Meridian, PA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4248728, place: Meridian CDP, Pennsylvania)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 807 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 58 (7.19%)
Kindergarten: 32 (3.97%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 380 (47.09%)
High school (grades 9-12): 204 (25.28%)
College or graduate school: 133 (16.48%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,770 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 92 (3.32%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 143 (5.16%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,032 (37.26%)
Some college, no degree: 598 (21.59%)
Associate degree: 214 (7.73%)
Bachelor's degree: 452 (16.32%)
Graduate or professional degree: 239 (8.63%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 91.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 24.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 3,100 (100%)
Never married: 640 (20.65%)
Now married, except separated: 1,965 (63.39%)
Separated: 15 (0.48%)
Total Widowed: 297 (9.58%)
Widowed Female: 208 (6.71%)
Total Divorced: 183 (5.9%)
Divorced Female: 103 (3.32%)

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: 2,944 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 565 (19.19%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 657 (100%)
--With a disability: 64 (9.74%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,166 (100%)
--With a disability: 225 (10.39%)
----Percent employed: 31.6%
--No disability: 1,941 (89.61%)
----Percent employed: 77%
Population 65 years and over: 709 (100%)
--With a disability: 214 (30.18%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 3,532 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,405 (68.09%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,113 (31.51%)
--Same county: 863 (24.43%)
--Different county: 250 (7.08%)
----Same state: 106 (3%)
----Different state: 144 (4.08%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 14 (0.4%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 3,711 (100%)
Native: 3,681 (99.19%)
--Born in United States: 3,681 (100%)
----State of residence: 3,418 (92.1%)
----Different state: 263 (7.09%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 30 (0.81%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 14 (0.38%)
--Naturalized citizen: 10 (0.27%)
--Not a citizen: 20 (0.54%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 30 (100%)
Europe: 24 (80%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 6 (20%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 3,532 (100%)
English only: 3,429 (97.08%)
Language other than English: 103 (2.92%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6 (0.17%)
--Spanish: 40 (1.13%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6 (0.17%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 63 (1.78%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 3,711 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 4,033% (108.68%)
Arab: 48 (1.29%)
Czech: 24 (0.65%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 47 (1.27%)
English: 241 (6.49%)
French (except Basque): 115 (3.1%)
French Canadian: 8 (0.22%)
German: 1,199 (32.31%)
Greek: 6 (0.16%)
Hungarian: 136 (3.66%)
Irish: 516 (13.9%)
Italian: 304 (8.19%)
Lithuanian: 50 (1.35%)
Norwegian: 22 (0.59%)
Polish: 147 (3.96%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 70 (1.89%)
Scotch-Irish: 217 (5.85%)
Scottish: 103 (2.78%)
Slovak: 51 (1.37%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 19 (0.51%)
Swiss: 5 (0.13%)
Ukrainian: 152 (4.1%)
United States or American: 101 (2.72%)
Welsh: 61 (1.64%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 15 (0.4%)
Other ancestries: 376 (10.13%)

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