Mifflintown, PA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4249304, place: Mifflintown borough, Pennsylvania)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 201 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 14 (6.97%)
Kindergarten: 23 (11.44%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 107 (53.23%)
High school (grades 9-12): 50 (24.88%)
College or graduate school: 7 (3.48%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 555 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 47 (8.47%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 62 (11.17%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 282 (50.81%)
Some college, no degree: 62 (11.17%)
Associate degree: 30 (5.41%)
Bachelor's degree: 52 (9.37%)
Graduate or professional degree: 20 (3.6%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 80.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 13%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 660 (100%)
Never married: 154 (23.33%)
Now married, except separated: 307 (46.52%)
Separated: 20 (3.03%)
Total Widowed: 62 (9.39%)
Widowed Female: 56 (8.48%)
Total Divorced: 117 (17.73%)
Divorced Female: 74 (11.21%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 16 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 8 (50%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 623 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 85 (13.64%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 206 (100%)
--With a disability: 22 (10.68%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 468 (100%)
--With a disability: 78 (16.67%)
----Percent employed: 59%
--No disability: 390 (83.33%)
----Percent employed: 82.1%
Population 65 years and over: 106 (100%)
--With a disability: 51 (48.11%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 804 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 461 (57.34%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 333 (41.42%)
--Same county: 207 (25.75%)
--Different county: 126 (15.67%)
----Same state: 51 (6.34%)
----Different state: 75 (9.33%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 10 (1.24%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 859 (100%)
Native: 802 (93.36%)
--Born in United States: 788 (100%)
----State of residence: 696 (81.02%)
----Different state: 92 (10.71%)
--Born outside United States: 14 (1.63%)
Foreign born: 57 (6.64%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 38 (4.42%)
--Naturalized citizen: 19 (2.21%)
--Not a citizen: 38 (4.42%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 57 (100%)
Europe: 18 (31.58%)
Asia: 3 (5.26%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 34 (59.65%)
Northern America: 2 (3.51%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 804 (100%)
English only: 716 (89.05%)
Language other than English: 88 (10.95%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 53 (6.59%)
--Spanish: 67 (8.33%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 51 (6.34%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 18 (2.24%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.25%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 3 (0.37%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 859 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 812% (94.53%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 22 (2.56%)
English: 80 (9.31%)
French (except Basque): 25 (2.91%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 283 (32.95%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 88 (10.24%)
Italian: 24 (2.79%)
Lithuanian: 4 (0.47%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 7 (0.81%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 14 (1.63%)
Scottish: 10 (1.16%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 5 (0.58%)
Swiss: 3 (0.35%)
Ukrainian: 6 (0.7%)
United States or American: 111 (12.92%)
Welsh: 6 (0.7%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 124 (14.44%)

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