharan African: 34 (0.61%)
Swedish: 57 (1.03%)
Swiss: 24 (0.43%)
Ukrainian: 59 (1.07%)
United States or American: 229 (4.14%)
Welsh: 63 (1.14%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 51 (0.92%)
Other ancestries: 1,114 (20.13%)

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