Moosic, PA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4250880, place: Moosic borough, Pennsylvania)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,184 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 58 (4.9%)
Kindergarten: 45 (3.8%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 560 (47.3%)
High school (grades 9-12): 255 (21.54%)
College or graduate school: 266 (22.47%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 4,147 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 387 (9.33%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 581 (14.01%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,570 (37.86%)
Some college, no degree: 507 (12.23%)
Associate degree: 310 (7.48%)
Bachelor's degree: 506 (12.2%)
Graduate or professional degree: 286 (6.9%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 76.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 19.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 4,681 (100%)
Never married: 1,113 (23.78%)
Now married, except separated: 2,648 (56.57%)
Separated: 76 (1.62%)
Total Widowed: 485 (10.36%)
Widowed Female: 451 (9.63%)
Total Divorced: 359 (7.67%)
Divorced Female: 181 (3.87%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 68 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 34 (50%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 4,500 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 579 (12.87%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 983 (100%)
--With a disability: 72 (7.32%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 3,038 (100%)
--With a disability: 494 (16.26%)
----Percent employed: 47.4%
--No disability: 2,544 (83.74%)
----Percent employed: 79.9%
Population 65 years and over: 942 (100%)
--With a disability: 413 (43.84%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 5,335 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 3,984 (74.68%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,310 (24.55%)
--Same county: 826 (15.48%)
--Different county: 484 (9.07%)
----Same state: 406 (7.61%)
----Different state: 78 (1.46%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 41 (0.77%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 5,575 (100%)
Native: 5,489 (98.46%)
--Born in United States: 5,489 (100%)
----State of residence: 5,032 (90.26%)
----Different state: 457 (8.2%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 86 (1.54%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 27 (0.48%)
--Naturalized citizen: 59 (1.06%)
--Not a citizen: 27 (0.48%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 86 (100%)
Europe: 45 (52.33%)
Asia: 23 (26.74%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 18 (20.93%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 5,335 (100%)
English only: 5,110 (95.78%)
Language other than English: 225 (4.22%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 48 (0.9%)
--Spanish: 39 (0.73%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 8 (0.15%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 171 (3.21%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 25 (0.47%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 15 (0.28%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 15 (0.28%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 5,575 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 6,913% (124%)
Arab: 36 (0.65%)
Czech: 13 (0.23%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 97 (1.74%)
English: 324 (5.81%)
French (except Basque): 48 (0.86%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 881 (15.8%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 21 (0.38%)
Irish: 1,583 (28.39%)
Italian: 1,161 (20.83%)
Lithuanian: 94 (1.69%)
Norwegian: 16 (0.29%)
Polish: 1,473 (26.42%)
Portuguese: 7 (0.13%)
Russian: 194 (3.48%)
Scotch-Irish: 36 (0.65%)
Scottish: 83 (1.49%)
Slovak: 163 (2.92%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 55 (0.99%)
Ukrainian: 91 (1.63%)
United States or American: 87 (1.56%)
Welsh: 287 (5.15%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 163 (2.92%)

Return to Moosic,PA.